Bow Terminal in the Netherlands has been awarded the contract to temporarily store 61 transition pieces (TPs) for the 496MW Noirmoutier offshore wind farm.
Smulders has partnered with Bow Terminal Vlissingen to serve as the temporary storage yard for the offshore wind project, off Vendee, France.
Noirmoutier offshore wind farm is slated for commissioning in 2025.
It is located 11.6 kilometres from the island of Yeu and 16.5 kilometres from Noirmoutier.
The offshore wind farm will host 62 Siemens Gamesa 8MW wind turbines, optimising the area’s wind resources for renewable energy production.
The first transition pieces (TPs) have already been unloaded at the terminal in Vlissingen on 19 February.
Smulders manufactures the transition pieces in Hoboken, Belgium.
Each TP is 29.5 metres tall, with a diameter of six metres, and weighs just over 360 tonnes.
Bow Terminal is responsible for unloading the TPs, storing them, and transferring them alongside the UHL Force, which will transport the TPs to France.
Additionally, BOW Terminal facilitates Smulders in preparing the TPs for transportation to France.
Jean Pierre van Lieshout, General Manager Bow Terminal, said: “Smulders’ selection of Bow Terminal for the temporary storage and completion of TPs before their shipment to the final customer in France underscores the strategic advantage of our terminal’s location.
“This decision reaffirms our facility’s pivotal role in supporting the development of offshore wind farms in the North Sea and further afield in the foreseeable future.”
BOW Terminal is based in The Netherlands and operates two terminals, in Vlissingen and Eemshaven.