The first monopiles are ready to be shipped out of the Port of Esbjerg for Vattenfall’s 406MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm off the coast of Denmark.
The foundations will be loaded onto GeoSea vessel Innovation on 9 October and shipped to the project site, some 29km off the Danish coast, Port of Esbjerg said.
The structures have been transported to Esbjerg from Rostock by tugboats, the port added.
Each monopile is 50-70 metres long, weighs between 420 and 705 tonnes and will be driven 25-39 metres into the seabed.
The foundations will support 49 MHI Vestas V164 8MW turbines, optimised to 8.3MW.
Image: Port of Esbjerg
Horns Rev 3 ready for lift off
First foundations to be loaded on 9 October onto GeoSea vessel Innovation
By EBS