2717 results found for 'monopiles'

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  • TWD Designs Motion Compensated Piling Gripper

    3 September 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    Temporary Works Design (TWD) combined their experience with the design of various pile handling tools and motion compensated systems to get to a revolutionary new concept: a motion compensated piling gripper, allowing straight piling of monopiles from a floating vessel or barge. Due to the tight tolerances related to monopile installations, it is for most sea conditions inevitable […]

  • Seaway 7 orders MENCK hammer for Hollandse Kust Zuid

    12 January 2021
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Seaway 7 has signed a contract with MENCK for the provision of a hammer for the installation of monopile foundations at the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farms in the Netherlands. MENCK, part of marine and subsea solutions group Acteon, will provide one of its MHU 3500S hydraulic hammers and spread for the project. […]

  • Cambridge Professor Awarded for Offshore Wind Foundation Work

    7 April 2015
    Research & Development

    Professor Gopal Madabhushi of the Geotechnical and Environmental Group has received the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) biennial award for his research on the structural integrity of offshore wind turbines. Professor Madabhushi was cited for his contributions along with PhD student Aliasger Haiderali and Department of Engineering alumnus Dr […]

  • Boskalis wins ‘sizeable’ Moray West offshore wind contract

    28 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Boskalis has secured a multidisciplinary role in the development of the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. On behalf of its client, Boskalis will carry out a large number of activities contributing to the development of this renewable energy project in the coming twelve months, the Dutch company said. The contract, valued between EUR […]

  • Dillinger Hutte Investing EUR 135 Million into Offshore Wind (Germany)

    22 September 2011

      Dillinger Hütte is investing 135 million € in a supplier plant for offshore wind power plants. A plant that will manufacture offshore monopile foundations from thick-walled structural tubulars will be built for the future Steelwind Nordenham company. In its meeting today, the Dillinger Hütte Supervisory Board approved the investment for construction of a monopile […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Delivers Pile Guiding Tool to Seajacks

    15 January 2013

    IHC Handling Systems, part of IHC Merwede, has delivered a pile guiding tool for the installation of 80 wind turbine foundations at sea. This innovative tool was designed and constructed by IHC Handling Systems, and then installed on board Seajacks’ new jack-up vessel, ZARATAN, in autumn 2012. The company was awarded the contract on the […]

  • Germany: Meerwind Offshore Wind Project Moves Forward

    22 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The first of 80 monopiles for the Meerwind Süd / Ost project leaves the AMBAU plant in Cuxhaven. Weighing nearly 570 tonnes, the first monopile for the offshore wind park project Meerwind Süd / Ost has left the AMBAU plant in Cuxhaven. AMBAU is producing 80 foundation sets for the wind park, comprising monopiles and […]

  • TWD Introduces Concept Design of Motion Compensated Piling Gripper

    3 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Temporary Works Design (TWD) combined their experience with the design of various pile handling tools and motion compensated systems to get to a revolutionary new concept: a motion compensated piling gripper, allowing straight piling of monopiles from a floating vessel or barge. Due to the tight tolerances related to monopile installations, it is for most […]

  • Sif and Smulders Win Rentel Foundations Construction Contract

    7 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Sif Holding N.V. has won a contract for the production of all 42 monopiles and, in a joint venture with Smulders, the transition pieces for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The monopiles will be produced by Sif, and the transition pieces will be produced by Sif in joint venture with […]

  • EEW OSB Loads Out First Borssele 1+2 Transition Pieces

    22 October 2019

    EEW Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) has completed the load-out of the first six transition pieces built for the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Teesside-based company will manufacture and deliver a total of 35 transition pieces for Ørsted’s 752MW wind farm. ALE Heavy Lift is providing the transportation services. Denmark’s Bladt […]

  • Germany: Parker Assists Installation at Meerwind Offshore Wind Farm

    28 July 2013

    Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, assisted in the installation of monopiles and transition pieces for the Meerwind offshore wind project. Parker Maritime, a business unit of Parker’s Energy Products Division, provided the Seajacks team with navigation services, survey support during installation of the monopiles and transition pieces, and crane […]

  • BLUE Hammer Strikes at Maasvlakte 2

    23 July 2018
    Environment, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development, Technology

    At Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam, Fistuca is currently testing the BLUE Piling technology for driving the foundation piles of offshore wind turbines into the seabed. 

  • IHC IQIP Equips Oleg Strashnov for Dudgeon Work

    22 April 2016

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov has already installed 10 foundations at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK, according to IHC IQIP, a company that outfitted the vessel with piling and handling equipment for the project. SHL is in charge of the installation of 67 foundations and one substation at the project site located off the Norfolk coast, with […]

  • EEW SPC Bags Nobelwind Foundations Contract

    1 October 2015

    EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH received an order from Nobelwind NV to manufacture 50 monopiles and one monopile foundation for the substation for the Nobelwind offshore wind farm (formerly Bligh Bank) in Belgium. The offshore wind farm will have a capacity of 165 MW and is located approx. 47 km from the Belgium coast in the […]

  • Sif Bolts Into Action for DEME

    23 May 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has expanded its offering of services to cover bolting tests. Sif added the offering after a request from DEME Group to arrange all preparations for the test as part of the work scope for the Belgian SeaMade offshore wind project. During this test, the bolted flange connection between a monopile and […]

  • New Foundation Installation System Developed

    6 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Conquest Offshore, together with deugro Denmark A/S, has developed a highly efficient installation system for monopiles and transition pieces, supported by the engineering knowledge and experience of Temporary Works Design (TWD) and Barge Master. Parties have combined their experience and in depth knowledge of floating installation, offshore skidding, upending, pile handling and motion compensated tools […]

  • EEW SPC Adds to Borssele 1 and 2 Tally

    25 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH (EEW SPC) has won a contract to produce 47 monopiles for Ørsted’s Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm.

  • All Baltic 2 Jacket Pin Piles Installed

    15 April 2014

    All jacket pin piles have been installed at the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm, the project’s developer EnBW confirmed to Offshore WIND. Workers on the jack-up vessel Goliath have driven the jacket pin piles into the seabed. An important part of the work on the foundations is now complete, the company said. Baltic 2 consists […]

  • Ballast Nedam Installs Its 500th Foundation

    13 June 2014

    In just over 2 months Ballast Nedam Offshore has installed 47 out of 80 monopiles on the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm. The installation works started at the 1st of April and on the 10th of June monopile no. 47 was installed. This demonstrates reliable approach based on one of the proven installation concepts in combination with one of […]

  • Svanen ready for foundation installation at Kriegers Flak offshore wind project

    11 May 2020
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has arrived at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in Denmark to begin the installation of monopile foundations. The monopiles, manufactured by EEW Special Pipe Constructions, will be transported floating from Rostock, Germany, to the project site. The transition pieces are produced by Bladt Industries in Aalborg, Denmark. Van […]

  • First Foundation Lands at Northwester 2

    31 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The first foundation of the Northwester 2 wind farm has been installed by Jan De Nul’s jack-up installation vessel Vole au Vent. The first foundation is composed of a monopile that is 76 meters long and has a diameter of almost 8 meters. The monopile weighs around 900 tonnes and the transition piece which is […]

  • Vole au vent returning to Halifax port for CVOW turbine towers

    3 June 2020
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent is now on its way back to the Port of Halifax from the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project site off Virginia, U.S., according to the vessel’s AIS data. This second trip to the Halifax port will see the Vole au vent picking up turbine towers […]

  • Denmark: WiTuS Predicts Scour in Offshore Wind Farms

    31 July 2012

    DHI’s research into long-term scour predictions has borne fruit in the form of a specialty tool – WiTuS. With WiTuS, it is now possible to model long-term predictions on scouring around monopile type foundations – structures which form the bases of majority of the current and planned offshore wind farms. Offshore wind farm establishment is […]

  • TWBII Provides Offshore Construction Update

    9 November 2018

    27 out of the 32 monopile foundations have been installed on the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Denmark: All Foundations for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Placed

    1 August 2012

    The last of the 111 transition pieces has now been installed on monopile no. 111 in Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. This means that all foundations for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm are in place, and DONG Energy is well on its way in the construction of Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm. The next step is the […]