Foundation installation commences on Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm

Dogger Bank is an offshore wind farm located off the east coast of the UK, and foundation installation for the project’s second phase (phase B) has commenced, as was announced on May 14.

Furthermore, Dogger Bank development zone is located on an isolated sandbank within the central to southern North Sea and covers an 8,660 km² area between 125 and 290 km off the coast of Yorkshire.

The Dogger Bank Wind Farm is going to be the world’s largest upon completion in 2026, when it is expected to have a power capacity of 3.6 GW, which will be enough to power 6 million British households.

The project is split into three phases, namely being phase A, B, and C, while a potential fourth phase is currently under discussion.

Phase A and B will both consist of 95 Haliade-X 13 MW turbines each, while phase C will comprise of 87 Haliade-X 14 MW turbines, making up for a total of 277 monopiles.

Dogger Bank A started producing electricity last October, while Subway7 recently announced that they were done with installation work of foundation and transition pieces for the project’s first phase and are now moving on to phase B’s component installation.

The monopiles used were designed and produced in the UK by Wood Thilsted and Tata Steel respectively.

Water depth in the Dogger Bank Wind Farm development zone ranges between 18 and 63 meters, while the monopiles for phase B are going to be reaching up to 72.8 meters in length and weigh up to 1,424 tons, while they are going to have a record-breaking 8-meter flange connecting the monopiles and transition pieces.