Two Schottel Transverse Thrusters kind STT 6 FP (1,400 kW each) at the bow as well as one Schottel Retractable Rudderpropeller kind SRP 260 R FP (880 kW) will certainly enable much better ability to move throughout vibrant positioning of the DP 2-compliant vessel.
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French delivering firm Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has actually chosen Schottel to provide a variety of propulsion systems for its 2nd wind ranch solution procedure vessel (SOV) the Wind of Hope, the sibling vessel to its Wind of Change.
Designed by Salt Ship Design, the brand-new walk-to-work vessel is presently incomplete at Cemre shipyard in Turkey as well as will certainly get in solution operating under a long-lasting agreement with Ørsted.
The propulsion system of the Salt Ship Design vessel is powered by 4 diesel generators, which drive the electrical motors of the Schottel propulsion plan. Two Schottel Rudderpropellers kind SRP 430 FP, each with an input power of 1,660 kW as well as a prop size of 2.4 m, are set up at the strict. Two Schottel Transverse Thrusters kind STT 6 FP (1,400 kW each) at the bow as well as one Schottel Retractable Rudderpropeller kind SRP 260 R FP (880 kW) will certainly enable much better ability to move throughout vibrant positioning of the DP 2-compliant vessel.
The Wind of Hope will certainly give contemporary holiday accommodations (private cabins with sea sights as well as video clip as needed, a health club as well as a movie theater, and so on) for greater than 60 professionals for numerous weeks each time. As with sibling vessel Wind of Change, the professionals will certainly be moved to the wind generators using a little girl craft in great weather condition. A vibrant activity made up gangway will certainly enable a quick as well as protected transfer of the workers in hefty seas.
Upon shipment in 2021, the 83.0-meter lengthy as well as 19.4-meter large vessel will certainly sustain the Hornsea Project Two overseas wind ranch off the coastline of England.
[Photo Credit: Louis Dreyfus Armateurs]
