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RWE officially opened its ‘Grimsby Hub’ offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in the UK on 9 July. From the new O&M base, located at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Grimsby, RWE’s teams will maintain and operate the Triton Knoll and Sofia offshore wind farms.
The Grimsby Hub also houses RWE’s new UK Centralised Control Room (CCR), which has been set up to provide 24/7 monitoring of the company’s UK offshore wind farms and can provide services such as marine coordination, turbine operations, alarm management, high voltage monitoring and Emergency Response services with a team of twelve operatives, the developer says.
The O&M facility is already employing over 90 Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs), according to RWE, and is expected to employ around 140 RWE staff by 2027, as well as create approximately 60 new locally sourced jobs through the development of the CCR and ongoing offshore operations.
The company announced it was investing in building the Grimsby Hub in 2021.
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RWE says it chose Grimsby due to its proximity to the company’s existing and future offshore wind projects, as well as the site’s deep-water quayside, which is well-suited for using service operations vessels (SOVs).
In 2023, RWE signed a long-term vessel supply agreement with Acta Marine for two ‘green’ SOVs to be based out of RWE’s Grimsby Hub and support the long-term operations on Triton Knoll and Sofia offshore wind farms.