Dogger Bank
SSE Renewables, Equinor, Vårgrønn
North Sea, United Kingdom
In a consortium with Sif, Smulders contributed to build the largest offshore wind farm in the world: Dogger Bank. Together we produced 277 monopiles and transition pieces (TPs), weighing about 390 kilotons in total.
Dogger Bank Wind Farm is a joint venture of SSE Renewables (40%), Equinor (40%) and Vårgrønn (20%). It's situated in the North Sea between 130 and 190 km off the northeast coast of Yorkshire in England. The project consists of three phases: Dogger Bank A, B and C. All phases have been completed
For this project, Sif manufactured and supplied the monopiles and primary steel for the transition pieces. Sif also took care of the marshalling of all foundation components at the terminal on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. We at Smulders, on the other hand, manufactured the secondary steel and arranged the assembly, coating and testing the fully equipped TPs.
With a generative capacity of 1.2 GW per phase, the entire wind farm has an installed capacity of 3.6 GW. The green energy generated by this can power up to six million British households. By the end of 2026, the wind farm is expected to be fully operational.
