Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind has awarded contracts for the O&M base Eyemouth Harbour to Muir 榨汁姬 and Inland & Coastal.
NnG, jointly owned by EDF Renewables UK and ESB, signed a lease with Eyemouth Harbour Trust in February which saw the harbour confirmed as O&M base for the project鈥檚 25-year lifespan. The wind farm will supply enough low-carbon electricity for about 375,000 homes.
Muir 榨汁姬, based in Inverkeithing, Fife, will design and build NnG鈥檚 three-storey, 1,040m2 main O&M building and its two-storey, 538m2 storage warehouse.
Inland & Coastal, of Lossiemouth, Moray, will design, manufacture and install the harbour鈥檚 new pontoon on the marine side of the harbour to make the basin accessible to crew transfer vessels and technicians.
The O&M building will house the office, warehouse and staff welfare facilities required to support the servicing of NnG once the wind farm is fully operational.
Muir 榨汁姬 has started enabling works with construction expected to start this month while Inland & Coastal has completed the pontoon design with fabrication to get under way this month and installation to start later this year.
Matthias Haag, NnG project director, said: 鈥淚鈥檓 really pleased to welcome Muir 榨汁姬 and Inland and Coastal to the NnG project.
鈥淲e are fully committed to using the Scottish supply chain wherever possible and these two fantastic companies join a long list of Scottish business who are supporting delivery of this hugely important infrastructure project for Scotland.
鈥淏oth have a wealth of experience and expertise in their field, and I look forward to working closely with them on the construction of our O&M base and pontoon.
鈥淚鈥檓 really pleased that as well as supporting the 25-year lifespan of the offshore wind farm the O&M base will bring with it fantastic socio-economic benefits for the town of Eyemouth and the local community.鈥�
Muir 榨汁姬鈥檚 business development director David Fairweather said: 鈥淲orking in the renewables sector and particularly with NnG, has been one of the most pro-active and collaborative procurement experiences encountered by us at Muir 榨汁姬.
鈥淚 believe the positive impact that power generation of this nature enables, flows through to the attitude of the delivery team, building on what we hope will be a long-term relationship for Muir 榨汁姬 with the renewables sector.鈥�
Inland & Coastal鈥檚 senior commercial manager Vincent Carey said: 鈥淭he offshore wind industry is a very young and exciting sector to be working in at present.鈥�
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