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Installation of world’s largest floating offshore wind farm completed

The Kincardine Offshore Wind farm is expected to generate up to 218 GWh of clean electricity each year, enough to power 55,000 Scottish households.

Installation of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm — a 48 MW project off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland — has been completed.

The Kincardine Offshore Wind farm is expected to generate up to 218 GWh of clean electricity each year, enough to power 55,000 Scottish households. The project is comprised of a 2MW Vestas turbine in addition to five 9.5 MW Vestas turbines.

ABS Class services to the facility include verifying full compliance with the ABS Guide for Building and Classing Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, and cover all phases of the project including design, fabrication, transport, and service inspections. 

  • Kincardine Offshore Wind (Courtesy: Cobra Group)
  • Kincardine Offshore Wind (Courtesy: Cobra Group)
  • Kincardine Offshore Wind (Courtesy: Cobra Group)
  • Kincardine Offshore Wind (Courtesy: Cobra Group)
  • Kincardine Offshore Wind (Courtesy: Cobra Group)
  • Kincardine Offshore Wind (Courtesy: Cobra Group)
  • Kincardine Offshore Wind (Courtesy: Cobra Group)
  • Kincardine Offshore Wind (Courtesy: Cobra Group)

“ABS is the global leader in the Classification of floating offshore wind, with our Guide used for more than 80MW of floating turbines now installed,” said Matthew Tremblay, ABS senior vice president, global offshore. “As the leading Classification organization for the offshore industry since the very first offshore installations, we can use this extensive experience to support the safe development of the floating offshore wind industry.

“This exciting project demonstrates the potential of floating turbines and we are confident they will have an increasingly prominent role to play in the development of sustainable energy all over the world.”

The project is being developed by Kincardine Offshore Wind, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pilot Offshore Renewables (POR). Cobra Wind, a subsidiary of ACS Group, is responsible for the engineering, design, supply, construction, and commissioning of the Kincardine floating wind farm.

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