Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to install wind turbines for Moray East project. Credit: Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash.

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has awarded a turbine installation contract to Fred Olsen Windcarrier for the 950MW Moray East project off the Scottish coast.

Under the contract, Fred Olsen Windcarrier will transport and install 100 V164-9.5MW wind turbines at the project.

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Moray East is 22km off the Scotish coast and is reported to be the first part of the Moray Firth Zone to be developed.

Spanning 295km², Moray East Offshore Wind Project is expected to generate enough clean energy for more than one million UK households.

MHI Vestas chief operations officer Flemming Ougaard said: “The relationship between MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Fred Olsen Windcarrier has always been very good.

“Moray East Offshore Wind Project is expected to generate enough clean energy for more than one million UK households.”

“Fred Olsen Windcarrier brings the right team and vessels for our jobs and we look forward to working with them again on the Moray East project. We are confident that with Fred Olsen Windcarrier as our installation partner we will have an efficient and safe installation of our wind turbines.”

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For this project, Fred Olsen Windcarrier will be using Tern-class vessels for the project and has selected the Port of Invergordon as the pre-assembly harbour.

Turbine installation is scheduled to start in 2021.

Fred Olsen Windcarrier CCO Casper Toft said: “We have been working with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind on various offshore wind projects over the last years and during 2018, we installed more than 100 V164 turbines in the North Sea.

“However, the Moray East contract award is the first installation contract where Fred Olsen Windcarrier is contracted directly by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. We look forward to delivering our precise marine operations in Scotland in 2021 supporting MHI Vestas Offshore Wind on this large project.”