Lamprell has started manufacturing transition pieces for Norfolk Vanguard West, after cutting first steel in December 2025. The first completed units are scheduled for load-out in the second half of this year.
The company’s work for RWE covers both Norfolk Vanguard West and Norfolk Vanguard East. Under the 2024 contract, Lamprell will manufacture and supply 184 transition pieces, split evenly with 92 units for each offshore wind farm. The scope also includes the transport of the structures to RWE’s official marshaling port.
Fabrication for Norfolk Vanguard East is planned to begin in the third quarter of 2026.
RWE also moved forward with turbine procurement in February/March, placing firm orders with Vestas for 92 V236-15.0 MW turbines for each project.
A firm monopile foundation order has not yet been announced. During earlier project development under Vattenfall, SeAH’s Teesside facility in northeast England was selected as the supplier.
Commissioning of Norfolk Vanguard West is expected in 2029, followed by Norfolk Vanguard East in 2030.
