Final major preferred supplier selected for RWE Renewables’ largest development
Van Oord to establish logistics hub in UK’s North East to deliver the work
Scope includes 100 turbine foundations and more than 350 kilometres of array cables
RWE, the world’s number two in offshore wind, has advanced the development of Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. The company has selected the international marine contractor Van Oord as the preferred supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables, for one of the world’s largest offshore wind projects.
The 1.4 Gigawatt (GW) Sofia is sited on Dogger
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