Delivery of Edda Boreas
Yesterday GONDAN Shipbuilders delivered Edda Boreas, the second of the six Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for Edda Wind AS.
The vessel, designed by Salt Ship Design, has a length of 88.3 m and a beam of 19.7 m, is equipped with zero-emission technology and is supported with funding from the Norwegian government through Enova SF. Accommodating 120 people – 97 technicians and 23 crew – the vessel will support SSE during its operation of the Dogger Bank wind farm, the world’s largest wind farm with a capacity of 3.6 GW, located 130 km off the northeast coast of England. It will be equipped with state-of-the-art automated equipment, including a 3D Motion Compensated Crane and a motion compensated gangway with a maximum range of 28 meters for personnel transfer, an integrated elevator with capacity up to 26 persons and a 21m helideck.