Point Opens Door to Offshore Wind

Hull-based Point Engineering has delivered the first wind tower entrance door system for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

The delivery is part of the company’s first-ever contract to manufacture tower entrance doors for an offshore wind project.

The A60 Fire Door is certified for international marine use in shipping and offshore applications. The Lloyds certification of the product secured the interest of their client, Wilton Engineering, who is supplying fit out for a portion of the Hornsea Project One transition pieces.

Welding and traceability control is vital for the contract with stringent coded welding, inspection and documentation compliance to the Offshore Standard DNVGL-OS-C401.

Point Engineering secured funding for training and certification via Green Port Hull to attain the levels of compliance required to meet the high-level standards required by the offshore wind industry.

Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One will comprise 174 7MW Siemens turbines installed across an area of 407 square kilometers some 120 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast. The wind farm is scheduled for commissioning in 2020.