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Ballast Nedam has been awarded the contract for the subsea inspection and maintenance of Offshore Wind Farm Butendiek by OWP Butendiek GmbH & Co KG, a company managed by German developer and wind farm operator wpd AG. The contract commences on 1 January 2015 and has an initial duration of 5 years.
The contract comprises the subsea inspection and maintenance of the foundations of the wind turbines, the offshore substation and the cables. The offshore activities will be performed from the port of Havneby on the Danish island Rømø. The inspection works consist among others of:
- Preparation of a maintenance plan for approval by the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency BSH (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie);
- Internal inspections inside the foundations;
- External inspections of the foundations below water, using unmanned ROV equipment;
- Bathymetric survey of scour protection and cable routes.
Butendiek is a 288 MW offshore wind farm located in the German part of the North Sea, approximately 32 km west of the island Sylt. The water depth at Offshore Wind Farm Butendiek ranges from 17 to 22 meters. wpd will operate 80 wind turbines and one offshore substation station in the project area. Ballast Nedam has designed, supplied and installed the foundations for this wind farm. The final foundation was installed last month.
Butendiek is a 288 MW offshore wind farm located in the German part of the North Sea, approximately 32 km west of the island Sylt. The water depth at Offshore Wind Farm Butendiek ranges from 17 to 22 meters. wpd will operate 80 wind turbines and one offshore substation station in the project area. Ballast Nedam has designed, supplied and installed the foundations for this wind farm. The final foundation was installed last month.
In the offshore wind market, Ballast Nedam is providing cost-effective solutions and services for foundations of offshore wind projects from the foundation design up to the inspection and maintenance. Through condition based monitoring we collect insight into the behaviour and aging of the structure, thus enabling maximum availability during the remaining life time at optimized operational costs.
Through its asset management business unit, active in the working areas of housing, mobility and energy, Ballast Nedam implements its involvement in all phases of a project in order to create enduring quality at the lowest possible life cycle costs for its clients.
