Borkum awaits final foundations

ST³ was awarded the contract for the supply of 20 suction bucket jackets in 2016. The works included the final assembled jackets, coated and complete with secondary steel, electrical equipment, TP and suction buckets.

Load out of the first three jackets began in February 2018 and took four days. The load process was apparently complicated with the preparing of needed documentation taking a few months. It had to be accepted by the insurer, classification societies and by the client. Setting the constructions in grilleages required precision and was dependant on weather conditions. The 7th load with the last two jackets left Szczecin on the 12th of June. Overall the fastest load out was completed in 1.5 days.

"We are satisfied with the project’s execution" said Adam Kowalski, vice-president of management board of ST³ Offshore.

"18 from 20 jackets have been delivered to the client. Four of them have been set on the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. The contract has been realiaed successfully and according to plan agreed with the client. It lets us see the future in optimistic colours" added the vice-president.

"We are able to produce all huge stell structures, but we also take into account other contracts, not necessary from offshore core business" stressed Andrzej Czech, the president of the management board of ST³ Offshore.

After completion, Borkum Riffgrund II will have an export capacity of approximately 450MW. This means that around 460,000 German households can be supplied with green energy. Full commissioning is planned for 2019.

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