A North East company has won a major contract for the world’s largest offshore wind farm, highlighting the opportunities for the region in the renewables sector.
Darlington’s Tekmar Group has announced a contract award by DEME Offshore to supply cable protection systems for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm being built off the North East coast.
When complete, the wind farm will be capable of powering six million homes, making it the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
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Tekmar Energy has signed a contract with procurement and installation contractor DEME Offshore to design, manufacture and supply Generation 10 TekTube CPS to protect subsea inter array cables on the first two phases of the project, with an option for the third phase.
All systems will be manufactured at Tekmar’s facility in the North East, with the first expected to be devliered next August 2022 and production continuing into 2024.
The project will see a number of Tekmar subsidiaries work together, with Tekmar Energy collaborating with Subsea Innovation, AgileTek Engineering and Ryder Geotechnical to design a system that is engineered to overcome the wind farm’s challenging site conditions.
The contract is a boost to the company, which issued a profit warning in October, saying that supply chain issues had impacted on its performance, despite a strong order book.
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Tekmar Group CEO Alasdair MacDonald, said: “This landmark contract reinforces our global market leading position in one of our core technologies and is testament to Tekmar’s range of in-house engineering capabilities to address complex engineering challenges and optimise and de-risk client projects.
“Whilst this contract has limited financial impact on the current financial year, we are encouraged by this and other recent awards, which support our strategic plan as we work through the ongoing challenges we highlighted in our October trading statement. These pressures make for a more challenging near-term environment for the industry in terms of managing costs, contract delivery and associated payment cycles.
“We are prioritising managing the business through these constraints, alongside securing the valuable contracts on projects like Dogger Bank that highlight the opportunity we have ahead.”
Dogger Bank’s operating companies announced in 2019 that it was siting its operations and maintenance base for the wind farm at the Port of Tyne, raising hopes that there would be knock-on benefits for North East firms.
Dogger Bank Wind Farm project director Steve Wilson, said: “We are delighted to welcome this leading North East manufacturer to the supply chain for the world’s largest offshore wind farm. To secure this contract on our ground-breaking development, Tekmar has demonstrated world-class capability and expertise.
“With more than 3,000 海角视频 jobs now associated with the construction and operation of the wind farm, we can say with certainty that with the right support and the right opportunities, our offshore wind supply chain here in the 海角视频 is becoming increasingly globally-competitive.”
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