Van Oord has installed the first of 102 jacket foundations at ScottishPower Renewables’ 714MW East Anglia 1 offshore wind farm off the east coast of England.
The three-legged structures are being installed at depths of down to 55 metres in the southern North Sea.
Van Oord project director Daan Makkink said: “This project makes our expertise in the installation of foundations even broader. So far only a handful of wind farms have been constructed on jacket foundations.
“Their number will increase in the years ahead because the ideal locations for wind farms built on monopiles – shallow waters with a relatively flat, firm seabed – are filling up fast.”
The jacket foundation was installed by Boskalis vessel Bokalift 1. Seajacks jack-up Scylla will join the foundation installation campaign later this summer.
EA1 will feature 102 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines and is due online in 2020.
Image: Van Oord
EA1 wears first jacket
By EBS