World’s Heaviest Monopile for Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation

April 12, 2016 rockman Project Related Comments Off on World’s Heaviest Monopile for Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation
First of the 67 7.8m diameter, 82m long monopiles for Veja Mate offshore wind farm roll out

First of the 67 7.8m diameter, 82m long monopiles for Veja Mate offshore wind farm roll out

Check out this massive pile foundation for a wind turbine at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm. It weighs over 1,300 tons (2,866 kips) and is 7.8 meters in diameter (25.5 ft) and 82.2 meters long (270 feet). The wind farm will consist of a total of 67 6MW turbines founded on giant monopiles like this. According to Offshore Wind, the Veja Mate OWF is located 95 km northwest from the island of Borkum in the German North Sea. When fully operational in 2018, the farm will produce over 1.6 TWh of electricity annually for 400,000 households in Germany. [Source: Offshore Wind. Image: Offshorewind.biz]

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Wind Turbine Foundations and Massive Off-Shore Turbines

June 29, 2008 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Wind Turbine Foundations and Massive Off-Shore Turbines

Within the span of a few days I had two wind turbine foundation items to post. First, an old U of A Geological Engineering colleague, Eric Ntambakwa sent me a link to a paper written by him and a colleage (Kirk Morgan). Both of them work for Garrad Hassan America, Inc., one of the preeminent authorities on wind turbine design. Their paper entitled "Wind Turbine Foundation Behavior and Design Considerations" was a very interesting look at foundations in this specialized industry. The other item came from ENR, and was about massive, "behemoth" off-shore wind turbines with an interesting foundation design. Read on for the rest of the details. (Photo by brentdanley)

 

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Stabilizing Wind Energy

February 7, 2012 Ty Taylor Articles, Ground Improvement Comments Off on Stabilizing Wind Energy

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Recently, URETEK ICR was asked to review a project involving lifting and stabilization of 10 precast transformer pads at a wind farm located in South Dakota.

The pads had settled to varying degrees with 8 of the 10 having settled 1 (±0.5) inch and requiring only stabilization and the two remaining, with settlement in excess of 3.5 inches, requiring lift and stabilization.

[Editor] Click through for more on this interesting project by GeoPrac.net sponsor, URETEK ICR! [/Editor]

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