Herrenknecht AG’s Post

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝘂-𝗡𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺! Our offshore installation vessel ‘Innovation’ installed the first foundation at the Yeu-Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. We use specialised drilling technology designed for rocky seabed conditions to install the foundations. This leverages our expertise from the Saint-Nazaire project, utilising similar equipment, including the 350-tonne Offshore Foundation Drill developed with Herrenknecht AG. Additionally, the recently extended MODIGA, now reaching 70 metres in height, shields drilling and installation operations from harsh ocean conditions, optimising operational efficiency in water depths up to 40 metres. The 488 MW offshore wind farm, developed by Les Éoliennes en Mer Services, a project by OW Ocean Winds (an ENGIE and EDPR joint-venture), will generate enough renewable energy to power almost 800,000 French households. 📷 Christophe - Photo/Vidéo Offshore/Industry/Building sites #offshorewind #energytransition #france #renewableenergy #innovation

Not so often do I share or post something on LinkedIn, so here is one to pin. It has been known for a while but now it's official. The Seagreen project located in the north-east Scottish waters crossed the final milestone, by having all 114 x V164-10MW turbines, successfully passing the tests on completion, and reaching full commercial operation. What a ride it has been! Since I firstly embarked on this Seagreen journey in December 2019, five-month prior contract signature, is has been nothing but challenging. A roller coaster project with high-ups, low-downs, bumps, and loops - to an extent where you at times didn’t know if you were flying or free-falling! But we made it to the end. The turbines are spinning and creating clean, green energy for millions of people. This very first, and to date only commissioned, #Vestas offshore project above 1 GW installed capacity, has brought essential learnings not only to the company, our customer, and involved partners in the journey, but also to us as individuals. Intelligent courage, grit, agility, and willingness walk the extra mile has been key, and I am honored to have been working with some of the brightest and most dedicated minds in the industry to get this job done safely from start to end. Looking back, the last +3½ years have been no way as you could have imagined on beforehand. Back then, I was part of the former MHI-Vestas and the world had never heard of COVID-19. Coming into the Vestas family we had to find our new stands and managing COVID-19 both in professional project execution and privately has been game-changing. And speaking of the private side, this Seagreen period also brought me a wedding with my fabulous wife and yet a toddler arriving to our family - what’s not to like 😊 So, what does this post/re-post give to people not familiar to the Seagreen project, Vestas or the offshore wind business? Probably not a whole lot. But if it has inspired just one of you to embark on your own journey within the world of offshore wind, it has done it's duty. Over and out. //Thomas.

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 The Italian authorities are currently processing a concession application for a #windenergy project in the waters off Taranto, where the country’s first #offshorewindfarm was built. While the #windturbines now spinning near the Port of Taranto stand on fixed-bottom foundations, the new application is for a project that would be built farther offshore and would use #floatingwind technology. The project is being proposed by a company called Ionio Prime at a site in the Ionian Sea, in the Gulf of Taranto, between the regions of Basilicata and Puglia, in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Port Authorities of Taranto and Gallipoli. 28 #floatingwindturbines, each with a nominal output of 15 MW, are proposed to be installed. According to the documentation now published for public consultation, one of the wind turbine generator technologies being considered is Vestas’s V236-15.0 MW model. Read the full article via the link below. #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #OffshoreWind #OffshoreWindEnergy #WindEnergy #Windpower #FloatingWind #FloatingOffshoreWind #FloatingWindEnegy #WindFarm #WindTurbine

A new study has outlined the "monumental" challenges of scaling up floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) to a gigawatt-scale wind farm. So far, no wind developer has attempted to deploy FOWTs at the gigawatt-scale. The world's largest floating wind farm is currently Equinor's 88MW Hywind Tampen project in Norway, while the largest in the UK is the 50MW Kincardine wind farm. However, there are 12 gigawatt and multi-gigawatt scale floating wind in the pipeline in Scotland across the ScotWind and INTOG leasing rounds. Click here to read more.... #renewableenergy #climatechange #sustainablefuture #decarbonisation #netzero #iea #uk #investment

⚓ "Meeting ambitious state and federal floating offshore wind deployment targets will require a dedicated, collaborative effort between industry, governments, workforce, and communities to address the significant investment and lead times (...) required to develop a floating offshore wind port network." - The Impacts of Developing a Port Network for Floating Offshore Wind Energy on the West Coast of the United States, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Report, September 2023 👉 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/dEeMcvtM 💡 Flowindus can support the port authorities and project developers for the sizing of the future port infrastructures to meet the floating wind specific requirements: 🔹 Definition of all the operations for floater and turbine assembly, 🔹 Required overall area and quay length for commercial project, 🔹 Ground bearing capacity for each specific area, 🔹 Water depth and dredging requirements, 🔹 Overall general site requirements. Contact us for more information: ✉ contact@flowindus.com 🌐 https://flowindus.com #offshorewind #floatingwind #renewableenergy #ports

BOEM is taking steps towards offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine. Today, BOEM released for public review and comment a draft environmental assessment analyzing the State of Maine's requested 9,700-acre research lease on the OCS, which is roughly 20 nautical miles off the coast of Maine. If developed as initially proposed, the project would consist of 12 floating offshore wind turbines and generate up to 144 MW. #offshorewindenergy #offshorewind #offshore #gulfofmaine #maine #BOEM #climatepolicy #climateaction #renewables #renewableenergy Andrew Compton, Marius G., Lauri Kai, April Kent, Will Kim, Candis L. Micca, Ron Erlichman https://lnkd.in/eYSmyiW6

The first Siemens Gamesa wind turbine for the 25 MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm has been assembled in France. The floating wind farm will comprise three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines installed on tensioned line floats and designed by SBM Offshore and IFP Energies nouvelles. The turbine components, manufactured at Siemens Gamesa's factory in Le Havre, arrived in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône in April this year. The floating foundations that will house the wind turbines are being assembled at Eiffage Métal's site in Fos-sur-Mer by the French company and Smulders, its Belgian subsidiary. The Provence Grand Large is located 40 kilometres west of Marseille and 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, in water depths of around 100 metres. The project is scheduled to be completed this year when it will produce the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 45,000 inhabitants. The Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm is owned PARC EOLIEN OFFSHORE DE PROVENCE GRAND LARGE - a subsidiary of EDF Renouvelables, and Enbridge Eolien France 2 S.à.r.l (@EEF2), a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments | Investissements RPC. #renewableenergy #offshorewind #engineering #wind #carbon60 #energy #france

Equinor has inaugurated the world's largest floating wind farm, Hywind Tampen, in a ceremony attended by officials and dignitaries. Notably, it's the first such wind farm designed to power offshore oil and gas installations, providing electricity to Equinor's North Sea fields. ♻️ The 88 MW capacity project features 11 wind turbines built on Equinor's unique floating concept, serving as a testing ground for larger turbines, simplified moorings, and integration between wind and gas power systems. The project's rapid development has boosted the local industry, creating green jobs and technological advancements. ⚓ With Hywind Tampen operational, Equinor now controls 47% of the global offshore floating wind capacity. 🌟 #renewableenergy #offshorewind #windenergy

Energy news! COWI got approval to build the foundations for Equinor's Empire Wind 1 turbines in offshore New York. In a project that required the use of several advanced data analysis techniques, COWI managed to exceed industry standards, and to minimise the steel weight, reducing both costs and embodied carbon emissions. The achievement required several data specialists to conduct analyses and simulations on geotechnics, hydrodynamics, electrical, health and safety, among others. There are always technologies that grab the headlines, but it is always nice to recognise when robust data analysis helps build the future of energy. If you want to read more about the Offshore Wind Turbines here is the link: https://lnkd.in/dbzvTT26 #COWI #Equinor #WindTurbines

The third and final wind turbine of the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project was installed 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France. Less than a month after the first departure from the Port of Marseille Fos, the other two wind turbines were in turn towed offshore and anchored at a depth of around 100 metres. Currently, the installation of an electrical connection is underway to transport electricity to the coast and feed it into the French network. The commissioning of the pilot project is planned for the beginning of 2024. The Provence Grand Large project features three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines installed on tensioned line floats and designed by SBM Offshore and IFP Energies nouvelles. The wind turbine components were manufactured at Siemens Gamesa's factory in Le Havre. The floating foundations were assembled at Eiffage Métal's site in Fos-sur-Mer by the French company and Smulders, its Belgian subsidiary. Once fully commissioned, the 24 MW floating offshore wind farm will produce the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 45,000 inhabitants. The project is owned by PARC EOLIEN OFFSHORE DE PROVENCE GRAND LARGE, a subsidiary of EDF Renouvelables, and Enbridge Eolien France 2 S.à.r.l (EEF2), a subsidiary of Enbridge. and CPP Investments | Investissements RPC. #renewableenergy #wind #engineering #carbon60 #offshorewind #energy