2717 results found for 'monopiles'

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  • First Kentish Flats Extension Monopiles Good to Go

    28 April 2015

    The first two foundations sets for Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) offshore wind farm were lifted on board Osprey Carrier II barge on Saturday morning. With the barge fully loaded it was towed to Vlissingen in the Netherlands where the first load out will take place. The first set of foundations are due to hit the […]

  • Seajacks Zaratan Installs Final Monopile at Meerwind (Germany)

    22 April 2013

    At 22:00 on Sunday 21st April, Seajacks Zaratan completed hammering of the 80th and final monopile at the Meerwind Offshore Wind Park in Germany. Blair Ainslie, CEO for Seajacks said: “The installation of the final monopile yesterday at Meerwind is a significant achievement for all who have been involved in the project. We are proud […]

  • REDS Completes Lynn and Inner Dowsing Monopile Inspection

    7 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Reach Engineering and Diving Services (REDS) has completed internal inspections of 20 monopile foundations at Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms. Tidal Transit’s crew transfer vessel (CTV) Ginny Louise was chartered to support the works.

  • Horns Rev 3 Monopiles Stand Ready (VIDEO)

    9 January 2018

    GeoSea’s heavy-lift jack-up Innovation installed the 49th and final monopile on Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea just after the New Year. 

  • First Monopile Installed at Hornsea Project One Site

    26 January 2018

    GeoSea’s installation vessel Innovation has installed the first of 174 monopiles at the Hornsea Project One site in the UK and thus marked the beginning of offshore construction of what will become the world’s biggest wind farm.

  • Research project on sustainable installation of XXL monopiles launched

    2 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Research & Development

    A research project on sustainable installation and decommissioning of XXL monopiles for large next-generation offshore wind turbines has been launched in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) will give EUR 4 million to support the project, called Sustainable Installation of XXL Monopiles (SIMOX), with the participating companies investing EUR 2 million. The three-year project […]

  • GBM Works to build prototype for silent monopile installation

    16 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    GBM Works has received a EUR 1.8 million grant from RVO.nl to construct a prototype of its monopile installation technology that is said to minimize noise pollution. The TU Delft spin-off is developing a method which uses a waterjet to liquefy the soil on the inside of the tube, which, in combination with vibrating the […]

  • Sif Ships First Monopiles Batch for Galloper OWF

    23 September 2016
    Equipment

    Sif plant at Maasvlakte 2 has completed its first shipment of monopiles for Galloper offshore wind farm, located offshore UK. The piles, each with a length of over 80 metres, will be transported to the wind farm this December, Port of Rotterdam informed. Sif will be supplying a total of 54 monopiles to the Galloper project […]

  • Fugro’s Newly Launched InclinoCam Improves Monopile Installations

    19 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The offshore wind market is developing rapidly. More wind farms and larger wind turbines are being built, increasing the requirements for verticality, and therefore the need for accurate, efficient and safe verticality monitoring. This in turn has led to the development of Fugro’s newly launched InclinoCam®, which is featured on Fugro’s stand (30A100) at EWEA […]

  • EU Researchers Join Hands to Tackle Monopile Scour

    8 June 2018
    Research & Development

    European scour researchers have kicked off PROTEUS, a new EU Hydralab+ project, which aims to improve the design of scour protection around offshore wind turbine monopiles and future-proof them against the impacts of climate change.

  • The Netherlands: EEW SPC to Manufacture 75 Monopiles for Gemini OWF

    12 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects B.V. has assigned EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) GmbH to manufacture and deliver 75 monopiles for the Gemini offshore wind farm. The monopiles with a diameter of up to 7 meters weigh up to 850 tons. The contract was signed at the beginning of November 2013, and the financial […]

  • EEW SPC to Construct All Hornsea Project One Monopiles

    18 August 2017

    DONG Energy has awarded EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH (EEW SPC) with a contract to manufacture all monopiles for the 174-turbine offshore wind farm, the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One.

  • First Horns Rev 3 Monopiles Ready to Leave Esbjerg

    2 October 2017

    The first monopile foundations have been scheduled for shipping from the Port of Esbjerg to the site of Vattenfall’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm on 9 October.

  • Innovation Loads First Horns Rev 3 Monopiles in Esbjerg

    24 October 2017

    GeoSea’s installation vessel Innovation has transported the first set of monopiles for Vattenfall’s 406MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark.

  • Hornsea One Monopiles Start Rolling Into Able Seaton Port

    8 February 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    SAL Heavy Lift’s crane vessel Svenja has delivered 12 monopile foundations for the Hornsea Project One wind farm to the Able Seaton Port on the River Tees.

  • First batch of monopiles for Akita-Noshiro OWF arrives in Japan

    12 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The first nine monopiles for the Akita-Noshiro offshore wind project in Japan arrived in Akita on 12 January after being dispatched from Sif’s terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on board SAL Heavy Lift’s MV Lone vessel in December. The Dutch foundation manufacturer started the production of 33 monopile foundations for the 139 MW Akita-Noshiro project in […]

  • The Netherlands: Sif to Supply Monopiles and Transition Pieces for Humber Gateway

    14 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Sif Group has secured the EON Humber Gateway contract for the manufacturing of monopiles and transition pieces for the part consisting of 73 wind turbines. ”Sif will manufacture the primary steel for these foundations and Eiffage JV will manufacture the secondary steel,“ wrote sales manager Richard Jongen in an email. The Humber Gateway wind farm […]

  • Five Big OW Companies Test Vibratory Driving of Monopiles

    7 April 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    RWE Innogy, DONG Energy, EnBW, E.ON and Vattenfall are running a one year onshore demonstration project near Cuxhaven on the German North Sea coast to validate the vibratory driving of wind turbine monopile foundations, in comparison and as evolution to current impact driving of these piles. The potential benefit is faster and more environmentally benign […]

  • Monopile Gripper Frame Fitted on Van Oord’s Jack-Up

    18 July 2014
    Technology

    Temporary Works Design (TWD) completed the design and assisted in the fabrication of a monopile gripper frame for Van Oord. The gripper is designed to keep the monopiles in the correct position and inclination, while counteracting the wave, wind, and current loads on the pile during wind turbine installations. The installation of the monopile gripper […]

  • MENCK’s Largest Hammer Set for Burbo Bank 2 Monopiles

    27 May 2016

    MENCK will deploy its largest hammer for the installation of 32 monopiles at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The MHU3500S has a 6.5m pile sleeve, powered by 3 MHP 1600 hydraulic power packs in parallel setup. The hammer will be operated from Van Oord’s offshore construction vessel Svanen. Offshore construction of the 258MW wind farm is […]

  • S-2000 Hydrohammer Hammers Formosa 1 Monopiles Into Seabed

    19 December 2016

    IHC IQIP today informed its S-2000 Hydrohammer was used to install two monopiles for the first two Formosa 1 offshore wind turbines in Taiwan.  The company delivered the S-2000 Hydroammer with a 5.5m pile sleeve to Jiangsu Longyuan Zhenhua Marine Engineering Co. Ltd, which carried out the installation of foundations for the project, developed by Swancor/Formosa Wind Power […]

  • Hornsea One Monopiles Start Rolling Into Able Seaton Port

    8 February 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    SAL Heavy Lift’s crane vessel Svenja has delivered 12 monopile foundations for the Hornsea Project One wind farm to the Able Seaton Port on the River Tees.

  • Photo of the Day: Neptune Mariner Tows Arkona Monopile to Svanen

    18 October 2017

    Landfall Marine Contractors has posted a photo of their Neptune Mariner during the delivery of one of the monopiles for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, where they are being installed by Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen.

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Farm Monopile Installation Tenders Invited

    22 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH announced the tender invitation for offshore wind farm monopole installation services offshore Germany. The wind farm is located in the German Bight, 90 km west of the island of Sylt, in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The location provides water depths between 25 and 34 metres. The Sandbank project is […]

  • Germany: Modular Vibrating of Monopiles for Offshore Wind Farm Riffgat

    26 June 2012

    Halfway June APE Holland started on the North Sea near the German island of Borkum with a special offshore project, vibrating 30 steel piles (monopiles) on which 30 windmills will be installed. The piles will be driven with the Super Quad Kong (SQK), an innovative and modular vibratory driver/extractor consisting of four APE vibros, which […]