Vattenfall is testing suction bucket foundations in the UK

Innovative suction buckets to be assembled for EOWDC

A contract for assembling pioneering suction bucket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) has helped safeguard around 35 jobs and create up to another 105 positions in Newcastle-upon-Tyne after being awarded to Smulders Projects. The company will carry out the work on the 11 foundations at its Wallsend-based manufacturing facility which Smulders acquired from fabricator, OGN Group, at the end of last year. In the longer-term, the total number of around 140 jobs involved in the work could more than double to around 400 posts as a result of the contract, underpinning the region’s Northern Powerhouse reputation. The ground-breaking 92.4MW EOWDC, off... ... More: Official Press Release Vattenfall

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