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    1. Renewable Energy

    Triton Knoll wind turbines installed offshore the UK

    Sept. 17, 2021
    Cadeler’s jackup vessel Wind Osprey has installed the final turbine at RWE’s Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea.
    (Courtesy RWE)
    The Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.
    The Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.

    Offshore staff

    ESSEN, Germany – Cadeler’s jackup vessel Wind Osprey has installed the final turbine at RWE’s Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea.

    Located 32 km (20 mi) off the Lincolnshire coast, Triton Knoll consists of 90 Vestas 9.5-MW turbines, each one up to 187 m (614 ft) tall, with blades more than 80 m (262 ft) long.

    (Courtesy RWE)
    DEME installed the Vestas 9.5-MW wind turbines with the jackup vessel Wind Osprey.
    DEME installed the Vestas 9.5-MW wind turbines with the jackup vessel Wind Osprey.

    Turbine installation began in January 2021. Turbine commissioning is expected to be completed this year. The project is expected to be completed in 2022. Once fully operational, Triton Knoll is expected to power more than 800,000 UK homes.

    Triton Knoll generated its first power and delivered it to the grid in February 2021.

    Triton Knoll is jointly owned by RWE (59%), J-Power (25%), and Kansai Electric Power (16%). RWE is leading both the wind farm’s construction and the long-term operation and maintenance works.

    Total planned investment is estimated at £2 billion ($2.8 billion).

    09/17/2021