Six Beatrice Foundations Down, Eighty to Go

Heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the first six of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the owner and developer of the wind farm, said.

Seaway Heavy Lifting’s Oleg Strashnov is installing the jackets in two phases. The first phase is ongoing and will be completed in December 2017. The vessel will then return in May 2018 to install the remaining foundations, weather permitting.

The 80-metre jackets are fabricated in Fife, Newcastle, Belgium and Denmark by BiFab (26), Smulders (28) and Bladt (30).

The Beatrice offshore wind farm will comprise 84 Siemens 7MW turbines and two offshore substations.

The first turbines are expected to be installed in summer 2018, and the wind farm is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2019.

BOWL is a joint venture partnership between SSE (40%), Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (35%) and Red Rock Power Ltd. (25%).