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Offshore turbine bases |
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The dock (now called Neptune Dry Dock) was used for the construction of new design 'gravity foundations' for 5 wind turbines to be tested off Blyth. Initially 5 hollow concrete bases were constructed in the dry dock before being floated out to sit on the seabed. |
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From East January 2017 |
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June 2017 just before completion |
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| Floating free to get extra concrete ballast | Ballasted and leaving with a flotilla of specialist vessels to offshore Blyth | ||