Monobase Wind BV will be performing model test of the Monobase Gravity Based Foundation (GBF) from 17-28 November at the MARIN institute, in co-operation with Royal Haskoning DHV.
The tests are to demonstrate the behavior of the Monobase GBF fully equipped with tower, turbine and blades.
“ This concept is a novelty in our industry and the tests are an essential step in the verification of the concept, ” the Company said.
The tests will cover all the essential steps of the Monobase GBF: transportation, free floating on-site, lowering of the towermat, lowering of the Monobase and the ‘in-place’.
The Monobase Wind concept is specifically designed for water depth of 30 m and turbines of 6 MW.
The main benefit is risk reduction by assembling the full wind turbine with the foundation inshore which allows a transport and installation method by tugs only, avoiding the use of Heavy Lift Vessels, Monobase Wind wrote in a press release.