Dutch Drilling Consultants

Renewables


Courtesy of Centrica

DDC is sole market leader in the Offshore Wind Farm projects regarding drilling services, starting in 2007 with the PBA 936 and on the moment building together with Aker Wirth the PBA 1450. Besides de OWF projects Dutch Drilling Consultants also worked for Tidal Turbines and Wave Converters.

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Lincs Offshore Wind Farm

Centrica has begun offshore works for its 270MW Lincs Offshore Windfarm, 8km off the Lincolnshire coastline east of Skegness. Main contractor MTHøjgaard will install 75 monopiles with diameter of 4900 mm. The foundations will be installed from the MPI Resolution. Due to the conical top of the foundation the drill rig has retractable arms.

Offshore Wind farm baltic 1

Baltic Offshore Windfarm is the first commercial offshore windfarm of germany. It is located 16 km offshore Germany's Baltic coast. Ballast Nedamas subcontractor has designed, supplied and installed the 21 foundations using the jack-up barge the Sea worker.

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm will be completed in 2011. It consist of 89 Siemens 3,6 MW windturbines. The first 23 foundations are installed by MTHøjgaard using the special heavy lifting vessel Svanen.

Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm

Ballast Nedam Offshore, MTHøjgaard and DDC worked together for Dong Energy Power for Gunfleet Sands OWF from the Svanen. Each monopile with a 5m diameter and weight of 225 tons are driven up to 40m into the seabed. On top of each monopile is installed a transition piece on which the Windmill with a 3,7 MW Siemens wind turbine is placed.

Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm

Ballast Nedam and MTHøjgaard pile-drove and drilled 25 foundations for the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm for RWE Npower Renewables Ltd.. It is Wales second offshore windfarm in Liverpool Bay. These foundations has been successfully installed from the heavy lift vessel Svanen.

Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm

In 2007 Smit Engineering as a subcontractor of MTHøjgaard pile-drove 60 foundations for the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm. The foundations have been successfully installed from the jack-up barge Lisa A.

Lynn and Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm

In 2007, MTHøjgaard installed 54 foundations for Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd. for the Lynn and Inner Dowsing Offshore Windfarm for. The 180 MW windfarm is one of the largest in the UK and was executed from the MV Resolution.

Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm

In 2006 Mammoet van Oord as a subcontractor of MTHøjgaard pile-drove and drilled 25 foundations for this offshore wind farm off the west coast of Britain. These foundations has been successfully installed from the Jumping Jack by the end of July 2006.