Original news was published on 6 August, 2014

TAG Energy Solutions ships first 650-ton monopiles

TAG Energy Solutions has sent the first four monopiles and transition pieces to the US$1.2 billion Humber Gateway, an E.ON offshore wind farm under construction in British waters of the North Sea.

Each monopile measures 60 meters long and weighs 650 tons. The 12 remaining foundations will ship before the end of August, TAG said in a statement.

TAG manufactured the foundations at its tubular production facility on the River Tees and loaded them by SPMT and crane to a waiting barge at the company’s wet dock facility. The barge was then taken down the River Tees where it met the MPI Discovery, which will be used to install the components.

When completed in the spring of 2015, Humber Gatweway will consist of 73 turbines and generate 219 megawatts of electricity.

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