Van Oord has been awarded two new offshore wind initiatives: Baltic Power within the Baltic Sea and Greater Changhua 2b and 4 in Taiwan. The contracts have a mixed worth of greater than EUR 500 million. Once operational, the 2 offshore wind farms will ship renewable vitality to roughly 2.5 million households.
The Baltic Power offshore wind farm is being developed by a three way partnership between ORLEN (Poland) and Northland Power (Canada). The wind farm will probably be situated within the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea, 23 kilometers from shore. The wind farm will function 76 wind generators with a complete capability of 1.14 GW and can in the end provide renewable vitality to greater than 1.5 million households in Poland. Baltic Power will probably be Poland’s first offshore wind farm and an essential step within the nation’s transition to renewable vitality.
Van Oord will transport and set up 78 foundations, 76 WTG foundations (each consisting of a monopile and a transition piece), and an extra two foundations for offshore substations. To set up the monopile foundations, Van Oord will deploy its heavy-lift set up vessel Svanen. The 76 transition items will probably be put in by a third-party DP set up vessel. The transport and set up of the foundations is scheduled to start out in 2024 and is predicted to be accomplished in summer season 2025.
The Baltic Sea holds huge potential for offshore wind in Europe, due to its shallow waters, robust winds and different favorable circumstances. This makes it attainable for the Baltic states to embark on an efficient vitality transition. The Svanen is particularly designed to deal with circumstances within the Baltic Sea, together with the difficult soil composition, and has confirmed its suitability on numerous initiatives there, together with Baltic 2, Arkona, Danish Kriegers Flak and Baltic Eagle.
Taiwan additionally has a really perfect atmosphere for growing offshore wind vitality on account of its geographical location and climate circumstances. Van Oord not too long ago signed on to the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 undertaking. These wind farms are being constructed by Ørsted, 50 kilometers off the west coast of Taiwan. With a complete capability of 920 MW, they are going to provide renewable vitality to roughly 1 million Taiwanese households per yr.
Van Oord will probably be accountable for the transport and set up of three export cables, with a complete size of roughly 175 kilometers. To transport and set up the cables, Van Oord will deploy its devoted cable-laying vessel Nexus. Van Oord’s personal trencher Dig-It will bury the cables to the required depth. To pre-excavate cable joint pits all the way down to the mandatory burial depth, Van Oord will deploy its LNG-powered hopper dredger Vox Apolonia. The works are scheduled to start out in 2024 and anticipated to be completed in 2025.
The Greater Changhua wind farms are acquainted territory for Van Oord. Earlier this yr, the corporate efficiently accomplished the cable set up works at Greater Changhua 1 and 2a. Van Oord was accountable for the transport, set up and burial of the inter-array and export cables.
