As part of the contract, Wood Group will construct and operate meteorological stations on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk, eastern England. The met-masts will be fabricated by Scottish company Steel Engineering.

Manufacturing begins in November and the met-stations will be installed in summer 2013.

Data gathered from the met-stations will “allow the consortium to take fundamental decisions about the engineering of the project,” says Iberdrola, adding that they will be “the most advanced meteorological stations in the UK".

Iberdola