Van Oord has signed a contract with Dong Energy for the installation of foundations at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in the UK.
Van Oord will install the project’s 32 monopiles and transition piece foundations, supply and install the scour protection and provide the logistics between the fabrication ports in Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the offshore wind farm. The installation works are planned to take place during the summer of 2016.
Burbo Bank Extension
The Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm is located 8 km off the coast in Liverpool Bay, United Kingdom. With a total of 32 Vestas wind turbines of 8 MW each, the offshore wind farm will have a total capacity of 258 MW.
Svanen
For installing foundations at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, Van Oord will use its heavy lift vessel Svanen (see picture above). The installation strategy is based on the feeder concept bringing foundation components floating to the Svanen at the installation site. This method has been optimised over recent years resulting in highly efficient installation cycles. To date, Svanen has successfully installed nearly 500 offshore wind turbine foundations.
