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Jan De Nul Group’s fall pipe vessel
Simon
Stevin arrived at the Visnes
Eklogitt quarry in Norway for the load-out of the first batch of rock for
the
Borkum
Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm
in Germany.
This load of 32,000 tonnes is the first of four to be loaded, transported
and installed by the
Simon
Stevin. The last three batches
will be provided by the Rekefjord quarry and loaded in Eemshaven, Netherlands,
closer to the wind farm site.
The vessel will install scour protection layers onto the seabed for the
36 wind turbine foundations. In 2018 another of Jan De Nul's vessels,
Vole
au vent, will start
installing the monopile foundations at the wind farm.
Borkum
Riffgrund 2 is located 54km off
the coast of Lower Saxony next to another of DONG's wind farms,
Borkum
Riffgrund 1. The project will feature
56 MHI Vestas
V164-8.0
MW turbines, each with a 8MW capacity,
covering an area of 36km
2. Installation works are scheduled
to commence in the first half of 2018 with full commissioning expected
by the end of 2019. Once operational, it is expected to meet the energy
demands of 460,000 German households.
For more information please follow the links provided. Alternatively you
can click
here to see the project,
as well as others worldwide, on our interactive map.