Moray East Jackets
CLIENT: Moray East Offshore Windfarm
Moray East is a highly competitive offshore wind project which was granted consent (1,116MW) in 2014 by the Scottish Government. In 2017 it won a 950MW contract for difference at competitive auction which set the price of power generated at £57.50 per MWhr and will be delivered early in the next decade. Moray East was the first part of the Moray Firth Zone to be developed, and the first of the Round 3 projects to apply for (2012) and receive (2014) consent.
LOCATION: Hobokken, Belgium
PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR: Smulders
Smulders is an international steel construction company with a proven track record in the engineering, construction, supply and assembly of heavy, technical complex and architectonic steel constructions. Smulders are active in following markets: Civil & Industry, Offshore Oil & Gas and Offshore Wind. Smulders has more than 900 employees working across offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom.
Firefly provided semi-automated welding equipment for the fabrication of wind farm jackets. Working alongside Smulders’ welding engineers, the Firefly welding team executed the PQR for the project. Firefly also provided onsite training for Smulders’ welding teams.
