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"A ship taller than a skyscraper is heading to the North Sea to build the
world’s largest offshore wind farm at Dogger Bank, off the north-east coast of
England.
The Voltaire “jack-up” ship – so called because it deploys its four
130-metre-long legs to stand on the sea floor – reaches 336 metres, just taller
than the Eiffel Tower. Its main deck crane can lift wind turbine components
weighing 3200 tonnes – more than 22 times the weight of the Statue of Liberty’s
copper and iron body. “Our vessel has been designed especially to install the
highest offshore structures in the world,” says Carl Heiremans at Jan De Nul
Group, an engineering company headquartered in Luxembourg.
Vessels like these are in high demand but short supply as the world races to
build offshore wind farms with increasingly large wind turbines, including the
14-megawatt turbines planned for Dogger Bank. These will be the largest ever
installed offshore with rotating blades, which sweep a circle more than double
the length of a football field.
The Voltaire is the first of a new generation of ships that can handle such
huge turbines. Worldwide, there are plans to either upgrade or construct about
20 ships for this purpose by 2025."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
