Hartlepool playing major role in world's largest offshore wind farm as it produces its first power
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00:00 We're here at the Abel Seaton which is the marshalling harbour for the project.
00:06 The project involves installing 277 turbines, all of which are going to be delivered here to Abel Seaton,
00:15 made ready to go offshore before they get loaded onto the installation vessel, sailed out and installed on site.
00:21 So this is a fundamental hub for the project, the whole project.
00:27 And how much power will Dogger Bank provide for the country?
00:32 Once complete, the project will produce an electricity amount equivalent to 5% of GB's need.
00:41 That's equivalent to around £60 million in UK pounds.
00:45 I'm Peter Dixon, I work for GE Finova here in Deerharley, I'm the project director for Dogger Bank.
00:50 I live about two miles away from here actually, so for me this is a major achievement really.
00:57 First of all to be able to take part in the project in my own backyard, but then again to be part of something that's so big in the region.
01:05 What we've achieved over the last seven days and the last 48 hours in particular, it's showed that as a region we can execute these projects,
01:15 these mega projects, with the skills we've got, the people who can do it, we have our supply chains here in the region.
01:21 So it's a great achievement, great achievement for GE Finova and our colleagues at Dogger Bank Windfarm, but also a big achievement for the region.