Earth-Fixed Heave Compensation

With a global growing demand of energy, more offshore wind farms are installed, further away and in deeper waters. Nowadays, offshore wind turbines are mostly installed by jack-up installation vessels. Most existing jack-up vessels have legs that are becoming too short for these water depths while offshore wind turbines are increasing in size...

Sitting Up System: A novel concept for large integrated offshore wind turbine installation

It is expected by the EWEA that in the North Sea only the wind energy capacity will increase to 45 GW. In 2015 the capacity was only 5.2 GW. Offshore contractors should be capable of installing lots of turbines and just that is a problem. As turbines increase in size installation vessels need significant upgrades. Therefore, most contractors...