Gwynt y Môr Windfarm: Weekly Progress Report, 6th October 2014

This is a summary of the weekly notice of operations for the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Windfarm issued on 5th October 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.
• 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).
• Gardian 10, Gardian, EMS Viking, Dalby Esk, Dalby Tees, Abersoch Bay, Wind Transfer, Bayard 2, Bayard 5, MPI Trifaldi and Don Quixote utilised as Crew Transfer Vessels when required sailing from Canada Dock 3 and Liverpool Marina.
• Penrhyn Bay, Colwyn Bay, Gaillion, Caernarfon Bay, Gardian 2, Iceni Defiant, Adventure, Kinmel Bay, Iceni Victory, Gardian 14, NSL Discovery, Wildcat 3, & Coastal Knight sailed from the Port of Mostyn as required.
• Chinook, Scirocco and Santa Ana continued with 24 hour cover and were utilised by the Emergency Rescue Team sailing from RWE Pontoon Birkenhead.
• Isadale  performed guard duties.
• DSV Red7 Tonjer has continued with diving operations.
• Polar Prince has continued with cable installation at the wind farm.
• Polar King continued able installation and survey work assisted by CTVs Rix Panther and Rix Tiger (see our previous notice here and recent update on export cable survey work here).
• Channel Chieftain VII, Cwind Challenger and Cwind Resolution continued refuelling operations on site based from Mostyn.

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, Gardian, EMS Viking, Dalby Esk, Dalby Tees, Abersoch Bay, Wind Transfer, Bayard 2, Bayard 5, MPI Trifaldi, and Don Quixote will be utilised as Crew Transfer Vessels when required sailing from Canada Dock 3 and Liverpool Marina.
• Penrhyn Bay, Colwyn Bay, Gaillion, Caernarfon Bay, Gardian 2, Iceni Defiant, Adventure, Kinmel Bay, Iceni Victory, Gardian 14, NSL Discovery, Wildcat 3 & Coastal Knight will sail from the Port of Mostyn as required.
• Santa Ana, Scirocco and Chinook are on 24 hour cover and being utilised by the Emergency Rescue Team sailing from RWE Pontoon Birkenhead.
• DSV Red7 Tonjer will continue with diving operations.
• 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 cable installation and survey work at the wind farm, (see notice to mariners here) assisted by CTVs Rix Panther and Rix Tiger.
• Polar Prince will continue with survey work and cable installation at the wind farm.

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.