Fugro has unveiled that its QuickVision digicam know-how is supporting Heerema Marine Contractors as they set up 27 wind generators for Parkwind’s Arcadist Ost 1 wind farm offshore Germany.
Using a novel floating Rotor-Nacelle Assembly (RNA) set up methodology, the Dutch firm is putting in wind generators with the blades already pre-assembled on deck, onto the tower fastened on the muse.
The set up of the wind generators is finished by Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Thialf.
The first unit was positioned on its basis in November and it was the primary 9.5 MW Vestas turbine with a 174-metre rotor to be put in on a business venture, the primary time Heerema Marine Contractors’ Thialf entered the Baltic Sea, and the primary time a wind turbine was put in utilizing a novel floating set up methodology.
Fugro’s QuickVision know-how permits Heeream to place the RNA remotely and effectively inside strict tolerances, while lowering personnel dangers historically related to offshore set up operations, the corporate stated.
According to Fugro, the most important technical problem for Heeream when utilizing a floating set up vessel is managing the relative movement between the suspended load within the vessel’s heavy elevate crane and the highest of the fastened basis tower.
Fugro’s know-how gives real-time info from the digicam system making certain exact monitoring of the lifting, positioning, and reducing phases of the set up course of, permitting Heerema to place the RNA with an accuracy of fewer than 2 centimetres, the corporate stated.
“The QuickVision® system provides us that further certainty required to put in the RNA on the tower while eradicating the necessity to have engineers visually observing underneath the load,” stated Sándor Hötte, Senior Installation Engineer at Heerema.
The Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm is positioned within the German territorial waters of the Baltic Sea, northeast of the island of Rügen, the place offshore development began in June 2022.
The 257 MW wind farm is predicted to be totally commissioned this yr when it can generate sufficient inexperienced power to energy the equal of as much as 290,000 households.
Arcadis Ost 1 has been developed by Parkwind with the participation of PMV and OstseeWindEnergie GmbH, a venture firm of the three companions Oberhessische Versorgungsbetriebe AG, Stadtwerke Bad Vilbel and WV Energie AG.
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