Gwynt y Môr Windfarm: Weekly Progress Report, 21st July 2014

This is a summary of the weekly notice of operations for the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Windfarm issued on 21st July 2014 to harbour masters and sea users.  This notice describes progress with construction, recent operations, work planned for the next 7 days, and provides a list of vessels operating on the site with their contact details.

Wind Farm Construction Status

Progress with construction is illustrated in a map here, and summarised below:-

• Monopiles: 160 installed.  Monopile installation is complete.
• Transition pieces: 160 installed.  Transition piece installation is complete
• Export cables: 4 export cables installed; installation is complete.
• Array cables: 119 array cables installed, 42 remaining.
• Array strings: 10 array strings installed, 6 remaining.
• Wind Turbine Generators: 160 installed, 0 remaining.  Installation is complete.

Work carried out over past 7 days

The following work has been carried out in the past week:

• Wind Solution is at anchor position south of Gwynt y Môr (see our previous notice here).
• Porth Eilian, Gardian 10, Gardian, Santa Ana, EMS Viking, Bayard 2 and Bayard 5 utilised as Crew Transfer Vessels when required sailing from Canada Dock 3 and Liverpool Marina.
• Penrhyn Bay, Gaillion, Caernarfon Bay, Gardian 2, Iceni Defiant, Kinmel Bay, Adventure, Buzzard, Captain P, Aberdaron Bay, Iceni Victory, Gardian 14, NSL Discovery Penrhos Bay Scirocco and Kitty Petra sailed from the Port of Mostyn as required.
• Abersoch Bay & Tremadoc Bay are on 24 hour cover and being utilised by the Emergency Rescue Team sailing from RWE Pontoon Birkenhead.
• SWATH Sea Storm continued with operations at the wind farm.
• Isadale  performed guard duties.
• DSV Red7 Tonjer has continued with diving operations.
• Polar King continued array cable installation assisted by CTVs Rix Panther and Rix Tiger (see our previous notice here).
• Polar Prince remains in dry dock, returning in late July / early August.
• Channel Chieftain VII, Cwind Challenger, NSL Discovery and Cwind Resolution continued refuelling operations on site based from Mostyn.
• Commodore P and HBC Supporter completed works at the wind farm and left the project.
• Sea Comfort commenced work on the wind farm, providing accommodation and transferring passengers to assets on site.

Work planned for next 7 days

The work planned for the next 7 days on the site is:

• Wind Solution will remain at anchor position to the south of Gwynt y Môr, sailing into Liverpool for shelter as required (see our previous notice here).
• Gardian 10, Abersoch Bay, Porth Eilian, Chinook, Scirocco, Gardian, EMS Viking, Santa Ana, Sea Storm, Bayard 2 and Bayard 5 will be utilised as Crew Transfer Vessels when required sailing from Canada Dock 3 and Liverpool Marina.
• Penrhyn Bay, Gaillion, Caernarfon Bay, Gardian 2, Iceni Defiant, Adventure, Kinmel Bay, Buzzard, Captain P, Aberdaron Bay, Iceni Victory, Gardian 14, NSL Discovery and Kitty Petra will sail from the Port of Mostyn as required.
• Penrhos Bay/Abersoch Bay, Colwyn Bay and Tremadoc Bay are on 24 hour cover and being utilised by the Emergency Rescue Team sailing from RWE Pontoon Birkenhead.
• Isadale will continue performing guard duties and will be used as the Marine Mammal Observation vessel as and when required.
• Channel Chieftain VII, Cwind Challenger and Cwind Resolution will continue refuelling operations on site based from Mostyn.
• Polar King will continue mattress laying and survey work at the wind farm, (see notice to mariners here) assisted by CTVs Rix Panther and Rix Tiger.
• Polar Prince will be in dry dock, returning in late July / early August
• DSV Red7 Tonjer will continue with diving operations.
• Sea Comfort, a small accommodation vessel will continue work onthe project.

List of vessels at site for next 7 days

The vessels that will be operating on the site over the next 7 days and their contact details are given below.  We have linked up the vessel names to MarineTraffic.com so that with just one mouse click you can find out more about their current location and recent activity.