Ballast Nedam has contracted Marine Coordination Services (MCS) to support its foundation construction activities for a nearshore turbine installation project in the Netherlands.
MCS will support the foundation installation activities for 24 turbines on the water as part of the Windplanblauw wind energy project in Flevoland.
Its scope includes logistics and communication support and provision of crew transfer vessels (CTVs).
MCS will provide five CTVs in total, each able to carry 12 passengers and three crew.
The vessels will be operating from the Flevo Marina port near Lelystad.
Activities in the IJsselmeer will last until 2023.
MCS managing director Jens Doeksen said: “We are excited to be working on the IJsselmeer again, following our support activities for Windpark Fryslân.
For the nearshore wind turbines at Windplanblauw, Ballast Nedam is implementing a unique, in-house designed cofferdam foundation concept.
“We are working closely together to ensure an efficient, safe and secure project realisation.”
Ballast Nedam package manager Mohamad Saad added: “Ballast Nedam has entered into a partnership with MCS because MCS thinks beyond its own boundaries.
“We are extremely pleased with the flexibility and broad deployment of MCS in terms of both equipment and personnel.”
The 24 wind turbines are part of Windplanblauw, an initiative of Vattenfall and SwifterwinT, a unique, local initiative of more than 170 agricultural entrepreneurs, residents and turbine owners from the area.
Windplanblauw concerns a repowering project in the municipalities of Dronten and Lelystad, where 74 wind turbines are being replaced by 61 larger, more powerful turbines with a joint installed capacity of over 335MW.
Of these, 37 will be on land and 24 in the IJsselmeer.
The nearshore wind turbines replace the 28 wind turbines in Vattenfall’s Irene Vorrink wind farm currently being dismantled.
Work on the onshore turbines has already commenced.
Windplanblauw is expected to be operational in the last quarter of 2023.