INSTALLATION EQUIPMENT

FOR
OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES

Nils van Nood

Delft, 3 October 2008
Exploration Construction Production

Jack-up

Semi-submersible

Vessel

www.GustoMSC.com
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Content

Present offshore wind market

Present installation methods
GustoMSC installation equipment
Scenarios for future offshore wind
Future challenges for installation
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How do we get 30,000 of these units

installed offshore in 2030?

EU target “20 for 20” 

“30 for 30”

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Present offshore wind market
Turbine dimensions 2 – 5 MW
D = 80 – 126 m, mass = 250 – 450 t
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Present offshore wind market
Europe is largest market at the moment

www. offshorewindenergy.org
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Present offshore wind market
Foundation types

±30 m

Present: ± 40 - 45 m
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Present installation methods

Install in several steps:

Install foundation
Install transition piece (if applicable)

Install steel tower

Install turbine: nacelle, hub, blades
several sequences and assemblies possible

Often done with jack-up

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Present installation methods

(8 slides of various installation examples & details removed for copy-right purposes)
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Present installation methods
Purpose-build vessels for wind turbine installation
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GustoMSC equipment
Pile upending tool: 1400 t, D = 4 – 6 m
In case pile weight > crane capacity
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GustoMSC equipment
Rotor rotation tool (horizontal to vertical): 165 t SWL

Photo ‘s courtesy Bard Engineering GmbH

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GustoMSC equipment
Hydraulic jacking systems
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GustoMSC equipment
Non self propelled jack-up barges: SEA series
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GustoMSC equipment
Non self propelled jack-up barges: SEA 2000
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GustoMSC equipment

Photo courtesy Deme / GeoSea : GustoMSC jack-ups Vagant, Buzzard, Zeebouwer

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GustoMSC equipment
Self propelled units: NG series
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GustoMSC equipment
Integrated design, self propelled units
Payload 6000 t, crane 1000 t
Delivery 2x in 2011

Payload 2600 t, Crane 500 t

Delivery 2009
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Future offshore wind
Scenarios for Europe (www.EWEA.org)
40 – 150 GW installed offshore wind in 2030
total power demand in 2030: 1,158 GW
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Future offshore wind

40 – 150 GW target offshore wind in Europe in 2030

Assume 5 MW per turbine:

8,000 – 30,000 offshore wind turbines

to be installed in 20 years

Assume 50 turbines per installation vessel per year:

8 – 30 installation vessels required in Europe

(if they could start installing approximately today)

30 x 30 x 30
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Future offshore wind installation

Challenges:

cost reduction

larger turbines

faster and safer installation

deeper water / future foundations

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Future offshore wind installation

Challenge: cost reduction

Required for the whole industry. For installation:

Faster installation process

Optimized, fit for purpose vessel design

Innovations for foundations and installation processes

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Future offshore wind installation

Challenge: faster and safer

Install more turbines in available weather window by:

Optimized logistics & industrialized repetitive process

Feeder vessels?  solve offshore transfer

Faster deck handling and assembly logistics

Installation in one piece?

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Future offshore wind installation
installation in one piece?
Apply proven drilling technology:
XY cantilever system
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Future offshore wind installation
Challenge: deeper water / future foundations

Handling of larger structures and weights at deeper

water  cheaper alternative for jack-up + crane?
Floating turbines: new installation procedures and
dedicated vessels (or just standard tugs?)

Tri-floater

Courtesy:
NREL
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In summary a possible future scenario for Europe:

30 x 30 x 30

30,000 turbines in 2030

with 30 installation units