SSE contracted Jan De Nul for the Dogger Bank project development

SSE Renewables has selected Jan De Nul Group to build the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind power complex in the North Sea.

Jan De Nul Group’s new offshore jack-up installation vessel Voltaire has a lifting capacity of over 3,000 tonnes and standing taller than the Eiffel tower, is the largest of its kind in the world. The Voltaire will transport and install the world’s largest offshore wind turbines, GE’s Haliade-X, at Dogger Bank, which sits 130km off the Yorkshire coast.

Once completed, Dogger Bank will generate enough energy to power over 4.5 million homes every year – around 5% of the UK’s electricity needs.