Mammoet selected to marshal over 100 XL monopile foundations for RWE’s offshore wind farms Nordseecluster A and Thor
Mammoet will handle the movement of over 100 monopiles for wind turbines on-site over the course of a year.
Mammoet has entered into a contract with Buss Ports to oversee the marshalling of wind turbine generator foundations for two of Europe’s largest offshore wind farm projects – RWE’s Nordseecluster A in Germany and Thor in Denmark.
The Nordseecluster, with a planned capacity of up to 1.6 GW, is one of Germany’s largest offshore wind energy projects and will be built in two phases (A & B). Thor, with a planned capacity of over 1 GW, is Denmark’s largest to date and will provide power to more than one million homes.
Mammoet will manage the phased load-in, temporary storage, and load-out of 116 XXL monopiles for both wind farm projects at Buss Terminal Eemshaven in the Netherlands. The largest foundations will weigh approximately 1,700 tonnes and measure 96 meters in length.
The monopiles will be offloaded onto the quay using a RoRo linkspan ramp and transported using Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMTs) equipped with saddles.
The SPMT trailers will then move the monopiles onto storage dunes, ready to be dispatched and shipped to the wind farms located in the German and Danish waters of the North Sea.
Wouter Santen, Project Manager at Mammoet, stated:
“This is a complex marshalling operation, with large components for both farms needing to be moved and managed on a single site.
Combining our specialist heavy transport equipment with our engineering experience of monopile handling, we are delighted to support the development of these significant offshore wind projects concurrently.”
Marc Wegman, Managing Director of Buss Terminal Eemshaven, added:
“Mammoet has a proven track record for managing the movement of monopiles safely and efficiently.
Having them by our side during the planning stage has been invaluable. We look forward to working with them as we move into the assembly phase.”
