Offshore firms Equinor and SSE Renewables have hailed the opening of a new Tyneside base that will serve the UK's largest wind farm.
International representatives of the companies and the wider offshore wind supply chain were at the Port of Tyne to formally open the Dogger Bank Operations and Maintenance base that will host an estimated 400 jobs and a central operations control room for the wind farm. The partners say recruitment has so far been encouraging with offshore workers being encouraged to return to the region.
As part of the project, the Ryder Architecture-designed Port of Tyne building will store components and spares that will be shipped directly to Dogger Bank Wind Farm about 130km off the North East coast. The river itself will also be home to four huge "floating hotel" support vessels built by Aberdeen-based Northstar, which will house workers when out at the site.
