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Redcar wind farm work halted as officials free rig
The project is being headed by EDF Energy Renewables, which confirmed that one of the legs of the mobile platform became embedded in soft mud on the seabed, preventing the retraction and movement of the vessel.
August 11, 2012
by Lindsey Sampson
in Evening Gazette
Construction work on Redcar's controversial wind farm has been halted after a leg on an specialist jack-up vessel became stuck in mud.
Officials are now trying to free the part so that work on the multi-million pound 27-turbine windfarm can restart.
The project is being headed by EDF Energy Renewables, which confirmed that one of the legs of the mobile platform became embedded in soft mud on the seabed, preventing the retraction and movement of the vessel.
EDF Energy Renewables is working with contractor Van Oord UK to free it.
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