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North Star Renewables’ SOVs will bring market leading technology to the offshore wind market.
New service vessel fleet for Dogger Bank offshore wind farm ABERDEEN COMPANY NORTH STAR RENEWABLES HAS BEEN AWARDED CONTRACTS WORTH AN ESTIMATED USD 372 MILLION TO DELIVER THREE STATE-OF-THE-ART SERVICE OPERATION VESSELS (SOVS) TO BE USED ON WHAT WILL BE THE WORLD’S LARGEST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, THE 3.6GW DOGGER BANK WIND FARM IN THE NORTH SEA. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF NORTH STAR RENEWABLES UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
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he contract award follows a highly competitive tender process. The Scottish firm beat off strong international competition to secure the deal to design and deliver the three-vessel service operation fleet for the wind farm, which is currently being built in the North Sea by joint venture partners SSE Renewables, Equinor and Eni. The SOVs will be delivered to Equinor from summer 2023 ahead of commissioning of the first phase of the giant offshore wind farm and they will be
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