ASCO Marine Supports Kincardine Offshore Wind Project
Thursday 1 November 2018
Power has started arriving on the coast of Scotland from what will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm. The ASCO team supported this project by providing marine coordination from their marine control facility at Steadfast House in Aberdeen.
Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Ltd (KOWL), which is majority owned by Spanish construction company Cobra, has confirmed that the first turbine started generating power off the coast of Kincardineshire on September 26.
Assembled in Dundee before being moved and anchored in place, it is a watershed moment for the six turbine 50MW test and demonstration project. The remaining five turbines will be installed over the next two years.
With first power achieved, KOWL has also completed the installation of a 17km cable to the mainland that will carry the electricity generated at the site.