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Osbit to support construction of Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm
Official Press Release Osbit:
Osbit supplies tower lifting tools to GE for Dogger Bank Wind Farm
Osbit, the UK-headquartered offshore technology company, has delivered twin wind turbine tower lifting tools to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business. The tools will initially be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank.
The wind farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn, will be situated around 130km off North East England’s coastline. Osbit’s innovative tools have full DNV approval and will be used to lift and rotate the turbine tower sections of GE’s Haliade-X13MW wind turbines which are being used for the project. The turbines are some of the largest installed, with a rotor diameter of 220 metres. Osbit developed the systems locally, with the design process... ... More: Official Press Release Osbit
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