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Work on RWE’s 576MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm has been boosted by the opening of a new 10-berth pontoon at the project’s Port of Mostyn base in North Wales.
The facility will “improve the offshore transfer of wind turbine engineers and technicians throughout the construction and operational lifetime of the wind farm”, the developer said.
Some 110 new jobs are being created to staff the Gwynt y Môr base at Mostyn, which is beginning phased operations ahead of the project’s completion on the water later this year.
RWE Innogy UK Gwynt y Môr project director Toby Edmonds, said: “Completing the pontoon has been an important step forward in the development of both the construction and operations facilities for Gwynt y Môr at the Port of Mostyn.
“We are delighted that the facility is up and running and is already delivering the anticipated improvements we expected to the efficiency of offshore works.”
The pontoon was commissioned with power, water and refuelling locations built in. UK-based civil engineering company BAM Nuttall won the contract for its design and construction.
Consent was granted by the Welsh government in March 2013 and construction took place throughout the summer months.