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Don't want to spoil the party, but items such as pin piles can be very large items to manufacture ....thus the yard have to have the equipment to manufacture. Not sure what size piles their using on this project, but would anticipate they would be floated in by barge from a specialist manufacture of piles.

As well as the 54 jackets there's two transformer stations to be installed in the field. Believe HW have experience with this in RWE Gwnty Mor wind farm. Hopefully all systems go.

I believe the Georgian government gave the workers a payment in the region of $321

Speedy, the Infastructure Minister Nichola Mallon approved the planning application earlier this year for sand extractraction
from Lough Neagh , a public inquiry was first held in 2018 .
The wrangle over the application has been ongoing for a period of six years. Plant and Civil Engineering magazine.

Stokey, dont't expect any quick reply from the MOD on that one. There's 13 in Devonport and 7 in Rosyth al in various stages of decommissioning. One been at Rosyth for 38 years.

Off Topic Mussleburgh 16.10 26.3.21. Result 1st Island Mahee 10/1

Looks like the crown estate have done their homework for the the proposed floaters. See Wikipedia Atlantic Array RWE 2013

The open day in Appledore was back in September, I know of two very experienced people in ship building and offshore construction who went along to that open day who never got any reply after submitting cv/s. They have since moved on and were offered positions at BAE and Bab---- witin two weeks of applying to them.

The Fred Olsen company put HW up for sale in 2018

Good to see Sunak announcing new funding for apprenticeship schemes

You forgot the Channel Islands

The location is good, and the competition is fierce so hopefully JW has done his research. Have a look at what Global Energy Group (GEG) are doing at their Nigg yard. No doubt Mr Wood will explain all in the coming weeks
rechargenews.com/wind//uks-largest-offshore-wind-fabrication-plant-planned-in -scotland

Inchgreen---peel ports--- hydrogen ----who knows?

The Canadian firm DJ Driver were involved with the Scottish Government in these yards

Seriously good locations . hope the work flows in quickly

Standard procedure within tho oil gas industry before changes are made and who foots the bill for any cleanup

Yahoo and Aol merged some time ago ending up with the name Oath.... explains a lot

Speedy, the last paragraph is particularly important, very big bucks required for that type of plant.

April 1st

I was just reading that Tango prior to your posting. Hopefully there wont be any decision delays with this new appointment. Would have liked to have seen someone from a more industrial background appointed.