When installing an offshore wind turbine in 50-80 meter water depth, using a jacket foundation is an obvious choice. To install the pin-piles for the jacket, a pre-piling template is an excellent structure to ensure precise installation. Moving to new areas with different circumstances brings along new operational challenges. A ...
With offshore wind farms moving to deeper water, and the WTG also increasing in size, we see other foundations than the good old monopile. When using a jacket foundation a pre-piling template helps to speed up the installation process. However, this is only useful when the pre-piling template guarantees that ...
The construction of an offshore wind farm is the result of a collaborative effort from multiple industry specialists joining forces to combine their expertise and experience. Situated 16km off the coast of North-West France, Saint-Brieuc’s is the perfect spot to catch the bulk of the prevailing winds that barrel in ...
With the upcoming Business Days Twente, we are looking back at one of the success stories of a previous edition. At the career fair we always meet many talented and driven engineering students. Here’s an interview with one of those students who after meeting at the event found a place ...
Bigger & Slender As monopiles increase in size, we can install larger wind turbines and generate more energy. To increase the size of the foundations and at the same time keep the weight of these foundations within reason, monopiles tend to become slender. This is a great achievement by monopile ...
Designing the most complex tool is never the issue. Design and build an innovative tool that increases workability, that is the challenge. Innovation is about being clever. Sometimes adding functionality and a higher level of automation to your tool is a clever way to increase workability. However, there are also ...
