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🔧 [#MAINTENANCE] It appears necessary to develop solutions adapted to floating supports and to meet the challenges of heavy lifting at height with increasing size of floating wind turbines. This is the aim of the research project called #FLOWTOM, which was launched in 2021 to help develop solutions adapted to this particular context. Tests have been carried out in the wave tank of the Ifremer Centre in Brittany from 8 to 16 April to define the operating conditions for heavy lifting at sea, both from the vessel and the WindSpider lifts system, in complementarity with a numerical approach. #FLOWTOM project is led by France Énergies Marines and brings together EDF, Ifremer, INNOSEA, IMT Atlantique, Jifmar Offshore, SBM Offshore, Shell, Skyborn Renewables, and SOFRESID ENGINEERING. #FOWT #maintenance #heavy #lifting #wave #trials #tank #numerical #simulation

🌊 As the #OffshoreWind industry accelerates, we're witnessing a colossal shift towards larger and mightier turbines, especially in deep waters. 🌬️ 🌪️ Think about it: The next-gen turbines, powering up to a whopping 20 MW, will potentially feature nacelle weights 🏋️ exceeding 600 tons. Combine that with tower heights surpassing 160 m 🏢 and rotor diameters stretching beyond 265 m, and you've got a Herculean assembly task on hand. 🔧 While #XXXLMonopiles have seen some impressive developments, for waters deeper than 80 m, floating foundations seem to be the most viable solution. 🌊🛠️ Here's the challenge: Even if assembly happens at a quayside or near-shore facility 🚢, any significant component replacement would still demand an offshore crane in the absence of towing the floater back to port. 🏗️ The logistical demands are soaring, pushing us to innovate and rethink the way we approach offshore wind assembly and maintenance. Let's rise to the challenge, industry leaders! 💪🌍 #WindEnergy #DeepWaterInnovation #SustainableFuture 💡🍃

🌊 As the #OffshoreWind industry accelerates, we're witnessing a colossal shift towards larger and mightier turbines, especially in deep waters. 🌬️ 🌪️ Think about it: The next-gen turbines, powering up to a whopping 20 MW, will potentially feature nacelle weights 🏋️ exceeding 600 tons. Combine that with tower heights surpassing 160 m 🏢 and rotor diameters stretching beyond 265 m, and you've got a Herculean assembly task on hand. 🔧 While #XXXLMonopiles have seen some impressive developments, for waters deeper than 80 m, floating foundations seem to be the most viable solution. 🌊🛠️ Here's the challenge: Even if assembly happens at a quayside or near-shore facility 🚢, any significant component replacement would still demand an offshore crane in the absence of towing the floater back to port. 🏗️ The logistical demands are soaring, pushing us to innovate and rethink the way we approach offshore wind assembly and maintenance. Let's rise to the challenge, industry leaders! 💪🌍 #WindEnergy #DeepWaterInnovation #SustainableFuture 💡🍃

With the notable exception of the Large Hadron Collider, there's really no machine in history with single parts larger than today's mammoth wind turbines. Some offshore turbines, for example, are being built with blades more than 140 m (459 ft) long. One of the reasons why they're not getting to this scale on dry land is that it's damn near impossible to move blades this size on the road. https://lnkd.in/eM3d9Kff

The offshore wind sector is witnessing a phenomenal growth, driven by the trend towards larger, heavier wind turbines in deeper waters. This evolution, especially with the emergence of turbines up to 20 MW, poses significant logistical and heavy lifting challenges in deep-sea operations. Envision turbines with nacelles weighing over 600 tons, atop towers surpassing 160 meters, and rotor diameters beyond 265 meters. Assembling these colossal structures is an extraordinary task. While recent advancements like XXXL monopiles are notable, for depths over 80 meters, floating foundations are becoming a preferred choice. Current strategies suggest assembly near shorelines or quaysides, but for major component replacements, robust offshore cranes are indispensable. #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #DeepWaterChallenges #WindTurbineInnovation #HeavyLifting #FloatingFoundations #SustainableDevelopment #MarineEngineering

WINDY WEDNESDAY Check these two 4-axle SCHEUERLE SPMTs moving a huge offshore monopile at Bladt Industries A/S in Denmark. Bladt is a global leader in manufacturing complex large-scale steel structures for the global offshore wind industry. According to Bladt the market grows, so does the need for even bigger wind turbines up to 15 and even 20 MW, which in turn require even bigger foundations, moving towards XXL and mega monopiles with a diameter of more than 11 meters 🚀 SCHEUERLE SPMTs can be coupled together as required - end-to-end, side-by-side or even in open compound - and operated synchronously via one single remote control unit 🕹️ A/S N.P. Trucks #NoEnergyTransitionWithoutSpecialTransport #MoveTheWorld #OffshoreWind #TIIScheuerle #Scheuerle #HeavyTransport #SpecialTransport #WindyWednesday #EnergyTransition #WindEnergy #HeavyHaulage

WINDY WEDNESDAY Check these two 4-axle SCHEUERLE SPMTs moving a huge offshore monopile at Bladt Industries A/S in Denmark. Bladt is a global leader in manufacturing complex large-scale steel structures for the global offshore wind industry. According to Bladt the market grows, so does the need for even bigger wind turbines up to 15 and even 20 MW, which in turn require even bigger foundations, moving towards XXL and mega monopiles with a diameter of more than 11 meters 🚀 SCHEUERLE SPMTs can be coupled together as required - end-to-end, side-by-side or even in open compound - and operated synchronously via one single remote control unit 🕹️ A/S N.P. Trucks #NoEnergyTransitionWithoutSpecialTransport #MoveTheWorld #OnshoreWind #TIIScheuerle #Scheuerle #SouthAfrica #HeavyTransport #SpecialTransport #WindyWednesday #EnergyTransition #WindEnergy #HeavyHaulage

Boskalis’ MIGHTY SERVANT 1 FITTED WITH ‘WINGS’ FOR TENNET’S 73M WIDE DOLWIN EPSILON PLATFORM For many years Boskalis has made a significant contribution to the energy transition with their versatile fleet. From the preparation of the seabed with their subsea rock installation vessels and the installation of power cables with their cable-laying vessels to the installation of turbine foundations with their impressive crane vessels. But also in an earlier phase by transporting subsea power cables, monopiles, jacket foundations and offshore converter platforms across the globe with their semi-submersible heavy transport vessels. The latter is what their Mighty Servant 1 is currently transporting – the impressive DolWin Epsilon platform, weighing more than 23,000t. This HVDC converter platform will export the windgenerated electricity from several offshore windfarms to the onshore power grid. Unique about this transport is that the Mighty Servant 1 deck is 50m wide and the cargo is 73m wide, almost one and a half times as wide! Therefore, the deck has been extended with four outriggers. Simply put; four ‘wings’ – two on each side of the vessel – which made the Mighty Servant 1 wider at crucial points to carry TenneT’s 82m long and 84m high DolWin Epsilon platform. The video credited by: @boknalosen #boskalis #offshore #offshoreenergy #offshorenorway #offshorewind #vessels #platform #power #energy #transport

"In a south Texas shipyard, a large vessel named after a horrifying mythological sea monster is now more than 75% finished. The ship is called Charybdis and when it’s complete—perhaps late next year or in early 2025—it will have an important job to do: installing giant offshore wind turbines that will provide clean electricity to the U.S. grid. In fact, the vessel will be able to pull off a specialized trick that an average ship can’t accomplish. It will be capable of lowering legs down to the seafloor and then raising itself up totally out of the water, so it becomes a stable platform in the ocean. "Because wind turbine parts are so big, the ship needs to be big. Charybdis will measure 472 feet long, 184 feet wide, and host a crew of more than 100 people. The wind turbine blades it will carry will be 354 feet long (longer than the 100 yards of a football field), and each turbine needs three of those, plus the tower sections, and has a nacelle that weighs more than 550 tons. A nearly 73-foot-wide platform at one end of Charybdis will provide a spot for a helicopter to take off and land. "Dominion Energy, the company making the vessel, says that it will be able to carry components for four turbines. The large blades will be housed in a horizontal racking system at the opposite end of the ship as the helicopter pad; the tower sections will be stored vertically on deck, rising up high. A crane with a nearly 427-foot-long boom will be able lift the mammoth parts into place when installing a turbine. " #windturbines

Subsea is another booming segment in addition to offshore wind and PSV.