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DOGGER BANK OVERVIEW

Source: GE Renewable Energy

HALIADE-X 13 MW FIGURES, as shared by GE Renewable Energy • 13 MW capacity • 220-meter rotor • 248 meters high • 107-meter long blades • 38,000 m2 swept area • One Haliade-X 13 MW can save up to 52,000 metric tons of CO2, which is the equivalent of the emissions generated by 11,000 vehicles in one year.

• One GE Haliade-X 13 MW spin could power a UK household for more than two days.

wind farm offers cost savings of nearly $100 million versus in- stalling the currently available 10 MW turbines,” Rystad found.

SIZE MATTERS

Apart from being the world’s largest wind farm, securing GE Renewable Energy will establish its marshaling harbor world largest offshore wind project fnancing, being located in activities at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool, serving as the base the world’s largest offshore wind market – the UK, the Dog- for turbine service equipment, installation, and commission- ger Bank will feature GE’s GE Haliade-X wind turbine, which ing activities for Dogger Bank A and B.

will, once installed be the world’s largest and most powerful The port will see the delivery of component parts for each wind turbines in operation. of GE’s Haliade-X 13MW wind, including the nacelle, three

For the frst two phases, GE will deliver 190 Haliade-X tower sections, and three 107m long blades, for pre-assembly 13MW offshore wind turbines, split evenly at 95 turbines for on-site at Able Seaton prior to transport out to the North Sea each of the two phases. These will be an enhanced version of for installation.

GE’s 12MW prototype unit which has been generating power “This activity will lead to the creation of 120 skilled jobs in Rotterdam since November 2019. at the port during construction,” Equinor said in September

The installation of these turbines will be the frst time ever 2020, announcing the contract with GE.

a 13MW Haliade-X is installed in the world. “One spin of the GE also has a fve-year service & warranty agreement to

Haliade-X 13MW can generate enough electricity to power provide operational support for the wind turbines. GE’s Ser- a UK household for more than two days,” Equinor said in vice team will be co-located with the Dogger Bank Opera-

September 2020. For some color on where the offshore wind tional and Maintenance team, based out of the Port of Tyne.

industry was starting off – bear in mind the 13MW capacity What is more, GE in March 2021, said its subsidiary LM of a single Haliade-X turbine - the world’s frst offshore wind Wind would open a new wind turbine blade manufacturing farm Vindeby in Denmark had a total capacity of 5MW, com- facility in Teesside in the North East of England, dedicated to ing from eleven turbines. the production of its 107-meter- long offshore wind turbine

Back to the Haliade-X giants. While having these goliaths blades, a key component of GE’s Haliade-X wind turbines.

installed for the frst time is/will be a feat worth boasting about, GE Renewable Energy estimates that this new plant, set to the world’s largest turbines are not there just for bragging rights. open and start production in 2023, could create up to 750 direct

Rystad Energy last year published an analysis that showed that renewable energy jobs and up to 1,500 indirect jobs in the area.

the largest offshore wind turbines, while more expensive, reduce Dogger Bank Wind Farm Project Director, Steve Wilson, the overall cost of large-scale offshore wind farm development. said the Dogger Bank Wind Farm was the anchor project for

For the Dogger Bank Phase C, which has yet to be sanc- the blade facility announcement by GE.

tioned, GE has also been selected as a preferred supplier, too. “Dogger Bank Wind Farm is a world-leading development

This phase, while expected to be 1.2 GW, the same as the frst pushing the boundaries of offshore wind development and two, will have fewer wind turbine installed. Namely, GE will playing a key role in delivering the ambition to increase UK deliver an “uprated” version of the Haliade-X turbine type, supply chain capacity and capability. Through our turbine with 14 MW capacity. supply order with GE, the Dogger Bank project is the cata- “Utilizing 14 MW turbines instead of 10 MW ones, the lyst for this important GE investment in Teesside, harness- number of units required for a 1 GW project falls by 28 units, ing skills and expertise in the local area and delivering long- from 100 to 72. Moving to a 14 MW turbine from a 12 MW term benefts in the UK’s offshore wind sector,” Wilson said.

turbine still offers a reduction of nearly 11 units. Overall, the It is expected that a substantial number of Haliade-X blades analysis shows that using the largest turbines for a new 1 GW for Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be among the frst orders to 30 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM