Denmark’s leading contractor MT Højgaard has just finished the installation of 54 ea foundations for one of the world’s largest offshore wind turbine farms on the east coast of England.
MT Højgaard is the company that on a worldwide scale possesses the largest experience in installing foundations for wind turbine farms at sea. The offshore wind turbine farms are made in order to reduce construction of wind turbine farms on land where they are inconvenient to the population.
MT Højgaard has unique competences within this field. We are pleased and proud to hand over yet another project while we are carrying out two similar projects: Robin Rigg and Rhyl Flats which both are expected to be completed by 2008, says Deputy Vice President Bente Østerbye from MT Højgaard.
After having carried out a series of offshore wind turbine foundation projects i.e. Middelgrunden, Horns Rev and Kentish Flats and Burbo Banks in England MT Højgaard is now the worldwide leading contractor within this field.
MT Højgaard has great experience within marine engineering i.e. harbour construction and coastal protection.
Denmark’s leading contractor has installed the 54 foundations of the offshore wind turbine farm for the Lynn & Inner Dowsing Project north of Great Yarmouth which is owned by the British energy company Centrica Ltd.
The foundations designed by Rambøll Denmark weigh from 199 to 266 tons and are installed to water depths from 6.3 to 11.2 meters. The foundation concept is a steel mono pile solution which is either piled or drilled - due to actual conditions – to the subsoil.
During the spring 3.6 MW turbines from Siemens Wind Power have to be installed to the foundations, and the total of 194.4 MW are expected to be installed by fall 2008.
The wind turbines will supply a total of 130,000 British households and reduce discharge of 500,000 tons of CO2.
