Belgian overseas building as well as dredging team Jan De Nul has actually positioned an order for its 3rd as well as biggest overseas wind generator installment team at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry inChina

The Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel, called Voltaire, will certainly be developed with a haul of roughly 14,000 tonnes as well as an unparalleled crane capability of over 3,000 tonnes, making it the biggest as well as most-capable vessel of its kind worldwide as well as especially created to manage wind generators that can get to greater than 270 meters high as well as 120-meter-long blades.

The style was carried out in residence with testimonial from marine engineers at KNUD E. HANSEN.

Delivery is established for 2022.

According to Jan De Null, the Voltaire will certainly additionally be deployable for the oil as well as gas market, as well as for deactivating of overseas frameworks.

The Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel is called after the 18th-century French author, chronicler as well as theorist Fran çois-Marie Arouet, understood by his pseudonymVoltaire

Philippe Hutse, Offshore Director at Jan De Nul Group: “Upon her delivery in 2022, we will be capable of efficiently installing the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators and foundations. This investment is a logical step forward in the development of our offshore wind capacities. The third jack-up vessel will enable us to cope with our increased number of offshore wind projects worldwide. In addition, we recognize the global trend towards larger wind turbines for increased green energy demands. The Voltaire will have all the required specifications to meet the upcoming challenges.”

In enhancement to its dimension as well as ability, Voltaire will certainly be eco certified by taking the exact same extremely innovative discharge control modern technology aboard as all various other Ultra-Low Emission vessels in the Jan De Nul fleet.

Due to the truth that numerous overseas building tasks happen near to coast, in some cases near largely inhabited locations, the removal of air contamination is a main worry. The most current generation of Jan De Nul vessels are geared up with scrubber systems, especially a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system as well as a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF), in order to adhere to the more stringent European land as well as inland rivers discharge policies EURO PHASE V.

The exact same modern technology is currently utilized on 2 of Jan De Nul’s tracking suction receptacle dredgers in addition to 3 even more presently incomplete. The Voltaire will, nonetheless, be the extremely initial seagoing installment vessel of its kind to be such an Ultra-Low Emission vessel (ULEv) as well as, in addition, EURO PHASE V accredited.

The Voltaire will certainly be especially created to move, raise as well as set up overseas wind generators, shift items as well as structures. Key functions consist of a primary crane of over 3,000 tonnes, an operating deepness of roughly 80 meters, a haul of concerning 14,000 tonnes as well as lodging for 100 individuals. The vessel has 4 legs to raise itself over the water level for steady working problems as well as is geared up with a DP2 system.

Compared to Jan De Nul’s 2 various other jack-up vessels, the Vole au air vent as well as the Taillevent, the Voltaire has virtually dual the deck area, making it efficient in packing the future generation of wind generators as well as structures.