Renews Oty2021

Offshore
Technology
Yearbook
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elcome to renews OTY 2021, the sixth edition New players are regularly coming out with floating
of our comprehensive desk-top reference for foundations for a sector that is primed to hit the big
the offshore wind sector. time with several large-capacity tenders due to take
Another year brings even more lofty ambitions for place in 2021 and the coming years.
the expansion of the sector globally. To match that, Jack-ups and cable-lay vessels are also growing
supply chain companies are readying themselves to in size and number, as both listings this year show.
secure their slice of the action. Several existing players are building massive new ships
In turbines, Vestas has entered the next-generation to handle the larger turbines and growing need for
club by unveiling its 15MW unit to compete with the wire installation, while new entrants are working on
GE Haliade-X and Siemens Gamesa 14MW platforms. plans to enter the market buoyed by predictions of a
These three manufacturers dominate proceedings shortage of assets for the coming boom.
in Europe but, as you will see in our turbine section, Meanwhile, fabricators are revamping yards to be
there is an active manufacturing industry in other able to roll steel structures off production lines that
markets, such as Asia. just a few years ago seemed like pie in the sky.
Similarly, in floating concepts we bring you the This report reveals a vibrant, skilled and resourceful
latest insight on what platform designers are up to. supply chain ready to support the sector’s growth. n
CONTENTS
CURRENT HISTORIC FLOATING
TURBINES TURBINES CONCEPTS
p04 p19 p20
INCLUDES LINK
TO NEW
HISTORIC TURBINES
APPENDIX
INSTALLATION CABLE-LAY CTV

VESSELS VESSELS OPERATORS
p33 p56 p65
FABRICATION INDEX
YARDS
p75 p83
An index of offshore
Images are reproduced wind farms and the
courtesy of the turbine models deployed
relevant manufacturer/ along with a cross-
owner-operator unless reference to their main
otherwise stated. OTY2021 listings.
Front cover image: A separate index for

Dudgeon offshore wind the Historic Turbines
farm courtesy of appendix is on page 84.
Jan Arne Wold & Equinor.
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CURRENT TURBINES Sector weighing up economies of scale

as giant prototypes prepare to spin,
writes Robin Lancaster
T
he leading turbine no longer economically viable. with improvements and amounts of offshore wind, but
manufacturers “This does not mean that optimisations being will need it in the energy mix
supplying the European turbine developments will implemented continuously as they migrate from fossil
offshore wind market have stop, but instead that the and carried over to each next fuels to cleaner energy.
continued their march to advances will likely focus even platform generation. “Concerns about visual
larger, more powerful next- more on efficiency,” he added. With all the focus on bigger impact or land constraints
generation hardware. Gary Bills, EMEA director at turbines, is there still a market mean that they cannot
Vestas, which closed an consultancy K2 Management, for smaller machines? consider solar or onshore
agreement in December to said there is a focus on how “The overall market trend is wind, (and so) smaller
acquire MHI’s share in the the increased mass of larger towards larger turbines, but offshore turbines become
MHI Vestas joint venture, turbines will impact costs. we are always committed to their gateway to go green
unveiled plans for a new “When the mass of the delivering the best solution without visual impact and
15MW turbine in February, entire structure becomes for each project depending on the big commitment of large
while GE Renewable Energy heavier the cost of our customer’s needs,” said turbines,” he said.
has uprated its Haliade-X equipment, installation and Pilgaard Rasmussen.
model to offer 13MW and
14MW variants, up from the
original 12MW.
servicing becomes higher,”
he said.
Bills added that there
“Local legislation and
site-specific conditions
are individual criteria that
B eyond Europe, Chinese
manufacturers have
entered the double-digit
These models join the will also come a point when must always be taken into turbine stakes in the last
Siemens Gamesa 14.0-222 logistics becomes an issue for consideration to find the year with Dongfang Electric
machine, revealed in May larger turbines, “where other optimal solution for each installing a 10MW prototype
last year, to consolidate the manufacturing items need to project.” machine in July 2020 at the
trio’s dominance in European catch up”. K2 Management’s Bills Xinghua Bay 2 project.
offshore wind. He said: “Foundations and said offshore wind markets Mass production is
A prototype of the 14.0-222 towers will need to be bigger that are in their infancy planned following testing and
– which can be uprated to so there may be a period could benefit from smaller verification of the model.
15MW in certain conditions – where the industry will be turbines to “produce relatively Compatriot manufacturers
is expected to be installed this slow to catch up, (but) it is low-cost, straightforward CSIC Haizhuang and Mingyang
year, while the Vestas V236- unclear where that point is installation at bottom-fixed Smart Energy also have 10MW
15MW pilot unit is due to start for now.” nearshore projects”. turbines in development.
spinning next year. Pilgaard Rasmussen agrees: Elsewhere, Doosan in
While the market awaits “The difficult part is to make South Korea is working on
the prototypes of these all aspects fit together hand- “When the mass of an 8MW-plus turbine to
next-generation machines, in-hand: R&D work, costs, be commercially available
however, manufacturers’ production facilities, logistics, the entire structure by 2022, while Seawind
thoughts are already turning etc. has designed a 12.2MW
to what happens next. “Everything has to be becomes heavier the two-bladed machine with a
“We of course foresee prepared for producing, market-readiness target of
higher capacity turbines
becoming commercially
transporting, and installing
these large machines, thus
cost of equipment, 2024.
Aerovide, formerly known
relevant as we approach placing high demands on the as Aerodyn AeroMaster, is
the end of the decade,” said entire supply chain in terms installation and developing a 10MW-plus
Siemens Gamesa offshore of being ready in time for the generator and working on a
chief technology officer projects to be realised at sea. servicing becomes 111-metre blade design for
Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen. “A bigger machine is hardware of 15MW.
“The big question that any not automatically a better higher” The main driver for larger
manufacturer should pose is machine; that is why we turbines has been to lower
not technical but commercial: keep a sharp focus on our costs through the efficiencies
is there a solid business customers’ balance-of-plant He noted that in several that they can deliver for
case behind the design of a costs overall.” markets visual impact is a wind farm developers, and
massive wind turbine? You He added that a key concern, and smaller turbines the trend will continue
need to carefully weigh all the part of the company’s may mitigate this issue. as more offshore wind
risks,” he said. evolutionary product Some countries, such capacity is awarded through
There may come a point in development strategy is to as small island states for competitive auctions, said K2
time when increasing size is think in turbine generations, example, may not need huge Management’s Bills. n
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2-B Energy 2B6 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class I
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 140.6m
Two-bladed downwind turbine designed for a 40-year service life with ‘an integral Under development Power rating 6MW
plant approach’. The design has two nacelle levels, a passive cooler platform, a Number of blades 2
self-aligning ‘soft yaw’ system, and a lattice-type welded truss tower. The latter ‘open’ Product status Orientation Downwind
structure extends from the seabed to the nacelle yaw bearing. Demonstration in operation since 2016 in Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Eemshaven, the Netherlands Head mass N/A
Product notes Specific power 386W/m2
1. 6.2MW configuration with potential 12MW machine under design. Track record Prototype 2015
2. Modular platform design aimed at rapid upscaling in line with market demand. 1 (onshore prototype) Introduction 2007
3. ‘Soft yaw’ capability means the rotor follows wind direction changes automatically Usage Offshore
in normal operating mode, and then only requires some nacelle yaw dampening Power electronics Medium voltage
motion. In emergency situations, like a combination of extreme weather and/or generation system eliminates full size
turbine failure, eight yaw motors are activated for bringing the turbine into a safe transformer at turbine level
non-operating position. The extra ninth motor provides system redundancy. Drive train Non-integrated high-speed
4. Power generation at 10kV. geared, four-point gearbox support,
5. Small MV transformer connects the modular converter and other power consumers. three-stage gearbox with side torque
supports and a DFIG
Aeromaster 6.0 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB, IIB, IIIB
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 139m-163m
Available in two different versions: N/A Power rating 6MW
squirrel-cage induction or permanent Number of blades 3
magnet generator with low or medium Product status Orientation N/A
voltage. Rotor diameters range from 139 N/A Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
metres to 163 metres. Head mass N/A
Track record Specific power N/A
Product notes N/A Prototype N/A
1. Turbine design by Aerodyn Introduction N/A
Engergiesysteme, now known as Usage Offshore
Aerovide, of Germany. Power electronics Inside nacelle
2. Builds on the development of the AeromMaster 5MW machine and is designed for high and medium wind speed areas. Drive train N/A
3. Blade is AerodynBlade 5.0-68, 6.0-79.5 or Sinoma 75 model.
4. Platform for personal or material hoisting, with an option for a helicopter landing platform atop the nacelle rear.
5. Zero-play double rotor bearing system, hydraulic calliper brakes and electronically-driven planetary gearbox drives for the yaw system.
Aeromaster 10.0MW+ PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class N/A
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter N/A
Direct drive permanent magnet generator N/A Power rating 10MW+
unit. Number of blades 3
Product status Orientation N/A
Product notes Under development Operation N/A
1. Turbine design by Aerodyn Head mass N/A
Engergiesysteme, now known as Track record Specific power N/A
Aerovide, of Germany. N/A Prototype 2021
2. Generator production planned for first Introduction N/A
quarter of 2021. Usage Offshore
3. Developing a 111-metre blade for an Power electronics N/A
up to 15MW turbine. Drive train N/A
AMSC SeaTitan PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 190m, was 164m until 2010
Self-supporting semi-integrated cast drive train 0 Power rating 10MW
structure mounted directly to the yaw bearing; Number of blades 3
flanged main shaft housing; mass-optimised Product status Orientation Upwind
cast chassis. Advanced product development stage Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Head mass < 500T
Product notes Track record Specific power 352W/m2
1. SeaTitan direct drive generators utilise high 0 Prototype No
temperature superconductor rotors rather Introduction
2009
than copper, which enables the generator to Usage Offshore; additional plan for
be much smaller, lighter, more efficient and onshore PrairieTitan sister model
less expensive than conventional large-scale announced in 2010
wind turbine generators. Power electronics Full converter and
2. Rare earth materials are eliminated. MV-transformer likely in tower base
3. No commercial application of HTS generators Drive train Direct driven high temperature
in wind turbines yet. superconductor generator attached to
4. AMSC-recognised HTS pioneer. the main casting
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CSIC Haizhuang H151-5.0MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class IIIB+
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 151m
Low and medium wind high-speed geared turbine model with super-size rotor 2 – Huaneng Rudong wind farm, China Power rating 5MW
diameter for 5MW class. The design is likely again yield-optimised for Wind Class IIIB+ (20 units, 2017); Huaneng Rudong H3, Number of blades 3
conditions. China (53 units, 2021) Orientation Upwind
Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes Product status Head mass 370-380T
1. Fitted with 73-metre+ LM blades. Commercially available Specific power 279W/m2
2. Fitted with in-house manufactured gearbox. Prototype 2013
3. CISC H127-5.0MW sister model with smaller 127-metre rotor diameter for IEC I Track record Introduction 2012
envisaged but status unknown. Up to 73 Usage Onshore and offshore
Power electronics N/A
Drive train Semi-integrated high-speed
geared; single rotor bearing and short
hollow main shaft flanged to the three-
stage gearbox fitted with torque side
supports; PMG

IEC class IIIB and S
Upgraded version of H151-5.0MW model with larger 171-metre rotor. 3 – Huaneng Rudong H3, China (25 units, Power rating 5MW
2021); Dalian Zhuanghe 2, China (60 Number of blades 3
Product notes units, 2021); GCL Rudong H15, China Orientation Upwind
1. Combines permanent magnet synchronous generator and full-power inverter. (70 units, 2021) Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
2. Unit includes pitch control and variable parameter control technology to reduce Head mass N/A
overspeed shutdowns and allow use of larger blades. Product status Specific power 217.7W/m2
Commercially available Prototype N/A
Introduction N/A
Track record Usage Onshore and offshore
155 Power electronics N/A
Drive train N/A
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IEC class IB
Upgraded version of the company’s 5MW+ range with a 152-metre rotor. 1 - Huaneng Rudong H3, China (2 units, Power rating 6.2MW
2021) Number of blades 3
Product notes Orientation Upwind
1. China Electric Power Research Institute issued H152-6.2MW unit design certification Product status Operation N/A
certificate in October 2018. Commercially available Head mass N/A
2. Expected to deliver 13% more power generation than 5MW versions. Specific power N/A
3. The unit has high power density and resistance to typhoons, making it suitable for Track record Prototype N/A
offshore wind farms in Fujian and Guangdong. 2 Introduction N/A
4. Version with a 171-metre rotor also planned. Usage Offshore
Drive train N/A
CSIC Haizhuang H210-10MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class I
Medium-speed and medium-voltage integrated transmission power generation system N/A Power rating 10MW
based on electric dual-drive pitch technology. Number of blades 3
Product status Orientation Upwind
Product notes In development Operation N/A
1. Design certification issued by the Chinese Academy of Electricity at the Beijing Head mass N/A
International Wind Energy Exhibition in October 2019. Track record Specific power 289W/m2
2. Rotor diameter of over 200 metres. N/A Prototype N/A
3. At an average wind speed of 10 metres per second one turbine is expected to Introduction N/A
generate enough power for 40,000 households. Usage Offshore
Drive train N/A
Dongfang Electric DEW-D7000-186 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class N/A
Typhoon-resistant 7MW turbine 1 – Zhuhai Guishan, China (8 units, 2021) Power rating 7MW
with a 186-metre rotor diameter Number of blades 3
independently produced by Product status Orientation N/A
Dongfang Electric Corporation in Commercially available Operation N/A
China. Head mass N/A
Product notes 8 Prototype 2020
1. Assembly and commissioning of Introduction N/A
various subsystems for first unit Usage Offshore
completed at Dongfang Electric’s Power electronics N/A
Fujian manufacturing base at the Drive train Permanent magnet
end of March 2020. synchronous generator
2. Suitable for certain sea areas with
low wind speed and strong salt
spray corrosion.
Dongfang Electric D10000-185 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class I
Typhoon-resistant 10MW turbine with a 185-metre rotor diameter 11 – Xinghua Bay 2, China, (1 unit, 2020) Power rating 10MW
independently produced by Dongfang Electric Corporation in China. Number of blades 3
Product status Orientation N/A
Product notes Prototype undergoing testing and Operation N/A
1. Tailored for high wind speed areas with a rated wind speed of up verification Head mass N/A
to 12 metres a second. Specific power N/A
2. Rotor diameter of 185 metres with 90-metre blades. Track record Prototype 2020
3. Prototype installed on steel conical towers with a 115-metre hub 1 Introduction N/A
height at Xinghua Bay 2 in July 2020. Usage Offshore
4. Mass production planned following testing and verification of Power electronics N/A
prototype. Drive train Permanent magnet
synchronous generator
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Doosan WinDS3000/3300 Photo: CDS
PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class S
Builds on 2MW WT2000 predecessor. New AMSC Windtec drive train layout 3 – Woljeong Offshore, South Korea Power rating 3-3.3MW
comprising cast shaft with integrated moment bearing and separate gearbox. Available (1 unit, 2012), Tamra Offshore, South Number of blades 3
for three IEC wind classes, this model version has the smallest rotor. Korea (10 units, 2016); North Jeolla Orientation Upwind
Southwest demo, South Korea (20 units, Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes 2020) Head mass N/A
1. Co-operation with AMSC. Specific power 458W/m2
2. Fitted with PMG. Product status Prototype N/A
3. Cast main shaft with integrated moment bearing. Flanged three-stage differential Commercially available Introduction N/A
gearbox. Torque transfer via torque linkage. High-speed generator mounted Usage Onshore and offshore
at separate bolted-on generator frame. 6-pole generator options PMG, classic Track record Power electronics In tower base
synchronous or DFIG. 31 Drive train High-speed geared
Doosan WinDS5500 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
New turbine design builds on AMSC WT3000 predecessor with typical AMSC Windtec 1 – Jeju Hanlim, South Korea (18 units, Power rating 5.5MW
drive train layout. Model previously developed by AMSC and Hyundai. Also under 2023) Number of blades 3
development with Dongfang of China but status of that partnership is unclear. Orientation Upwind
Product status Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes Commercially available Head mass N/A
1. Model also called Hyundai HQ5500/140 and Dongfang DEC DF140 5.5. Both fitted with a PMG and basic specifications comparable. Specific power 357W/m2
2. WT5500FC main bearing unit with two tapered roller bearings and cast main shaft and cast housing; flanged three or four-stage Track record Prototype 2012
differential gearbox torque transfer via elastomer-hydraulic torque support; high-speed generator mounted at separate bolted-on Introduction 2010
generator frame; generator options PMG and classic synchronous. Usage Offshore
3. AMSC co-operation for a 5.5MW technology co-development with Dongfang Electric unveiled January 2010, giving Chinese firm the Power electronics In tower base
exclusive rights for a full conversion turbine design in China; a second co-development agreement for a 5.5MW turbine with Hyundai Drive train High-speed geared
Heavy Industries of Korea sealed in June 2010.
4. First prototype onshore by Dongfang at Nantong, China, in 2012. Second prototype at Rudong intertidal wind farm in eastern China in
2013, third on Jeju Island in South Korea 2014.
5. Doosan acquired the prototype turbine, design and rights to manufacture and sell the 5.5MW technology in 2017. AMSC is exclusive
supplier of electrical control systems for the turbine.
6. Type certification received from UL DEWI-OCC.
Doosan 8MW+ PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter Up to 225m
Company selected as contractor for national project to 0 Power rating 8MW+
develop an 8MW offshore turbine by the Korea Institute of Number of blades 3
Technology Evaluation and Planning in 2018. Product status Orientation Upwind
Under development Operation N/A
Product notes Head mass N/A
1. Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction managing design, Track record Specific power N/A
manufacturing and demonstration phases of technology 0 Prototype N/A
development. Introduction 2022
2. Up to 130-metre blades and 225-metre rotor diameter. Usage Offshore
3. Specialised for low-wind offshore areas. Power electronics N/A
4. Goal to commercialise technology in 2022. Drive train N/A
Envision 136/4.2MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class S
Turbine model with ‘classic’ state-of-the-art non-integrated mechanical drive train 3 – Huaneng Rudong, China (12 units, Power rating 4.2MW
design popular with many competitors. 2017); Longyuan Chiang Sand, China (75 Number of blades 3
units, 2018); Dongtai (12 units, 2019) Orientation Upwind
Product notes Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
1. Modest specific power rating for high-wind IEC class S turbine but specifications Product status Head mass N/A
making it suitable for inter-tidal and other projects with lower mean wind speeds. Commercially available Specific power 289W/m2
2. Modular gearbox design enables perhaps easier in-board repairs. Prototype N/A
3. In 2017, Envision announced plans for a 4.5MW upgrade with 148-metre rotor. Track record Introduction 2010
87 Usage Onshore and offshore
Drive train Non-integrated high-speed
geared; four-point gearbox support
(main shaft and two rotor bearings),
three-stage modular gearbox with
separate flanged gear stages and
induction generator
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Envision 148/4.5MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class II and III
Designed to enable greater wind capture N/A Power rating 4.5MW
for optimal energy output, best suited for Number of blades 3
low to medium wind speed environments. Product status Orientation Upwind
Available Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
1. Latest model of Envision’s 4MW Track record Specific power N/A
platform, equipped with a 148-metre N/A Prototype 2018
rotor and a flexible nominal capacity to Introduction 2018
maximise energy capture. Usage Offshore
2. Modular drive chain design, high-speed Power electronics N/A
gearbox and squirrel-cage asynchronous Drive train Modular drive chain design,
generator. high-speed gearbox and
3. Features LM Wind Power 71.8-metre squirrel-cage asynchronous
blades. generator
Envision EN161/5.2MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class S
N/A N/A Power rating 5.2MW
Number of blades 3
Product notes Product status Orientation Upwind
N/A N/A Operation N/A
Head mass N/A
Track record Specific power 255.4W/m2
N/A Prototype N/A
Introduction N/A
Usage Offshore
Drive train N/A
GE Haliade-X 12-14MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
Next-generation direct drive offshore turbine with rotor diameter of 220m. 120MW Skipjack, USA (10 units, 2023); Power rating 12-14MW
Pitch-controlled, variable-speed machine features power electronics in the 1.1GW Ocean Wind, USA (tbc, 2024); Number of blades 3
nacelle to provide for minimal commissioning offshore. 2.4GW Dogger Bank A and B, UK (190 Orientation Upwind
units, 2023–24); 1.2GW Dogger Bank C, Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes
UK (87, 2025); Vineyard, USA (62, 2023) Head mass N/A
1. Will feature 107m blades produced in Cherbourg, France.
Specific power N/A
2. Prototype installed in 2019 at Rotterdam in the Netherlands with
Product status Prototype Prototype installed late-2019
certification expected by mid-2020.
Testing and validation Introduction Serial production from
3. Serial production is due to kick off in the second half of 2021.
mid-2021
4. Nacelle testing took place at Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult facility
Track record Usage Offshore
in Blyth, England from late 2019.
Prototype installed at Rotterdam in the Power electronics In nacelle
5. A 107-metre blade is underwent fatigue testing at the Massachusetts
Netherlands in 2019 Drive train PMG direct drive
Clean Energy Center Wind Technology Testing Center in Boston, USA and
received its component certificate from TÜV Nord in November 2020.
6. 13MW and 14MW models are uprated versions of the 12MW machine.
7. DNV full type certification achieved in November 2020 and typhoon
certification in April 2021.
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Goldwind GW6S PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class S
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 154m, 171m and 184m
6MW platform designed specifically for high- 5 - Zhuanghe 3, China (21 units, 2019); Power rating 6.45/6.7MW
wind speed offshore sites and available in a Dalian Zhuanghe, China (N/A, 2019); Number of blades 3
variety of rotors and power modes. Jiangsu Dafeng, China (17 units, 2019); Orientation Upwind
Xinghua Bay 2, China (32 units, 2020); Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes Huaneng Guanyuan phase 1, China Head mass N/A
1. First 6.45MW units installed at China Three (48 units, 2020) Specific power N/A
Gorges Zhuanghe 3 project off Liaoning Prototype 2018
province in January 2019. Product status Introduction 2019
2. Product upgrade from previously planned Available Usage Offshore
5MW unit and based on proven PMG Power electronics N/A
concept. Track record Drive train N/A
3. Available as 6.7MW unit with 154m rotor and 108
6.45MW model with either 171-metre or 184-metre rotor.
4. Features Powernest wind farm cluster control technology, extendable helicopter platform.
5. Initial blades produced by LM Wind.
Goldwind GW-175 8.0MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class S
Direct drive machine with permanent magnet 1 - Xinghua Bay 2 (32, 2020) Power rating 8.0/8.5MW
synchronous generator using E-top design that Number of blades 3
reduces the number of power cables in the tower Product status Orientation Upwind
and can be installed and commissioned in the Available Operation N/A
factory and delivered as a whole, cutting on-site Head mass N/A
installation workload by about 48 hours. Track record Specific power N/A
32 Prototype N/A
Product notes Introduction 2019
1. Design is based on the Goldwind 6S series Usage Offshore
platform. Power electronics N/A
2. Testing and certification completed. Drive train N/A
3. Hub height of 110 metres with customisation options.
4. Designed to reduce wake loss and so increase power generation.
5. Fitted with rain erosion control technology that adjusts rotor speed in real time according to meteorological conditions.
6. One-click start-up after on-site grid connection.
Guodian UP3000-100 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IIA
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 100.8m
Conventional high-speed geared wind turbine design. N/A Power rating 3MW
Number of blades 3
Product notes Product status Orientation Upwind
1. Guodian United Power signed a design contract for the joint development of the Likely commercially available Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
UP3000 incorporating a DFIG with Garrad Hassan (now DNV GL) in 2009. Head mass N/A
2. GUP owns the UP3000 IP rights, which includes an IEC IIIA sister model version with Track record Specific power 376W/m2
108m rotor diameter. 1 Prototype 2011 (onshore); 2012 (offshore)
3. GUP also developed a direct drive version of the UP3000-100, again with a choice Introduction 2009
between 100.8m and 108m rotor diameters. Current product status is unknown. Usage Offshore
4. Non-integrated drive train with three-point gearbox support (main shaft and single Power electronics Inside nacelle
rotor bearing), three-stage gearbox or four-stage differential gearbox with DFIG. Drive train Non-integrated; three-stage
5. Onshore version deployed in 2013 at 15-unit Yanmenguan wind farm, Shanxi gearbox or four-stage
province (pictured). differential gearbox
Guodian UP6000-154 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 154m (initial 2012
High-speed geared design to a substantial degree developed in-house. Turbine is likely N/A prototype 136m)
fitted with independent pitch control for reducing rotor and turbine loading. Power rating 6MW
Product status Number of blades 3
Product notes N/A Orientation Upwind
1. Second prototype called second-generation 6MW turbine, aimed at being better Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
suited to Chinese offshore conditions with generally substantially lower mean wind Track record Head mass N/A
speeds compared with, for instance, the North Sea. 1 prototype confirmed Specific power 322W/m2
2. Blades quoted as contacting carbon, indicating lower mass compared with similar Prototype 2012
size blades but made of glass fibre reinforced epoxy or polyester. Introduction 2011
3. DFIG. Usage Offshore
4. First onshore prototype began operating during November 2012 at Weifang, Power electronics N/A
Shandong province. Second offshore prototype with enlarged rotor planned for Drive train Likely three-stage gearbox or
installation in 2015. four-stage differential gearbox
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Mecal 12MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class I
Compact lightweight design aimed at lower logistics, 0 Power rating 12MW
installation and support structure costs. Number of blades 3
Product notes Seeking outside investment Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
1. Outcome of initial baseline study, scaling from 6MW and Head mass 1049T (nacelle 645T,
155-metre rotor diameter to 12MW/200m. Track record rotor 404T)
2. Later mass reduction achieved through optimisation steps. 0 Specific power 382W/m2
3. Main frame with integrated main bearing housing. Prototype None, concept study
4. Compact nacelle with active rear-mounted cooler and presented at EWEA in early 2013
integrated helicopter hoisting platform. Introduction Study published 2013
5. Specific power rating in line with MHI Vestas V164-8.0MW Usage Offshore
and Siemens Gamesa D7 platforms. Power electronics Likely in tower base
Drive train Semi-integrated medium-
speed geared; planetary gearbox and
not defined generator topology; single
‘moment’ rotor bearing
Ming Yang SE5.5MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
Three-bladed, semi direct-drive machine 4 – Shanwei, China (255 units, N/A); Power rating 5.5MW
with a 155-metre rotor diameter Zhuhai Jinwan, China (55 units, 2021); Number of blades 3
designed for the Chinese offshore Zhanjiang Wailuo, China (36 units, 2019); Orientation N/A
market. Yangjiang Nanpeng, China (73 units, Operation N/A
2020); CGN Pingtan Island, China (10 Head mass N/A
Product notes units, 2020); Zhuanghe, China (19 units, Specific power N/A
1. Semi direct-drive transmission. 2021) Prototype 2018
2. Ming Yang Smart Energy secured deals Introduction 2019
in April 2019 with China Three Gorges Product status Usage Offshore
for 1.4GW Shanwei complex and in Available Power electronics N/A
May 2019 with Guangdong Yudean Drive train Semi direct-drive
Zhuhai Offshore Wind Power for Track record transmission
300MW Zhuhai Jinwan. 119
3. Typhoon-resistant technology.
4. Also available as a 5.2MW version with
166-metre rotor.

IEC class S
Three-bladed, semi direct-drive machine 1 – Shanghai Fengxian, China (15 units, Power rating 6.45MW
with a 180-metre rotor diameter 2021); Zhanjiang Xuwen, China (47 units, Number of blades 3
designed for the Chinese offshore 2021); Zhanjiang Xinliao, China (32 units, Orientation N/A
market. 2021); Yangjiang Shapa Phase 2, China Operation N/A
(31 units, 2021) Head mass N/A
Product notes Specific power N/A
1. Semi direct-drive transmission. Product status Prototype N/A
2. Typhoon-resistant technology. Available Introduction N/A
Usage Offshore
Track record Power electronics N/A
125 Drive train Semi direct-drive
transmission

IEC class IB
Three-bladed, semi direct-drive machine with a 158-metre rotor diameter designed for 1 - Fuqing Haitan Strait, China (22 units, Power rating 7.25MW
the Chinese offshore market. 2021); Yangjiang Qingzhou 3, China Number of blades 3
(37 units, 2022) Orientation N/A
Product notes Operation N/A
1. Semi direct-drive transmission. Product status Head mass N/A
2. Demo unit installed at Jieyang in China in 2019. Available Specific power N/A
3. Test unit successfully underwent ‘black start’ capability testing in March 2020. Prototype 2019
4. Available also as a 7MW version with MySE7.0-158 models installed at Fuqing Track record Introduction N/A
Haitan Strait project. 22 Usage Offshore
5. Typhoon-resistant technology. Power electronics N/A
Drive train Semi direct-drive
transmission
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Ming Yang SE8-10MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class N/A
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter N/A
Three-bladed, semi direct-drive machine 1 – Xinghua Bay 2, China (N/A, 2021); Power rating 8–10MW
designed for the Chinese offshore Yangjiang Qingzhou 3, China (30 units, Number of blades 3
market. 2022) Orientation N/A
Operation N/A
Product notes Product status Head mass N/A
1. First nacelle for 10MW prototype Available Specific power N/A
completed in December 2019 Prototype N/A
at Mingyang Yangjiang Smart Track record Introduction N/A
Manufacturing Centre in Yangjiang, N/A Usage Offshore
China. Power electronics N/A
2. Anti-typhoon machine. Drive train Semi direct-drive
3. MySE8.3-180 unit installed at Xinghua transmission
Bay 2 in early 2021.
Ming Yang SE11-203 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
Three-bladed, hybrid drive machine N/A Power rating 11MW
designed for the Chinese offshore Number of blades 3
market. Product status Orientation N/A
In development Operation N/A
1. Rotor diameter of 203 metres will Track record Specific power N/A
enable 31% higher energy production 0 Prototype 2021
than predecessor. Introduction 2022
2. Equipped with 99-metre carbon-glass- Usage Offshore
fibre hybrid blades, giving a swept area Power electronics N/A
of 32,365 metres. Drive train N/A
3. Prototype planned for 2021, with
commercial production scheduled
for 2022.
4. Agreement with DNV to carry out Type
Certification.
Seawind 6 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class I
Lightweight upwind medium-speed geared wind turbine. Radical concept including 0 Power rating 6.2MW
ship-hull type nacelle structure, active-yaw control, and elastic hub teeter hinge. Number of blades 2
Product notes In development Operation Active yaw-controlled
1. Builds on experience with 1.5MW Gamma research turbine (1991-97). variable speed; blades fixed angle
2. Two-bladed turbines dynamically unbalanced, providing major design challenges. Track record Head mass 295T
One measure to minimise high structural (bending) loads in particular during yawing 0 Specific power 497W/m2
by a flexible structure with limited pivoting capability called teeter hub. Prototype None
3. Very high rated tip speed of 137 m/s (common 80–90 m/s). Introduction 2015
4. Drive train has four-point gearbox support (main shaft and two rotor bearings), Usage Offshore
two-stage planetary gearbox and brushless induction generator. Each gear stage Power electronics Below water level
housing can be split horizontally and vertically for easy component exchange and Drive train Non-integrated medium-speed
in-board repairs. Gear coupling prevents rotor-induced bending moments entering
the gearbox.
5. Currently in the process of selecting a test site to demonstrate at full scale.
6. Scheduled to hit the market in 2023.
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Seawind 12 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class N/A
Lightweight upwind medium-speed 0 Power rating 12.2MW
geared wind turbine. Radical concept Number of blades 2
including ship-hull type nacelle structure, Product status Orientation Upwind
active-yaw control, and elastic hub teeter In development Operation N/A
hinge. Head mass N/A
Product notes 0 Prototype N/A
1. The planned 12.2MW version builds Introduction 2024
on the technology behind the Seawind. Usage Offshore
2. Rotor diameter of 225 metres. Power electronics N/A
3. Tip speed rating of 139 m/s. Drive train N/A
4. Currently in the process of selecting a
test site to demonstrate at full scale.
5. Scheduled to hit the market in 2024.
Sewind W4000-130 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
Key characteristics Offshore projects (all China) Rotor diameter 130m
Originally Siemens G4 platform comprising SWT-4.0-130 and SWT-4.0-120 sister model 11 – Longyuan Rudong Intertidal Expansion Power rating 4.0MW
with 120-metre rotor; lightweight offshore turbine offering service-friendly upkeep. (25 units, 2015); CGN Rudong (38 units, Number of blades 3
2016); CPI Binhai Offshore (25 units, Orientation Upwind
Product notes 2016); Longyuan Putian Nanri Island 1 Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
1. Licensed to Shanghai Electric in December 2011 for the Chinese market and for (4 units, 2016); CPI Binhai H2 (100 units, Head mass 240T (Nacelle 140T,
Siemens’ global supply network in a joint venture (Sewind 51%, Siemens 49%). 2017); Huaneng Rudong (38 units, 2017); Rotor 100T)
2. Fitted with Siemens power electronics and aero-elastically tailored slender blades. Longyuan Putian Nanri Island 2 (50 units, Specific power 301W/m2
2017); Lueng Dongtai (50 units, 2017); Prototype Siemens onshore 2012
Dongtai (63 units, 2019); Pingtan Island Introduction 2012; serial production 2015
(75 units, 2019); Three Gorges Xiangshui Usage Offshore
(37 units, planned) Power electronics In tower base
Drive train Non-integrated high-speed
Product status
geared with four-point gearbox support,
Commercially available
compact three-stage gearbox and IG
Track record
280 offshore
Sewind W8000-167 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class I
Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 turbine produced under licence 0 Power rating 8MW
by Shanghai Electric for projects in waters off mainland Number of blades 3
China. Product status Orientation Upwind
Prototype stage Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes Head mass 350T excluding blades
1. Expands on existing licence deals for 6.0-154 and 7.0- Track record Specific power 364W/m2
154 model but widely expected to overshadow both of Demonstration unit installed at Shantou Prototype Prototype 2018
those models once commercial. Haojiang Industrial Park for testing in Introduction Commercially available 2020
2. Nacelle for prototype unveiled in August 2019. 2020. Usage Offshore
3. Demonstration unit installed at Shantou Haojiang Power electronics Two upgraded parallel-
Industrial Park for testing in 2020. mounted converters in nacelle,
4. Shanghai Electric says the 8MW-167 machine produces transformer under converter cabinets
20% more electricity than the 7.0-154 model and Drive train In-house PMG with segmented
reduces the levelised cost of energy by about 11%. stator; new more powerful magnets;
5. Modified to adapt to the conditions of the Asia-Pacific upgraded cooling and control system
region, such as typhoons and tropical storms.
Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Offshore projects IEC class I
Key characteristics 12 – Wehlens Bioenergie, Germany Rotor diameter 154m
Lightweight service friendly direct-drive concept with cast main carrier and front-mounted (2 units coastal onshore, 2015); Power rating 6MW
outer-rotor generator. Built around hollow stator shaft, which offers easy rotor hub service Westermost Rough, UK (35 units, 2015); Number of blades 3
access. Builds technically on SWT-6.0-120 with enlarged rotor. Dudgeon, UK (67, 2017); Gode Wind Orientation Upwind
1, Germany (55, 2017); Gode Wind 2, Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes Germany (42, 2017); Hywind Scotland, Head mass 360T
1. Extensive testing and validation period onshore and offshore before building first UK (5 floating, 2017); Race Bank, UK (91, Specific power 322W/m2
offshore wind farm. 2017); Veja Mate, Germany (67, 2017); Prototype 2012 (onshore, Denmark);
2. In-house B75 blade, IntegralBlade technology; ±25T; no carbon used. Galloper, UK (56, 2018); Arkona-Becken, 2014 (onshore ‘serial-ready’, UK)
3. Generator diameter and length same as SWT-6.0-120 despite lower rotor speed due to Germany (60 x 6.4MW, 2019); Formosa Introduction 2012
substantial generator thermal reserves. 1 Phase 2, Taiwan (20, 2020); Coastal Usage Offshore
4. +20%-24% yield compared to SWT-6.0-120 at 9-10m/s average wind speeds. Virginia, US (2 units, 2020) Power electronics Two parallel-mounted
5. Generator winding for redundancy reasons electrically split in two halves; each separate power-electronic converters located
electrical machine feeds current through an individual converter. Single rotor bearing. Product status
inside the nacelle
6. MV transformer in fully enclosed explosion-protected reinforced area under converter Serial production
Drive train In-house PMG with
cabinets. Track record segmented stator and 6.5m
7. Prototype at Osterild, Denmark, replaced by Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154. 502 outer diameter
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Key characteristics IEC class IB
Offshore projects Rotor diameter 154m
Upgrade and optimisation of SWT-6.0-154 with unchanged rotor diameter. Lightweight
10 – Nissum Bredning, Denmark (4 units, Power rating 7MW
service-friendly direct drive concept with cast main carrier and front-mounted outer-
2017); Walney 3 East, UK (47 units, 2018); Number of blades 3
rotor generator. Technically based on SWT-3.0-101, SWT-6.0-120 and Siemens Gamesa
Rentel, Belgium (42x7.3MW, 2018); Orientation Upwind
6.0-154. Siemens Gamesa 8.0-154 latest upgrade and optimisation of the 7.0-154.
Albatros, Germany (16 units, 2019); Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Beatrice, UK (84 units, 2019); Hohe See, Head mass ±360T
Product notes
Germany (72 units, 2019); East Anglia Specific power 376W/m2
1. Extensive SWT-6.0 testing and validation period onshore and offshore.
1, UK (102 units, 2020); Hornsea 1 (174 Prototype 2015 (onshore); second
2. New nacelle assembly facility in Cuxhaven, Germany, and B75 blade manufacturing
units, 2020); Courseulles, France (64 units, onshore prototype 2016
plant in Hull, UK. In-house blade without seams and no carbon used.
2023); Fecamp, France (72 units, 2023) Introduction 2015
3. 7.0-154 generates about 10% more energy compared with the 6.0-154 predecessor
at upper IEC class I wind speeds. Usage Offshore
Product status
4. In-house PMG with segmented stator and unchanged 6.5-metre outer diameter and Power electronics Two upgraded parallel
Serial production
length but more powerful magnets. Generator winding for redundancy electrically mounted power-electronic converters
Track record located inside the nacelle
split in two halves, each separate electrical machine feeds current through an
541 Drive train In-house PMG with
individual converter. Single rotor bearing.
5. Upgraded 33kV or 66kV MV transformer in fully enclosed explosion-protected area segmented stator
under converter cabinets; single 33kV AC cable feeds power down tower.

Offshore projects IEC class I
Key characteristics 18 – Borssele 1&2, Netherlands (94 units, 2020); Rotor diameter 167m
Classic Siemens Gamesa direct drive design upgraded for next-generation applications SeaMade, Belgium (58 units, 2020); Formosa 2, Power rating 8MW
with longer 167-metre rotor compared with 154-metre predecessor. Drive train Taiwan (47 units, 2021); Kriegers Flak, Denmark Number of blades 3
features in-house PMG with segmented stator, new more powerful magnets and (72, 2021); Provence Grande Large, France (3, Orientation Upwind
upgraded cooling and control system. 2021); Hywind Tampen, Norway (11 units, 2022); Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Vesterhav N&S, Denmark (41, 2023); Hornsea 2, UK Head mass 350T excluding blades
Product notes (165, 2022); Yunlin, Taiwan (80 units, 2022); Saint- Specific power 364W/m2
1. Replaces 8.0-154 turbine. Brieuc, France (62, 2023); Neart na Gaoithe, UK Prototype Prototype 2018
2. Offers 18% greater swept area and up to 20% higher AEP than predecessor 7.0-154 (54 units, 2023); Noirmoutier, France (62, 2024); Introduction Commercially available 2020
machine. Treport, France (62, 2024) ; Greater Changhua Usage Offshore
3. Prototype to be installed at Osterild in Denmark. Initial blades produced. Tower, phase 1&2a, Taiwan (112, 2022); Kaskasi, Germany Power electronics Two upgraded parallel-
nacelle, generator and hub in production. (38, 2022); South Fork, US (approx. 16, 2022) mounted converters in nacelle,
4. Builds on extensive testing and track record of 6.0-154 and 7.0-154. Revolution Wind, US (88, 2023); Sunrise Wind, US transformer under converter cabinets
5. Nacelles expected to be assembled at facility in Cuxhaven, Germany, while blades (110 units, 2024); Northern Akita, Japan (tbc, 2024) Drive train In-house PMG with segmented
will be produced in Hull, UK. stator; new more powerful magnets;
Product status Serial production in 2019
6. Adapted for both US and Asia-Pacific markets to meet federal codes and local upgraded cooling and control system
standards, including for typhoon and seismic activity. Track record 152

IEC class S
The DD 11.0-200 evolved from five generations of 4 – Hollandse Kust 1-4, Netherlands Power rating 11MW
offshore direct-drive technology. (140 units, 2023); Hollandse Kust Noord, Number of blades 3
Netherlands (69 units, 2023); Gode Wind Orientation Upwind
Product notes 3, Germany (tbc, 2024); Borkum Riffgrund Operation Pitch-regulated variable speed
1. The 11.0-200 has annual energy production 3, Germany (tbc, 2025) Head mass N/A
increases 9% above 11.0-193 DD model. Specific power N/A
2. To feature new, lighter 94-metre blades. Product status Prototype 2020 prototype
3. Prototype installed February 2020 at Osterild test Prototype of 11.0-193 model installed Introduction 2022
centre in Denmark. February 2020, serial production 2022 Usage Offshore
Track record Drive train N/A
0

IEC class I,S
The DD 14.0-222 is the latest offspring of the company’s offshore 5 – Hai Long 2a, Taiwan (tbc, 2024); Power rating 14MW+
direct-drive technology, with pitch-regulated variable speed. Hai Long 2B and 3, Taiwan (tbc, 2025-26); Number of blades 3
Sofia, UK (100 units, 2026); Coastal Orientation Upwind
Product notes Virginia commercial project, US (tbc, 2026) Operation Pitch-regulated variable speed
1. Annual energy production increases of 25% above 11.0-200 Head mass N/A
DD model. Product status Specific power N/A
2. The 222-metre rotor will feature 108-metre long Prototype 2021, commercially available Prototype 2021 prototype
IntegralBlades and will have a swept area of 39,000m2. 2024 Introduction 2024
3. Nacelles will weigh about 500 tonnes, making them able Usage Offshore
to utilise an optimised tower and foundation substructure Track record Power electronics N/A
compared with heavier nacelles. 0 Drive train N/A
4. DD 14.0-222 can reach up to 15MW using the company’s
power boost function.
5. Turbine certification to be carried out by TUV Nord.
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Sinovel SL3000 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class IA-IIIA
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter Various
A conventional wind turbine design 3 – Longyuan Rudong, China (1 unit, Power rating 3MW
by the Chinese fabricator available for 2010); Shanghai Donghai Bridge, China Number of blades 3
offshore and intertidal sites as well as (34 units, 2010); Jiangsu Rudong, China Orientation Upwind
onshore. (17 units, 2013) Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Head mass N/A
Product notes Product status Specific power Various
1. The SL3000 is considered China’s first Commercially available Prototype N/A
3MW offshore turbine design. Introduction N/A
2. Available with rotors of 90, 105, 113 Track record Usage Onshore and offshore
and 121 metres and suited to a range 52 Power electronics Tower base
of wind conditions. Drive train Non-integrated high-speed
geared with DFIG
Sinovel SL6000 PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class I and II
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 128m and 155m
Conventional high-speed geared 17 units planned for pilot offshore project Power rating 6MW
wind turbine design builds on SL5000 at Shanghai, status unknown Number of blades 3
predecessor. Orientation Upwind
1. In-house upgrade to SL5000 with Specific power 466W/m2
unchanged 128-metre and 155-metre Track record Prototype 2011 (onshore)
rotor diameter but strengthened N/A Introduction 2011
drive train. Usage Onshore and offshore
2. China’s first 6MW offshore turbine Power electronics In tower base
design. Drive train Three or four-stage differential
gearbox and 6-pole DFIG
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VertAx Wind PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class Likely 1S
Key characteristics Offshore projects Rotor diameter 135m. Blade length 150m.
VertAx Wind Ltd’s unusual unusual modular multi-MW vertical axis turbine VAWT has a 0 H-shape rotor
straight three-bladed Darrieus H-Rotor aerodynamic lift design and has blade skeletal Power rating 10.25-15.75MW
load-carrying structures subdivided in modular sections covered by aerodynamic skin. Product status Number of blades 3
In development Orientation VAWT
Product notes Operation Variable speed
1. Can capture wind from all directions, eliminating need for a yaw system. Track record Head mass N/A
2. Blades do not rise and fall against gravity as with HAWT; they have no twists or 0 Specific power 518W/m2
tapers and so the sections lend themselves to low-cost mechanical mass-production Prototype N/A
techniques and the use of lower cost materials. Introduction 2019
3. Swept area of 20,250m² for a 10.25MW turbine and 30,000m² for the 15.75MW. Usage Planned for offshore
4. The rotor turns at ~6 and 4rpm, respectively, compared to 9–10 rpm for 10MW Power electronics Top and mid-tower
three-bladed HAWTs with 185-metre to 190-metre rotor diameter. Drive train Two modular-design 5MW
5. Two direct drive segmented PM generators with simple drive train. outer-rotor PMGs each measuring
6. Twin generators spaced apart and both mounted at tubular steel tower hub section ± 7m outer diameter
called Power Module.
Vestas V117-4.2MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IB
Classic state-of-the-art non-integrated mechanical drive train design also popular with 1 – Akita Noshiro, Japan Power rating 4.2MW
competitors. (33 units, expected 2022) Number of blades 3
Orientation Upwind
Product notes Product status Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
1. 9.1% larger rotor swept area compared with V112 model versions. Commercially available Head mass 180T
2. 3.45MW variant superseded. Specific power 321W/m2
3. Maximum individual transport sub-assembly mass 70T. Track record Prototype Upgrade to 3.3MW series
4. Key overall focus at reliability enhancement with a passive CoolerTop cooling system. 0 Introduction September 2015
5. Gearbox and other main component exchange much simplified and more service- Usage Onshore and offshore
friendly compared with the lightweight V90-3.0MW; three-point gearbox support Power electronics Up tower
(main shaft and single rotor bearing), three-stage or four-stage differential gearbox Drive train Non-integrated high-speed
and IG. geared

IEC class IIA/IIB
Platform expansion; optimised load-carrying structure compared to V126-3.3MW 1 – Lake Erie Icebreaker freshwater Power rating 3.45MW
predecessor for IEC III; after V90-3.0MW ongoing evolution of ‘classic’ state-of-the-art project, US (6 units, 2022) Number of blades 3
non-integrated mechanical drive train design also popular with many competitors. Orientation Upwind
1. 26.6% larger rotor swept area compared to initial V112 model. Specific power 277W/m2
2. Power boost to 3.6MW optional. Track record Prototype Part of upgrade 3.3MW
3. Maximum individual transport (sub)-assembly mass 70T. New addition series in 2015
4. Key overall focus at reliability enhancement with, for instance, a passive CoolerTop Introduction September 2015
cooling system. Usage Onshore and offshore
5. Gearbox and other main components exchange much simplified; service friendly Power electronics Up tower
compared to lightweight V90-3.0MW. Drive train Non-integrated high-speed
geared; three-point gearbox support
(main shaft and single rotor bearing),
three-stage or four-stage (differential)
gearbox and induction generator

Offshore projects IEC class S
Key characteristics 9 – Northwester 2, Belgium (23 units, Rotor diameter 164m
Turbine incorporates self-supporting tube shape drive train with bolted flange 2020); Borssele 3&4, Netherlands (77 units, Power rating 9.5MW
interconnections between main components; main shaft housing also serves as drive 2021); Borssele 5, Netherlands (2 units, Number of blades 3
train structural main element mounted directly to a mass-optimised cast chassis. 2021); Triton Knoll, UK (90 units, 2021); Orientation Upwind
Moray East, UK (100 units, 2021); Groix & Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes Belle-Île, France (3 units, 2022); Changhua Head mass N/A
1. Uprated V164-9.5MW announced in June 2017. West, Taiwan (5 units, 2024); Chongneng, Specific power N/A
2. 14-metre high Power Conversion Module (PCM) incorporates power supply Taiwan (32 units, 2024) ; Kincardine, UK Prototype 2017 (onshore V164-9.5MW,
cabinets, transformer and switchgear; arrangement claimed to have positive impact (5 units, 2020–21) Osterild, Denmark)
head mass. Introduction 2020
3. Main shaft with two bearings, attached to gearbox via flexible shaft coupling; flanged Product status Usage Offshore
interface connections virtually eliminate misalignment risks, and shaft coupling Commercially available Power electronics AC/DC rectifier in
minimises risk of rotor bending moments entering the gearbox. nacelle rear; DC-power fed to a
Track record DC/AC inverter in tower base
102 Drive train Semi-integrated
medium-speed geared; PMG
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Vestas V164-10MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
IEC class S
Built on the technology behind the 9MW platform, 3 – Eoliennes Flottantes du golfe du Lion, Power rating 10MW
the V164-10MW incorporates a stronger gearbox, France (3 units, 2022) ); Seagreen, UK Number of blades 3
some mechanical upgrades and a small design (114 units, 2022-23); EolMed, France Orientation Upwind
change to enhance air flow and increase cooling in (3 units, 2023) Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
the converter. Head mass N/A
Product status Specific power 473.4W/m2
Product notes Commercially available start of 2021 Prototype N/A
1. Uprated V164-10MW announced in September Introduction 2021
2018. Track record Usage Offshore
2. Flanged connected drive train with easy-access key-components allowing main 0 Power electronics AC/DC rectifier in
bearings, coupling, gearbox and generator to lift out separately for service. nacelle rear; DC-power fed to a
3. Permanent magnet generator and full scale converter 50/60 Hz at 66kV nominal DC/AC inverter in tower base
voltage. Drive train Flanged connected drive train,
4. Nacelle dimensions are 9.3 metres high by 20.7 metres long and 8.8 metres wide. permanent magnet generator
5. Available with a helihoist platform.
6. Approximate hub height of 105 metres and tip height of 187 metres.

IEC class T
Built on the technology behind the 9MW platform, 6 – Changfang 1, Taiwan (10 units, 2022); Power rating 9.5MW
the V174-9.5MW has one of the industry’s largest Arcadis Ost 1, Germany (27 units, 2022); Number of blades 3
rotors at 174 metres. Baltic Eagle, Germany (52 units, 2022–23); Orientation Upwind
Changfang 2 & Xidao, Taiwan (52 units, Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Product notes 2023); Hibikinada, Japan (undisclosed) Head mass N/A
1. Based on the 9MW technology, 85-metre pre- Specific power N/A
bend blades weigh same as 80-metre units for Product status Prototype 2020
V164 model. Commercially available 2022–23 Introduction 2022
2. Nacelle dimensions are 9 metres high by 21 Usage Offshore
metres long and 9 metres wide. Track record Power electronics N/A
3. Approximate hub height of 110 metres and tip Prototype installed at Osterild test site in Drive train N/A
height of 197 metres. Denmark January 2020
4. Prototype undergoing testing from January 2020
at Osterild test site in Denmark.
Vestas V236-15MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class S or S and T
Built on the technology behind the 9MW and 0 Power rating 15MW
EnVentus platforms. Number of blades 3
Product notes Prototype 2022; serial production 2024 Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
1. Based on the 9MW technology, with 115.5-metre Head mass N/A
structural shell blades and swept area of 43,742 Track record Specific power N/A
square metres. 0 Prototype 2022
2. Drivetrain solution allows application of load Introduction 2024
transfer and management best practices. Usage Offshore
3. 15MW rated power with an operational mode Power electronics N/A
down to 13.6MW. Drive train N/A
4. CubePower, which is used in the EnVentus
models, scaled in a twin-configuration.
5. Capacity factor of over 60%.
6. Prototype expected to be installed in 2022, with
serial production from 2024.
XEMC Windpower XE128/5.0MW PROJECT DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

IEC class IIB
Technical concept built on 2MW Zephyros Z72 turbine, development of which started 1 – Pinghai phase 1, China (10 units, Power rating 5MW
in 2000, and the Darwind XD115/5.0MW. The compact classic direct drive concept has 2016) Number of blades 3
a front-mounted generator and a comparatively high 100.5 metres per second rated Orientation Upwind
tip speed. Product status Operation Pitch-controlled variable speed
Thought commercial Head mass 332T (rotor 126T; nacelle 206T)
Product notes Specific power 389W/m2
1. Offshore wind speeds in China typically below 8.5 m/s average. Track record Prototype 2014
2. Current product-market focus is on China. 10 Introduction 2013
3. So far limited track record including two prototypes of XD115/5MW predecessor. Usage Offshore
4. Darwind founded in 2006 (NL); XEMC Windpower acquired bankrupt company’s Power electronics In tower base
IP in 2009. It has also built a substantial track record with 2MW former Zephyros Drive train 3kV ring inner-rotor PMG
Z72 turbines (renamed XE72 and added new XE82 and XE93 model variants) having with active air cooling via electric fan;
acquired manufacturing and marketing/sales rights from Japanese firm Harokasan. single rotor bearing; internal service
5. Company operating under XEMC Darwind name, as a subsidiary of XEMC access to rotor hub
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FLOATING CONCEPTS Supply-chain development key to unlocking

floating projects on a commercial scale,
writes Robin Lancaster
T
he market for floating California, Norway and Equinor’s Chirico Indrebø that lend themselves to
offshore wind has South Korea currently agrees that developing the both optimal operational
continued to move preparing for leasing rounds supply chain is one of the performance and cost-
steadily forward in the last 12 or establishing bespoke keys to unlocking floating efficient constructability,
months, with new concepts regulatory frameworks for the wind at scale. which together will steer
being unveiled and plans for development of commercial- “For small projects the consolidation. Designs will
large-scale developments scale floating offshore wind objective was to successfully evolve based on proven
increasing significantly. farms,” she added. test and demonstrate concepts and design
As recently as May, the ORE Catapult turbines team technology. For large principles to optimise for
government of South Korea leader Roberts Proskovics arrays the challenge is to serial production.
unveiled plans for 6GW of feels the results of the mobilise the supply chain “Ultimately, we believe
floating wind off the coast of ScotWind leasing round in to deliver volumes required that the design of floating
Ulsan, while the Norwegian Scotland later this year will within timelines dictated by substructures will mirror
government’s licensing plans put floating offshore wind “on the project development the bottom-fixed industry,
for 4.5GW of offshore wind the map”. requirements and local with a handful of primary
is focused mainly on floaters content expectations, whilst foundation types available to
for the Utsira Noord zone and realising the cost reductions developers. However these
a mix with fixed-bottom in “The challenge necessary to demonstrate the will be optimised on a project-
Sørlige Nordsjø 2. competitiveness of floating by-project basis based on site
In Wales and Ireland now is to prepare wind,” she said. conditions and supply chain
Simply Blue Energy has capabilities.”
teamed up with Total and
Shell, respectively, to develop
infrastructure, ports,
F loating wind is also
throwing up innovative
Floating foundations are
also expected to keep pace
a 300MW project and up
to 1GW scheme. It is also
and the supply chain applications, with several
proposals for combining a
with the growth in individual
turbine sizes.
looking to take its floating turbine with wave energy “Floating substructures
wind plans to Scotland with to capitalise on the technology, such as the scale very positively with wind
the Salamander project. InSPIRE project involving turbine size, meaning that
Floating offshore wind opportunity that TechnipFMC and Bombora, large double digit MW wind
pioneer Equinor has started or the FloatingWINDdesal turbines can reduce the cost
construction of its 88MW floating offshore concept linking a wind turbine of floating offshore wind by
Hywind Tampen floater in with a floating desalination increasing energy production
Norway and the company wind brings” plant. and reducing substructure
feels the sector is moving Ideas such as these could per MW costs,” said ORE
towards commercial-scale. help floating concepts to find Catapult’s Proskovics.
“The increasing number “We estimate floating wind a market, which is already “For 20MW-plus and multi-
of large-scale floating to be subsidy-free by around saturated with numerous GW projects, floating wind
projects being planned and 2030 and achieve cost parity designs. does not require large vessels
progressed is a clear signal with bottom-fixed wind Chirico Indrebø said: “As for wind farm installation as
of the industry gaining around 2040.” floating wind is a nascent turbines can be assembled at
momentum and getting However, in the near- industry it is natural to see port,” he added.
closer to commercialisation,” term floating wind will need many innovative solutions Ultimately, floating wind
said Equinor vice president support, such as the separate being developed. However, could one day surpass
of floating wind Sonja Chirico Contracts for Difference pot we expect a natural fixed-bottom offshore
Indrebø. in the UK, as the sector is consolidation to happen developments.
She said Hywind Tampen not yet able to compete with through the first wave of “Wind is usually stronger
has shown that significant bottom-fixed projects, he commercial projects in the and more consistent the
cost reductions can be added. next decade, as the industry farther you move from shore;
achieved through scale and “The key challenge now will focus on the designs best therefore floating wind
experience. is to prepare infrastructure, suited to large-scale serial has the potential to deliver
“Another strong signal is ports, and the supply chain in production, which will be vital higher energy production
the increased appetite for order for them to be able to in bringing down the cost of than bottom-fixed, with
floating wind technology capitalise on the opportunity floating wind.” less restrictions on the
by policy makers, with that floating offshore wind She added that there are site selection,” said Chirico
the UK, France, Japan, brings.” particular design principles Indrebø. n
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BW Ideol Damping Pool DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics
Projects Main dimensions 45m x 45m with ‘only’
Compartmented hull-type floater made in steel-reinforced concrete, with central turbine
Floatgen, France (1 x 2MW, 2018); 6.4m draught (2MW)
mounting on a steel interface at one of the sides. Floater central open area called
Kitakyushu 1, Japan (1 x 3MW, 2019);
Damping Pool. The water trapped inside acts as motion absorber.
Kitakyushu 2, Japan (1 x 4.4MW, tbc); Max. water depth 33m+
Product notes Renewables in April 2018 for utility-scale suitability for shallow-draft concrete EolMed, France (3 x 10MW)
1. Square barge-type surface-floating project in Japan due to start in 2023; MoU floating foundations; five found suitable Max. wave height 16m
platform developed by Ideol of France. in October 2019 with Taisei Corporation with two not requiring upgrades. Turbine options
2. 2MW Floatgen project at SEM-REV for the joint development and promotion 7. Link up with Elicio and BayWa to co- Vestas V80-2.0MW (Floatgen); Aerodyn
Turbines per unit 1
testing site at Le Croisic, 22km off in Japan of concrete foundations based on develop floating wind projects in Scottish 3.0 (Kitakyushu 1); Vestas V164-10.0MW
French west coast installed May 2018; damping pool technology. waters; LoI with the Port of Cromarty Firth (EolMed)
Prototype SEM-REV 2018;
testing extended for three more years in 5. Ideol and Atlantique Offshore Energy in Scotland to potentially use port for Track record off Kitakyushu 2019
February 2021. announced mid-2018 they had developed future project development. 2 – Floatgen (SEM-REV, France) installed
3. EolMed project in France developed by a floating offshore substation concept 11. Link up with JERA and ADEME 2018; Kitakyushu 1 (Japan) Introduction 2012 or earlier
Quadran, originally planned to comprise compatible with fixed-bottom and floating Investissement to set an investment
four Senvion 6.2M152 now three Vestas offshore wind farms. It will be available for vehicle for 2GW of floating offshore wind.
V164-10.0MW, due online 2022. projects starting at depths of 30 metres. 12. Agreement with Sweden-based Bygging- 13. Ideol now known as BW Ideol after
4. Ideol signed MoU with Macquarie 6. Audit completed in September 2019 of Uddemann for the delivery of its concrete Norwegian outfit BW Offshore became the
Capital-owned vehicle Acacia California’s harbours and ports to assess floaters. strategic owner in 2021.
EnerOcean Wind2Power DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics Projects Main dimensions N/A

Wind2Power can feature two turbines with a respective capacity of 6MW, EnerOcean launched a prototype at the
which can offer greater power generation without increasing the use of steel Astican shipyard in Gran Canaria, Spain in Max. water depth N/A
in construction, thus allowing cost reduction. Platform is also capable of early 2019. A 1:6 scale prototype deployed
incorporating offshore accommodation. and tested between June and October Max. wave height N/A
2019 at PLOCAN in the Canary Islands,
Product notes
Spain Turbines per unit 2
1. Collaboration between Spanish companies EnerOcean, Ingeteam Service
and Ghenova Ingenieria plus Tension Tech International of the UK.
Turbine options Prototype 2019
2. WIP10+ project demonstrated a 1:6 scale prototype of the Wind2Power,
2 x 6MW
a wind-only version of the W2Power platform using two 100kW turbines
Introduction N/A
between June and October 2019 at PLOCAN in the Canary Islands, Spain.
Track record
3. W2P-ARIES project to examine Wind2Power platform integrated with
Prototype deployed
compressed air energy storage system.
4. W2P-HERA project looking at Wind2Power platform combined with
aquaculture and an integrated substation.
5. W2P-ORPHEO PLUS initiative to develop multi-use versions of Wind2Power
platform.
Eolink DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
The Eolink concept replaces the classic mast by three arms and is supported on a trellis, Projects Main dimensions 66m long and 58m wide
which helps to distribute the weight of the structure and thus improve resistance to fatigue. 5MW demo to be installed in 2022 at semi-submersible floater
Due to its rigidity, the architecture also eliminates the problems of vibrations inherent in SEM-REV test site in France made of steel and/or concrete.
the mast. The structure also allows increasing wind turbine size. Concept designed for 10MW+ turbines
Turbine options with rotor diameters of 200m
Product notes Likely 12MW with 120m hub heights
1. The Eolink concept combines a turbine with light floating structure with a single point
mooring. A set of profiled arms supports the structure, instead of a conventional single Track record Max. water depth 50m+
tower to simplify installation and maintenance because power cables and mooring lines None
are installed independently from the wind turbines. Max. wave height N/A
2. French developer Eolink undertook tank testing of a 1:50 scale model at IFREMER
facilities in Brest in 2016. Turbines per unit 1
3. A 1:10 scale prototype of a proposed 12MW floating offshore wind turbine was installed in April 2018 off Sainte Anne du Portzic in
Brittany. The device measures seven metres long, six metres wide and has blades that rise 22 metres above the sea. Prototype None
4. A further series of trials of the 1:10 scale prototype were completed in July 2019.
5. Received funding in 2020 from the EU’s Ocean DEMO 2nd call for a 5MW demo at the SEM-REV test site in France. Introduction 2015
6. First phase of the 5MW demo will see the anchor buoy tested in 2021, followed by turbine installation in 2022 and three years of
structural stress measurements. Demo represents a 12MW unit at 3:4 scale.
Floating Power Plant P80 DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Full-scale floating power plant hybrid-concept for wind & wave power generation. Single 5MW to Projects Main dimensions Floater width 80m
8MW turbine mounted at shortest central cross member, plus 2MW to 3.6MW of wave power. Katanes project off Caithness in Scotland
Platform moored at a single point allowing P80 to passively rotate 360 degrees for maximum wave consisting of 3.5MW P80 plus 7-8MW Max. water depth N/A
energy capture and in ensuring safe boat landing. Turbine yaws independently to face the wind. turbine has undergone initial screening
with deployment dependent on the Max. wave height N/A
Product notes outcome of ScotWind; identical Dyfed
1. Semi-submersible floating hybrid wind and wave power platform developed by Floating Power floating wind/wave hybrid proposed off Turbines per unit 1
Plant of Denmark. Pembrokeshire; plans for a commercial-
2. Comprises large cross-member incorporating the wave power device and frontal central turbine scale device off Canary Islands Prototype 2019
mounting at smaller-size member.
3. In development wave power device claimed to absorb 60% to 80% of the inherent energy in the Turbine options Introduction 2016 or earlier
waves. 5MW-8MW
4. Enlarged version of P37 1:2.5 demonstrator installed with Gaia-Wind 133-11kW wind turbine in
September 2008 at a test site in the Danish Baltic Sea. Track record
5. Floating Power Plant and DP Energy submitted scoping documents with the Scottish government in 2017 for a 7MW floating wind/wave 1 - P37 demonstrator off Denmark
system with a 2MW P80 wave device off Caithness but has yet to make further progress on the project, which is named Katanes.
6. MoU signed with PLOCAN in the Canary Islands, Spain, to deploy commercial-scale Floating Power Plant technology at the test site in late
2023 or early 2024. Deal will also see a R&D facility set up in Gran Canaria.
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Gicon SOF DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics
Four-legged steel reinforced concrete structure. Inclined main structural members link Projects Main dimensions 42m x 42m x 43m
central turbine mounting area and vertical tubes atop cylindrical buoyancy elements. Single-unit pilot in development with Platform mass ±2,600T
Additional horizontal piping linkages create square-shape floater connected to seabed installation planned for 2021. Location Displacement 5,500m3
ballasted structure via four vertical and optional eight cross-sectional cables. Patented confidential
feature offers enhanced operating stability with minimised floater movements. Max. water depth 20m–350m
Turbine options
Product notes 6MW-8MW Max. wave height 9m significant
1. Tension leg platform with 6MW to 8MW turbine developed by Grossmann Ingenieur
Consult (Gicon) of Germany. Project started 2016 with initial concept design. Track record Turbines per unit 1
Redesigned floater radical departure from initial lattice-structure. None
2. Operating stability performance ‘comparable to’ fixed-bottom monopiles. Prototype Design phase
3. Use of detachable stabilisers during tug-based sea transportation.
4. 1:50 model, which included a turbine, tested at ECN Laboratories in Nantes in 2017. Introduction 2016
5. Further tests scheduled to take place in Gothenburg in autumn 2018.
6. Gicon has formed strategic partnership with US-developer Glosten to collaborate
on TLP designs.
7. Gicon was awarded Marinet funding in mid-2018. It subsequently completed 1:50
scale tank tests at SSPA in Gothenburg, 17-27 September 2018.
Floating WINDdesal Photo: Synlift 1 DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
The Floating WINDdesal concept is a wind-powered seawater desalination unit as a floating Projects Main dimensions N/A
application for nearshore and offshore project sites made up of German and Polish None
companies. Max. water depth N/A
Turbine options
Product notes 2.5MW Aerovide aeroMaster unit on Max. wave height N/A
1. In 2019, partners Aerovide (formerly Aerodyn), EMS Maritime Offshore, Norddeutsche demo
Seekabelwerke/Prysmian Group, Boll & Kirch Filterbau and Synlift came together with the Turbines per unit One
concept. Track record
2. Partners complete phase one of the technology concept in April 2020. None Prototype 2024
3. Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions joined the initiative as a system partner for process
technology plant engineering in May 2020, and Polish companies Crist Shipyard and StoGda Introduction N/A
Ship Design & Engineering in September.
4. Partners and local company NTCC submitted plans in Saudi Arabia in December 2020 for a
10,000m3 to 15,000m3 a day demo desalination plant with a 2.5MW Aerovide aeroMaster
turbine.
5. Synlift completed the work on the second phase of the technology concept in February 2021.
6. Offshore crane manufacturer Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock joined the initiative early 2021.
Glosten Pelastar TLP DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

‘Scalable’ welded steel floater structure comprising an upper column with top flange for central N/A
turbine mounting. The lower central hull is sub-divided with watertight bulkheads. Five integrated Max. water depth N/A
evenly-interspaced outward-facing flat plate arms provide redundancy in the event of single-point Turbine options
failure. Fibre-rope tendons connect the hull to five high-vertical-load anchors set in the seabed. GE 12MW Max. wave height N/A
Product notes
Track record Turbines per unit 1
1. Pelastar TLP conceived in 2006 and final design for full-scale floater delivered by US naval
None
architect Glosten in February 2014. Initial focus on 6MW Pelastar demonstrator off Cornwall
Prototype None
in the UK.
2. Design focus at minimal motion, minimal steel mass and complete quayside assembly.
Introduction 2014 or earlier
Certified design with 25-year design and fatigue life.
3. Basic design ‘adaptable to a wide range of turbine sizes, water depths, and environmental
conditions’. Steel suitable for typical shipyard fabrication methods.
5. Glosten formed strategic partnership with German developer Gicon to collaborate on TLP
designs suitable for water depths to 350 metres.
6. Collaborating with GE as part of the ARPA-E’s Atlantis programme to design and develop
advanced controls to support a 12MW floating turbine.
Hexicon H2-10MW DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Lattice-type steel structure with three buoyancy elements. Turbines mounted atop Projects Main dimensions Platform ±204m x ±77m
two elements. Complete platform aligns automatically to the prevailing wind direction None Full load draught 17m
(patented), providing “each turbine free and linear wind at all times”.
Turbine options Max. water depth No limit
Product notes N/A
1. Semi-sub floating multi-turbine platform accommodating 2 x 4MW to 6MW turbines Max. wave height N/A
developed by Hexicon of Sweden. Track record
2. Signed MoU with Busan Techno Park and Renewable Energy Center in South Korea in None Turbines per unit 2
mid-2018. Hexicon, Coens Co and Busan Techno Park also received a grant from the
Korean Business and Energy Agency to investigate how multi-turbine platforms can be Prototype September 2018
adapted to the local market.
3. Joint development agreement with Shell in June 2019 to develop, build and operate a wind farm off the coast of the city of Ulsan. Introduction 2016 or earlier
4. JV set up with Spain’s Wundersight Group to develop floating offshore projects off Spain and Portugal called Wunder Hexicon. Multiplat 2 project aims to develop demo at PLOCAN in
Canary Islands.
5. JV with Genesis Eco-Energy Developments announced May 2020 to explore opportunities off South Africa.
6. Joint development agreement with Aker Offshore Wind to develop floating projects off Sweden; partnership with Bechtel for an up to 40MW floater off the UK coast.
7. Twin turbine demo planned for Norwegian Marine Energy Test Centre off Norway.
8. Deal announced in May to acquire Wave Hub test site off Cornwall in south-west England and develop 30MW to 40MW floating offshore wind project.
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HiPRWind DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Elegant three-column lattice-steel structure with tube-shaped buoyancy elements None
incorporating large-diameter heave-plates. Central turbine mounting at fourth column Max. water depth N/A
structurally supported by triangular cross bracings. Buoyancy column linkages via Turbine options
upper and lower horizontal members and structurally-stiff triangular cross members. None Max. wave height N/A
Product notes
1. HiPRWind (High Power, high Reliablility offshore Wind technology) semi-
None
submersible developed by a European consortium co-funded by European Seventh
Prototype None
Framework Programme R&D project; co-ordinator Fraunhofer IWES of Germany.
2. International consortium comprising industrial partners, applied research
Introduction Project start 2010,
organisations and universities.
ran to 2015
3. Main research topics: floater and mooring systems, controls, power and grid,
condition and structural health monitoring, and advanced rotor concepts.
4. Industrial challenge to design, procure, construct and install floating wind turbine
within three years of project start and within the available budget.
5. 3MW project at Biscay Marine Energy Centre, off Bilbao, Spain shelved in 2014.
6. HiPRWind project is now terminated.
Hywind 1 DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics Projects Main dimensions Hub height ±65m

Spar with reduced diameter at water line. Pilot installed in September 2009 around Draught hull 100m
10km off the south-west coast of Norway Displacement 5300m3
Product notes Diameter at water line 6m
1. Ballasted steel spar floater for 2.3MW turbine developed by Statoil, now Equinor. Turbine options Diameter of submerged body 8.3m
2. Mooring with three lines. Siemens SWT-2.3-82 VS
3. Spar floaters known for excellent motion response. Max. water depth Demo in 220m
4. Operational demo installed off Norway in 2009. Track record
5. In January 2019, Equinor entered into an agreement with Unitech Offshore that will 1 Max. wave height 10.5m significant
see the latter take over the Hywind Demo. The turbine will be used for research
projects, development of new technology and training. In February 2019, the turbine Turbines per unit 1
was renamed ‘Unitech Zefyros by Hywind Technology’.
Prototype September 2009
Introduction 2008 or earlier
Hywind Scotland PLANNED DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics Projects Main dimensions Hub height 98m

Spar with reduced diameter at water line. Suited for bigger turbine but with smaller Hywind Scotland: 30MW pilot array with Draft hull 78m
hull, site-specific and reduced manufacturing costs. 5 x 6MW turbines in the Buchan Deep Displacement 11,200m3
around 30km off Peterhead on Scotland’s Diameter at water line N/A
Product notes east coast, inaugurated October 2017 Diameter submerged body 14.4m
1. Ballasted steel spar floater for 6MW turbine developed by Equinor of Norway.
2. Mooring with three lines, pre-laid chains and suction anchors. Turbine options Max. water depth 105m
3. Spar floaters known for excellent motion response. Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154
4. Plan to test multiple units in park-configuration, verify scaled-up design, optimise Max. wave height N/A
assembly and installation, mobilise supply chain. Track record
5. Version of Hywind Scotland concept proposed as power source for Norwegian 1 – Hywind Scotland installed 2017 Turbines per unit 1
oil rigs. DNV GL is to carry out a verification study for Equinor covering the 88MW
Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Norway. Proposed Prototype 5 units installed in
Hywind Tampen project 200km west of Floro will consist of 11 8MW turbines August 2017
capable of meeting 35% of the annual power demand of the Snorre and Gullfaks
oil fields. Introduction 2014 or earlier
Hywind Tampen Photo: Equinor PLANNED DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Spar buoy design based on previous Hywind technology with shared anchors supplied None
by Kvaerner. Max. water depth 260m to 300m
Turbine options
Product notes 11 Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 DD Max. wave height N/A
1. Version of Hywind Scotland concept to be a power source for Norwegian oil rigs.
2. The 88MW Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm will be located 200km west Track record Turbines per unit 1
of Floro off the coast of Norway. None
3. Project will consist of 11 Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 DD turbines capable of meeting Prototype None
35% of the annual power demand of the Snorre and Gullfaks oil fields.
4. Norwegian contractor Wergeland Base will assemble the turbines and construct Introduction 2022
other structures at Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane county, prior to transportation to the
field in the North Sea.
5. Final investment decision taken on project in October 2019, with approval from
Norwegian authorities in April 2020.
6. Project due online in third quarter of 2022, with construction kicking off in October
2020.
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Iberdrola TLPWIND DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

‘Lightweight’ welded-steel floater structure comprising an upper central column with None
flange for turbine mounting. Top section incorporates platform and access system. Lower Max. water depth 30m to 200m
hull subdivided in four 90-degree interspaced pontoons. Full-redundant design through Turbine options
two tendons per pontoon. Vertical-load piles set in seabed. N/A Max. wave height N/A
Product notes Track record Turbines per unit 1

1. Tension leg platform demo developed by Spain’s Iberdrola Ingenieria y Construcción. None
2. Demonstrator 2016-18, commercial 2019-20. Prototype None
3. Scaled 1:35 2MW TLPWIND and 1:40 5MW TLPWIND designs basin-tested in Spain in
2012 and 2013 (pictured). 1:36 model tested at the University of Strathclyde in 2016. Introduction 2014
4.Operational and survival conditions were simulated during basin tests plus towing
operations under several wave and tow speed conditions.
5. Transport and installation systems include a reusable floater system and a U-shaped
barge.
6. TLPWIND capex (€/MW) breakdown for 400MW wind farm (80x5MW): floater structure
44%, turbine 37%, engineering 11%, installation 8%.
InFLOW Tri-Floater DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Three-column lattice-steel structure with tube shaped buoyancy elements Projects Main dimensions N/A
incorporating large-diameter heave-plates. Central turbine mounting at fourth One prototype was planned at Mistral
(buoyancy) expanded column-tower structurally supported by triangular cross test site near Marseille, France but status Max. water depth 200m
bracings. In-between columns linkages with upper and lower horizontal members and unknown
structurally-stiff triangular cross members. Max. wave height N/A
Turbine options
Product notes Vertiwind/Nenuphar 1MW Turbines per unit 1
1. Tri-floater with two-bladed 1MW VAWT developed by Industrialisation set-up of a
Floating Offshore Wind turbine (InFLOW) of France, a joint-enterprise of French oil Track record Prototype N/A
and gas company Technip and wind-power start-up Nenuphar. None
2. Considerable delays reported with Vertiwind and Vertifloat predecessor projects Introduction Around 2006
impacting the overall InFLOW roadmap.
3. Prior milestones validation of first 35kW Vertiwind turbine installed onshore in 2009,
and 2MW Vertiwind onshore prototype 2014 near Marseille, France.
4. Nenuphar placed into liquidation in April 2018, onshore Vertiwind prototype to be
dismantled. Prototype was planned at Mistral test site near Marseille by end-2018.
An extension of the programme until April 2018 was approved by the European
Commission in September 2017. Current status not known.
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InFLOW Twinfloat DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Likely five-column lattice-steel structure with tube-shaped buoyancy elements Offshore demonstrator tests scheduled
incorporating large-diameter heave-plates. Two closely-interspaced counter-rotating from mid-2018 until the end of 2019 Max. water depth N/A
two-bladed turbines mounted at outer buoyancy elements.
Turbine options Max. wave height N/A
Product notes Nenuphar 2 x 2.5MW VAWT
1. Twin-bladed Nenuphar semi-submersible turbine concept developed by Turbines per unit 2
Industrialisation set-up of a Floating Offshore Wind turbine (InFLOW) of France, a Track record
joint-enterprise of French oil and gas company Technip and wind-power start-up None Prototype N/A
Nenuphar.
2. Closely interspaced counter-rotating rotors. Introduction Conceptual studies
3. Nenuphar placed into liquidation in April 2018. 2015 or earlier
4. Offshore demonstrator tests scheduled from mid-2018 until the end of 2019
cancelled.
InSPIRE Photo:
Bombora-TechnipFMC
DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Partnership led by TechnipFMC and Bombora to install, operate and demonstrate at 6MW demo (4MW wind plus 2MW wave)
sea a grid-connected floating wind and wave platform. for fourth quarter 2023 Max. water depth N/A
Product notes Turbine options Max. wave height N/A

1. Final investment decision expected in 2021 with front-end engineering and design 4MW, 8MW and 12MW
having started in the fourth quarter 2020 of a 6MW demo (4MW wind plus 2MW Turbines per unit 1
wave). Track record
2. Commissioning of demo expected in fourth quarter 2023. None Prototype 2023
3. Pre-commercial 12MW unit with 8MW wind and 4MW wave following successful
demo. Introduction N/A
4. Commercial deployment with 12MW wind and 6MW wave by 2030 with target
LCOE of €50/MWh.
Japan Marine United Fukushima Hamakaze DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics Projects Main dimensions Width 51m; draft 33m

Unusual hexagon-shape spar assembly with wide-base upper element for top central N/A and hub height 86m
turbine mounting and bottom attachment to the spar body. Spar element comprises
two wide-base hexagon-shape sections joined by a slender tubular central column. Turbine options Max. water depth N/A
High mounting of the six mooring chains for enhanced operating stability. Service Hitachi HWT5.0-126
crane mounted to lowest elevation of upper element and containerised storage at Max. wave height N/A
turbine mounting level. Track record
1 - Demonstrator in Fukushima Forward Turbines per unit 1
Product notes Phase 2 installed 2016
1. Advanced spar floater developed by Japan Marine United. Prototype Summer 2016
2. Demonstrator operational. 5MW Hitachi turbine up-scaled to 5.2MW successor
model with 136-metre rotor diameter. Introduction 2013
3. Involved in floater capsizing incident during its sea transportation in early May 2016
but put in stable position again about a week later. Installed at Fukushima Forward
test site in July 2016.
4. Much reduced spar length allows installation at minimised water depths.
Marine Power Systems WindSub DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

The concept has undergone prototype stability tests, detailed computational simulation N/A
and cost of energy modelling. Initial tests revealed that WaveSub offered a strong, stable Max. water depth Intended for
platform on which a turbine could be installed, enabling the simultaneous capture of wave Turbine options deep water
and wind energy from the ocean. N/A
Max. wave height N/A
Product notes
Track record
1. An adaptation of Marine Power Systems’ WaveSub wave power device concept intended
None Turbines per unit 1
for deep water locations, first announced early 2019.
2. Testing of a quarter-scale prototype WaveSub completed in September 2018 at marine
Prototype None
test centre FaBTest off Cornwall, UK.
3. Funding of £12.8m secured from the Welsh European Funding Office to help deploy
Introduction N/A
about 1.5MW full-scale WaveSub device at Wave Hub test site in Cornwall in 2021.
4. Finance totalling £6.2m from Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership Scheme to launch a work programme of DualSub
project combining wave energy and floating wind device; DualSub to be developed in parallel with WindSub.
5. LOC Group hired to deliver a work package to support wind-wave energy floating platform design and the integration of wind turbine
technology.
6. Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) chosen in May 2021 for the deployment of a grid-connected commercial megawatt-scale device.
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Mitsubishi Fukushima Shimpuu DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics Projects Main dimensions Length 85m,

Three-column V-shape structure with square-shaped buoyancy elements. Turbine N/A width 150m,
mounting at the central element. draft 17m,
Turbine options depth 32m,
Product notes Discontinued Mitsubishi MWT167/7.0 Hub height 105m relative
1. V-shape semi-submersible developed by Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan. (formerly called SeaAngel) to lowest astronomical tide
2. Eight mooring chains. Displacement about 26,000T
3. Production of Mitsubishi turbine discontinued. Status of Mitsubishi semi- Track record
submersible N/A. 1 - demonstrator at Fukushima Forward Max. water depth N/A
4. Installation at Fukushima Forward test site was decommissioned in late 2018.
Turbines per unit 1
Prototype June 2015
Introduction 2013
Mitsui Fukushima Mirai DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics Projects Main dimensions Width 5m,

Welded steel hull incorporating three main circular tube-shaped buoyancy elements N/A height 32m,
with enlarged integrated bottom heave ‘plates’. Smaller central column for turbine draught 16m,
mounting; structural integration by horizontal upper and lower cross members and Turbine options hub height 65m
additional cross bracings. Hitachi HWT2.0-80
Max. water depth N/A
Product notes Track record
1. So-called ‘compact’ semi-submersible developed by Mitsui Engineering & 1 - Fukushima Mirai, installed 2013 Max. wave height N/A
Shipbuilding of Japan.
2. Operational prototype installed at Fukushima. Turbines per unit 1
3. Design focus on shallow draught. Floater draught can be controlled by ballast tanks
in the bottom section of each main column. Prototype 2013
4. Chain attachment to the upper sections of each main column.
5. Comes with innovative world’s first floating sub-station (66kV) called Fukushima Introduction 2012
Kizuna and submarine cable.
6. Mitsui signed a collaboration agreement with Principle Power in 2017 to promote
WindFloat projects.
Nautilus Floating Solutions DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Nautilus technology consists of a four-column structure with cylindrical steel buoyancy Projects Main dimensions N/A
elements and only upper pontoon linkages without cross-braces to central turbine N/A
mounting flange. Heave plates positioned inside column perimeter. Catenary mooring Max. water depth 60m–150m
system. Passive concrete ballast inside the bottom of the columns acts as a static ballast Turbine options
to lower the platform to its target operational draft and reduce manufacturing mass 10MW-plus Max. wave height N/A
and cost. Active water ballast system used to compensate for changes in wind speed
and directions. Track record Turbines per unit 1
None
Product notes Prototype N/A
1. Semi-submersible developed by Nautilus Floating Solutions, a Spanish consortium
led by Technalia and comprising five partner companies. Introduction 2015 or earlier
2. Two-column redundant access to wind turbine.
3. Scale model testing kicked off in 2018 at the Sintef Ocean basin in Trondheim,
Norway (pictured).
4. Prototype reported by company to be installed off Canary Islands in 2021.
5. Nautilus Floating Solutions part of Seapower consortium of 10 Basque companies
launched in December 2019 to develop fixed and floating solutions for offshore
wind.
Naval Energies Sea Reed DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Each hybrid foundation for the 9.5MW turbines at Groix will weigh between 7000 Projects Main dimensions 40-60m wide,
and 8000 tonnes, two-thirds of which consists of the concrete base. The arms of the Part of proposed 12MW Aqua Ventus I draught around 8.5m,
Y-shaped base will be between 60 metres and 70 metres long. Each foundation will demonstration project off Mohegan Island 7000–8000 tonnes
include three steel columns to improve weight distribution. Towers and the bases will in Maine, USA; 28.5MW Groix & Belle-Ile,
be filled with ballast. Once on site, the base will be ballasted and sunk to leave an France (3 units, 2022) Max. water depth Up to 300m
emerged height of 18 metres.
Product notes MHI-Vestas 9.5MW turbines (Groix &
1. Naval Energies is co-developing a next-generation concrete/steel hybrid semi-sub Belle-Ile project) Turbines per unit 1
system for the 28.5MW Groix & Belle-Ile project off Brittany, France, originally due
online in 2021. The consortium includes Eolfi, CGN and Vinci. Track record Prototype N/A
2. Bureau Veritas issued a preliminary design approval in June 2017. None
3. Originally planned as a four-turbine project using GE Haliade 150-6MW hardware, Introduction 2014
but modified to a three-turbine development with MHI-Vestas 9.5MW machines.
4. Naval Energies is a partner in the US Aqua Ventus project, which applies a
conceptually comparable semi-sub design but with vertical buoyancy elements.
Other partners include University of Maine, UMaine Advanced Structures and
Composites Center, Emera, Cianbro.
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Ocean Resource Renewables Ocean Breeze DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics
Projects Main dimensions N/A
Modular-design welded-steel floater structure comprising an extended central column
N/A
protruding above the sea surface with turbine mounting flange, and four completely
Max. water depth 60m–200m
submerged cylindrical buoyancy elements during operation. Four vertical tether cable
Turbine options
systems connect floater to concrete and steel cellular Gravity Buoyant System foundation that
N/A Max. wave height N/A
‘sits’ at the seabed. Optional steel skirt fitted at the base to increase seabed sliding resistance.
Product notes
None
1. Tension leg platform developed by Ocean Resource Renewables of the UK.
Prototype None
2. Designed and patented in 2004. Scale model water tank tests completed, and “ready
for full-scale prototype demonstration”.
Introduction 2004
3. Ocean Breeze concept derived from tension leg buoys designs, worldwide applied for
over 30 years. Design service life 25+ years.
4. “Minimum cost achieved when using 8MW turbine with Ocean Breeze foundation.”
5. Landing platform and access decks to allow boat boarding.
6. Following collision or other damage to the floater, the buoyant structure will continue to
float even with substantial damage to two buoyancy columns.
7. Secured approval and certification from ABS in 2015.
OCG-Wind DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Semi-submersible concept based on existing and proven
Demo planned for Mayflower Wind
industrialisation techniques, modularity and low-draft.
offshore wind lease area in the US by Max. water depth N/A
Lightweight platform design aims to reduce LCOE and is tailored
2025. Aiming for a prototype to be in
to ease of industrialisation and use of local supply chains in
water in Europe before Mayflower Max. wave height N/A
fabrication. Design will be for locations worldwide, including
deployment; OCG-Wind platform being
typhoon environments in Asia.
evaluated for up to 200MW Salamander Turbines per unit 1
project off Scotland
Product notes
Prototype Before 2025
1. US company Ocergy part of initiative led by consultancy
Turbine options
Atkins that secured US Department of Energy funding in
10MW-plus Introduction N/A
December 2020 for a demo supporting a 10MW-plus turbine at the Mayflower Wind offshore wind lease area off eastern US.
2. Aiming for a prototype to be in water in Europe before Mayflower deployment.
Track record
3. Ocergy secured funding in April 2021 from Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW) and Chevron Technology Ventures to support development of
None
OCG-Wind floating offshore turbine and OCG-Data monitoring buoy.
3. Cooperation agreement in April 2021 with MOW to develop commercial-scale projects using OCG-Wind.
4. Ocergy MoU in May 2021 with Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7 to evaluate use of OCG-Wind platform for the up to 200MW
Salamander floating offshore wind farm off Scotland.
OO-Star Wind Floater DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Three-leg semi-submersible floating concrete, steel or hybrid structure comprising central
Over 10MW project planned for 2022
shaft supporting the turbine and a tri-star shaped pontoon supporting three buoyancy
Max. water depth From 50 metres
cylinders. Concrete best suited for larger turbines.
Turbine options
N/A Max. wave height N/A
Product notes
1. OO-Star Wind Floater designed by Norwegian structural engineering and marine
technology consultancy Dr Techn Olav Olsen.
None
2. Model 1:36 scale tested at Sintef Ocean in November 2017 and 1:75 scale at Polimi
Prototype 2022
wind tunnel in 2018 as part of EU Horizon 2020 Lifes 50+ project that ran from 2015-
2018.
Introduction N/A
3. Part of the EU Horizon 2020 FLAGSHIP project led by Iberdrola that aims to deploy an
over 10MW floating turbine in the North Sea at the Met Centre in Norway.
4. Other consortium partners include CoreMarine, Cener, IHC, Zabala Innovation
Consulting, EDF, DTU and the German arm of DNV GL.
5. Fabrication of floating platform could start in the third quarter of 2021, with installation
offshore in the first quarter of 2022. Photo: Dr Techn Olav Olsen
Pelagic Power W2Power DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Triangular-shaped lattice steel structure with three buoyancy elements. Turbines Projects Main dimensions N/A
mounted atop two corner elements, and the third element houses the power take-off Patent used for EnerOcean Wind2Power
for the patented wave power conversion system. Conventional Pelton turbine driven demo project Max. water depth N/A
by three lines for wave-actuated hydraulic pumps mounted at all three sides in
between the buoyancy elements. Platform self-aligns to the prevailing wind direction Turbine options Max. wave height N/A
enabled by central rotary mooring mechanism, which eliminates the need for N/A
individual turbine yaw systems. Turbines per unit 2
Track record
Product notes EnerOcean Wind2Power demo project Prototype 2019
1. Semi-submersible floating hybrid wind and wave platform for two turbines
developed by Pelagic Power of Norway. Introduction 2009
2. Considering using counter-rotating wind turbines for “neutralising sideway forces
acting at the platform”.
3. Combined wind and wave installed capacity 10MW and up.
4. Focus on easy fabrication and installation with tug boats.
5. Orpheo project used Pelagic Power patent for EnerOcean Wind2Power demo project
tested in 2019 at PLOCAN site off Canary Islands.
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Principle Power WindFloat DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics
Three-column steel structure with circular-tube buoyancy elements. WindFloat is fitted Projects Main dimensions N/A
with patented water entrapment (heave) plates at each column base for improved motion 25MW Windfloat Atlantic, Portugal (3
performance. Patented closed-loop hull-trim system (= active ballast) distributes water units, 2020); 24MW Golfe du Lion, Max. water depth 40m+
ballast between the columns. Turbine mounted atop one of the three columns. France (4 units, 2021); 50MW Kincardine,
Scotland (7 units, 2018-2021); 96MW Max. wave height N/A
Product notes Erebus, Wales (7 to 10 units, 2027);
1. WindFloat prototype with 2MW Vestas V80 turbine installed in late 2011 off Aguçadoura, 300MW Valorous, Wales(N/A, N/A); 1GW Turbines per unit 1
Portugal. Decommissioned July 2016. Redeployed at Kincardine, Scotland phase 1 in Emerald, Ireland (N/A, N/A).
2018. Prototype 2011
2. 25MW Windfloat Atlantic off Portugal due online in 2020 with three-turbine 8.4MW MHI Turbine options
Vestas; first power delivered in January 2020. Vestas 8.4MW, 9.5MW and 10MW;
Introduction 2008
3. 30MW Golfe du Lion off France due online by 2022 with three MHI Vestas 10MW turbines. Haliade-X 12MW
4. MHI Vestas to supply turbines to the 48MW second phase of the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm off Scotland due online in 2021. Track record
5. WindFloat technology to be used on the Blue Gem Wind joint venture between Total and Simply Blue Energy’s 96MW Erebus demo and 3 – 2MW WindFloat 1, Portugal (2011);
300MW Valorous projects in the Celtic Sea off Wales. Kincardine, UK (2018); 25MW Windfloat
6. Principle Power is part of KFWind consortium with EPDR, Aker Solutions and WindPower Korea to develop a 500MW project off Ulsan, Atlantic, Portugal
South Korea, using WindFloat technology.
9. WindFloat technology to be used on Shell and Simply Blue Energy’s up to 1GW Emerald project in the Celtic Sea off Ireland.
Saipem Hexafloat DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

The Hexafloat floating foundation from Saipem is a semi-spar concept. A hanging Demo at Mistral test site in French
counterweight enables the Hexafloat to stabilise and operate with larger turbines. Mediterranean, possibly in 2021, and Max. water depth In excess of 100m
further testing planned at site off Irish
Product notes coast by 2023 Max. wave height Over 30m
1. In early 2019, a consortium led by the European Marine Energy Centre secured funding
to test floating wind technology developed by Italian outfit Saipem at a site off the coast Turbine options Turbines per unit 1
of Ireland by 2023. MHI Vestas 8.3MW. Suitable for range of
2. Finance for the four-year €31m AFLOWT (accelerating market uptake of floating offshore turbine sizes Prototype 2021
wind technology) project was secured from the EU’s Interreg North West Europe
programme. Track record Introduction N/A
3. MoU signed in July 2019 with Plambeck Emirates for a 500MW floating wind farm off None
Saudi Arabia.
4. Collaboration agreement with research centre Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche to
help advance the Hexafloat concept.
5. Hexafloat demo under AFLOWT will now take place at Mistral test site in French
Mediterranean possibly in 2021.
SATH DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

BlueSATH is a 50-tonne steel and concrete unit featuring drag anchors and three 1:6 scale prototype off Santander, Spain,
150-metre mooring chains to a single point. Frame structure with horizontal modularly 2020 Max. water depth N/A
prefabricated twin hulls with conical edges.
Product notes 30kW Aeolos
1. BlueSATH is a 1:6 scale prototype to demonstrate floating SATH technology developed Turbines per unit 1
by Spanish company Saitec. Track record
2. BlueSATH deployed at Abra del Sardinero off the coast of Santander in northern Spain 1 Prototype 2020
in August 2020. Unit capsized following Hurricane Epsilon in November 2020 ahead of
planned decommissioning following completion of testing. Introduction N/A
3. BlueSATH featured a 30kW Aeolos turbine with a 15-metre rotor diameter and
17.45-metre hub height.
4. Saitec and RWE Renewables plan to deploy a full-scale version called DemoSATH with a
2MW turbine at BiMEP test site in the Basque Country, Spain, in early 2022.
5. Government of Canada awards funding in May 2021 to Saitec and Waterford Energy
Services for a project to use floating wind for mobile offshore oil and gas drilling units.
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SBM Offshore DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics
‘Light modular’ wide-base lattice-steel structure with inclined outward-facing mooring legs Projects Main dimensions N/A
and central turbine mounting. 24MW Provence Grand Large, France
(3 units, 2022) Max. water depth 500m+
Product notes
1. Adapted modular tension leg platform developed by SBM Offshore of the Netherlands Turbine options Max. wave height N/A
in cooperation with IFPEN, uses field-proven, offshore technology and components. Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167
2. Inclined taut mooring configuration creates fixed meeting point just above nacelle Turbines per unit 1
resulting in very low nacelle motions/accelerations, which reduces loads on turbine Track record
and tower. Also allowing catenary instead of ‘lazy wave’ configuration for the electricity None Prototype None
cables.
3. Minimised cable tensioning during normal operation and extreme conditions allows Introduction 2015
classic, and inexpensive, mooring solutions.
4. Small seabed footprint and no active systems. ‘Fully self-stable’ during towing (with or
without installed turbine) and installation with simple tugs.
5. Low floater mass (typically below 200T/MW). No need for dry-dock.
6. The European Commission approved French funding for four demonstration offshore
wind farms, of which one is Provence Grand Large. That scheme will use the SBM floater, in 2022.
SCD Nezzy DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Fully-integrated floater/turbine design. Concrete floater with Projects Main dimensions Length 58m, width 39m
three fixed inclined floaters, each facing upward and inward. Four-phase demonstration (SCD nezzy 3.0MW)
Basic Y structure of foundation allows use of two turbines per
foundation. Single-point catenary mooring and yawing system. Turbine options Max. water depth 35m–150m
Turbine yaw system skipped. Aerodyn-Engineering SCD
Product notes Track record
1. Four-phase scaled demonstration of semi-submersible turbine None (multi-year onshore and offshore Turbines per unit 1
integrated concept developed by German consultancy aerodyn- experience in China with SCD 3.0MW and
engineering. EnBW also part of the project. SCD 6.0MW via Chinese licensee Ming Prototype None
2. Phase 1: 1:36 scaled floating structure test completed at LiR Yang; 1:10 prototype tested in the Baltic
wave tank in Cork, Ireland, during 2016. Sea in 2020) Introduction 2014
3. Phase 2: 1:6 scaled prototype tested in open water in 2018.
4. Phase 3: SCD Nezzy 2 1:10 prototype completed a two-month test in the Bay of Greifswald in the south-western Baltic Sea in 2020.
5. Phase 4: Full-scale 1:1 prototype to be tested off China in late 2021 or early 2022.
6. Modified strengthened drive train floating SCD Nezzy turbines.
7. SCD 3MW tested in Japan in 2018.
Seaplace CROWN DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Novel technology design by Spanish company Seaplace that includes both None
buoy and reduced-draft spar operational concepts designed for an 8MW Max. water depth N/A
turbine. Active ballast control system is used to ballast/de-ballast the unit, Turbine options
changing the floater from its transport draft to its operational draft and 8MW Max. wave height N/A
vice versa.
Product notes None
1. DNV issued a statement of feasibility in March 2021 for the CROWN Prototype N/A
spar offshore wind floating platform concept.
2. Lloyd’s Register granted approval in principle for Seaplace’s active Introduction N/A
ballast control system for CROWN in May 2021.
SeaTwirl DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics Rotating spar principle, comprising buoyancy element and keel. Turbine rotor and
submerged part rotate as a single unit. During operation the full structure is stabilised by a keel, as with a
N/A
sailing boat. The generator located above the waves is built around the rotating tower. The generator rotor
part is attached to the rotating unit, whereas the ‘stationary stator plus housing’ is anchored to the seabed.
Turbine options
Product notes Likely in-house 1MW with curved, twisted Max. wave height N/A
1. Ballasted steel cylinder (spar) with central turbine mounting developed by SeaTwirl of Sweden. blades
2. Next-generation 1MW SeaTwirl S2 in development and to be completed by 2020. Turbines per unit 1
3. Scaled P3 SeaTwirl prototype installed near Halmstad off the Swedish west coast in 2011, with initial Track record
idea to store energy in circular bottom section of collapsible rotor. Three scaled prototypes Prototype None
4. SeaTwirl S1 prototype with three straight blades (rotor diameter ±10 metres, blade length 30 metres)
installed at Lysekil, Sweden, in 2015. Introduction Around 2006
5. SeaTwirl signed a co-operation agreement with Siemens in May 2018 focused on developing the ‘technical parts’ of the S2.
6. Announcement in February 2020 that earlier agreement to work with Colruyt Group in Belgium and NorSea Group in Norway on turbine
finance and development will not proceed and SeaTwirl will raise money through market rights issues.
7. Granted Chinese patent in May 2019, US patent in January 2020 and Japanese patent in 2021.
8. Deal signed in April 2019 to sell electricity to Haugaland Kraft in Norway with offshore site near Haugesund under consideration as
location for initial deployment of the SeaTwirl S2 1MW turbine in 2022.
9. Agreement in March 2020 with engineering consultancy Crest Consultants to explore opportunities for SeaTwirl in Brazil.
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Sevan SSP Wind DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

The SWACH – small waterplane area cylindrical hull None
– design is based on the Sevan SSP cylindrical design. Max. water depth N/A
Designed for modular fabrication with simple plate/ Turbine options
beam/stiffener structure that allows for mass production. Up to 14MW Max. wave height N/A
Suitable for any commercial turbine capacity.
Product notes None
1. Analysed for turbines up to 14MW. Prototype N/A
2. Low draft enables quayside assembly.
Introduction N/A
Stiesdal Offshore Technologies TetraSpar PLANNED DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Projects Main dimensions Draft: 67.2m (semi);
Simple tetrahedral structure with a keel, which has ballasted tanks that float when air-
3.6MW Karmøy, Norway (1 unit, 2021) 79.2m (spar)
filled. During towing and floating with foundation requires only 6 to 8 metres of water.
Semi-sub stability during towing. On site keel is ballasted, pulling foundation below
Turbine options Max. water depth 10m–1000m
surface to act as spar. Process can be reversed for maintenance purposes.
3.6MW turbine for prototype,
Product notes 6MW+ for commercial scale Max. wave height N/A
1. Cost-cutting concept aims to ‘take the best and leave the rest’ of spar buoy, semi-sub
and TLP floating wind designs. Track record Turbines per unit 1
2. Final investment decision on tests off Norway taken in early 2019. Tests to begin in None
2021. Partners in project include Shell (46.2%), Tepco Renewable Power (30%) and Prototype Planned 2021
Innogy RWE (23.1%). Stiesdal holds 0.7%. Siemens Gamesa is technology partner
and will provide 3.6MW turbine. Testing to take place in water depths of 200 metres Introduction 2016
at Marine Energy Test Centre near Stavanger.
3. Brainchild of former Siemens Wind Power chief technology officer Henrik Stiesdal.
4. Welcon, which holds worldwide production rights for Stiesdal floaters, and HighTek-Century signed MoU in November 2019 to build a factory in Taiwan
to manufacture the Stiesdal Offshore Technologies TetraSpar floating foundation concept and turbine towers. First foundations expected in 2021.
5. Onshore construction of prototype kicked off in 2020 with offshore deployment in 2021.
6. PensionDanmark became a minority shareholder in Stiesdal in May 2021.
Tension Leg Platform (TLP) DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Japanese trio Modec, Toyo Construction and Furukawa Electric working on the tension leg None
platform (TLP) model that they say will be less costly than systems using catenary mooring Max. water depth N/A
concepts. Turbine options
10MW-plus Max. wave height N/A
Product notes
1. The companies were selected by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Track record Turbines per unit 1
Development Organization in October 2020 to carry out the development, which will run None
for two years until March 2022. Prototype N/A
2. Modec will work on the mooring system, Toyo Construction on the mooring foundation
design and offshore construction and Furukawa Electric on the subsea power Introduction N/A
transmission system.
3. The concept is expected to be able to accommodate turbines of 10MW-plus.
TetraFloat DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
TetraFloat lattice-type structure yaws bodily over the water. Power transmitted through Projects Main dimensions N/A
single central mooring point using rotating transformer also mechanical stay. Low N/A
structural mass due to favourable loading. Donor turbine yaw system not required. Floater Max. water depth 30m–200m
can be equipped with facility to lower turbine using same structural frame “at virtually Turbine options
zero added cost”. Offshore HAWTs up to 10MW Max. wave height N/A
Product notes Track record Turbines per unit 1

1. Wide-base triangular semi-sub with single central mooring developed by TetraFloat of None
the UK. Prototype None
2. Founded in 2008, small-scale tank testing in 2012 then DECC ‘six-figure’ grant in
following year financed further tank testing and prototype development. Ready to Introduction 2014
launch offshore prototype.
3. Three distinct measures prevent heavy response resulting from low mass when exposed
to severe wind and wave events. Buoyancy element spread over wide area, which reduces pitching accelerations.
4. Uses minimal water plane area (water surface displaced by buoyant elements). Conical heave-plates for ‘wide grip’ on seawater
deployed to add both mass and damping.
5. Tank tested in Brest, France 2015.
6. Company planned to launch prototype in 2018 but has been held up by licensing issues for the testing site at Galway Bay, Ireland.
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Toda full-scale spar DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS
Key characteristics Projects Main dimensions Total spar length

Likely pre-stressed concrete spar body with upper tubular steel transition piece section 22MW Goto City, Japan (9 units, 2022) quoted 172m;
for turbine mounting. Coning main spar shape narrows towards the bottom with hub height 96m
widest diameter perhaps around the water line. Three-point steel chain mooring. Turbine options
22MW Goto City: 8 x Hitachi HWT2.1-80A, Max. water depth N/A
Product notes 1 x Hitachi HWT5.2-127
1. Ballasted floating (concrete/steel) hybrid-spar with central turbine mounting Max. wave height N/A
developed by Toda Corporation of Japan. Track record
2. Full-scale floater plus Hitachi 2.0-80 downwind turbine installed in 2013 off 1 – 2MW Kabashima Island 2013/ Turbines per unit 1
Kabashima Island, Kyushu; Japan’s first commercial-scale floating offshore wind Fukuejima 2016
facility. Prototype October 2013
3. Superseded 1:2-scale floating spar demo installed in 2012 off Kabashima Island,
Kyushu, featuring Sabaru 100kW turbine. Introduction 2009 or earlier
5. Hitachi turbine installed in 2013 moved 10km south-west from Kabashima to
Fukuejima in 2016.
6. Announced plans in 2016 for 22MW Goto City floating offshore wind farm online by
2022 adjacent to existing turbine.
Trussfloat DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Steel semi-submersible structure with no active ballasts. N/A
Product notes Turbine options
1. Designed by French company Dolfines, a 100% subsidiary of Dietswell. N/A Max. wave height N/A
2. Trussfloat under development for four years and has undertaken four tank tests.
3. Validation by French Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe) in July Track record Turbines per unit 1
2019. None
4. Mediterranean and Oceanic versions available. Prototype N/A
5. Partnership announced in April 2020 between Dolfines and Chinese company CIMC
Raffles to cooperate on commercial development of Trussfloat. Introduction N/A
VolturnUS DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
Three 120-degree circular-tube-shaped buoyancy elements in steel. Main structural Projects Main dimensions Platform diameter and
integration to a fourth steel central buoyancy column for turbine mounting via rectangular- 11MW demonstration project (1 unit): draft 91.44m versus 19.8m
shaped hollow concrete bottom element assembly (latter is ballasted during operation). New England Aqua Ventus I, off Mohegan
Island, Maine, expected in 2023 Max. water depth 45m+
Product notes
1. VolturnUS semi-submersible concrete hull floater with central turbine mounting Turbine options Max. wave height N/A
originally developed by US consortium DeepCWind, including platform designer 11MW
University of Maine. Turbines per unit 1
2. Construction of 11MW demonstrator off Maine due to be completed in 2023. Track record
3. Three marine mooring lines anchored to the seabed. Scaled 1:8 structure 2013–14 Prototype 2023
4. New England Aqua Ventus project partners include University of Maine and UMaine
Advanced Structures and Composites Center, Emera, Cianbro and Naval Energies, as Introduction 2016
well as RWE and Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary Diamond Offshore Wind.
5. 1:8-scale demo with Renewegy VP-20 turbine installed 3.5km off Castine, Maine in June
2013.
6. ABS completed design review in September 2017.
7. Maine Public Utilities Commission approved plan for a power purchase agreement November 2019 for the demo which is signed with
Central Maine Power Company covering 20 years.
X1 Wind PivotBuoy DEPLOYMENT VITAL STATISTICS

Key characteristics
The system combines advantages of single point mooring systems with those of a Projects Main dimensions N/A
tension-leg platform and an efficient downwind structural design. This is said to enable A consortium of nine partners, led by
a ‘radical weight reduction’ in floating wind structures compared to current spar and X1 Wind, will deploy a prototype of the Max. water depth N/A
semi-submersible systems. The PivotBuoy concept lets the whole structure passively PivotBuoy at a test site at PLOCAN in 2021
weathervane following the prevailing wind direction. Turbine thrust is transmitted Max. wave height N/A
directly to the mini-TLP-type mooring system, with loads being shared equally by all Turbine options
tethers at all times. Prototype to feature a Vestas V29 Turbines per unit 1
Product notes Track record Prototype 2021

1. PivotBuoy, X1 Wind’s single point mooring system, received €4m of European None
Commission-backed Horizon 2020 funding in early 2019. Introduction N/A
2. First backed by EIT InnoEnergy, the platform is said to be able to operate at an
increased water depth compared to other floating solutions.
3. Project consortium includes nine partners from six different countries: X1 Wind,
ESM, WavEC, PLOCAN, EDP, INTECSEA, DTU, DNV GL and DEGIMA.
4. Design completed in March 2020 with deployment of a 1:3 scale platform featuring
a Vestas V29 turbine planned for 2021 at PLOCAN in the Canary Islands, Spain.
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VESSELS
T
he huge volume of
offshore wind to be
built globally later this
increase the deck space and
load of vessels that allows
them to carry several ultra-
a shortfall of at least four
dedicated turbine installation
vessels from 2026 for global
installation vessels, which
market sources say threatens
a shortfall of capable assets
decade, coupled with the large turbines or foundations markets outside mainland from 2024.
Race to build sheer size of the forthcoming into the field on a single trip,” China,” said IHS Markit analyst “Some older units will have
generation of turbines and one shipbroker said. Catherine MacFarlane. their place in the market but
and upgrade foundations, has left the The need for a new breed The situation for foundation will be slower, less efficient,
sector facing a potential of offshore wind ship is installation vessels is less and pose a greater risk to
vessels capable shortfall in capable installation perhaps highlighted in the certain, as large crane vessels project deadlines,” said OHT
vessels. vessel line-up at SSE and currently in the oil and gas general manager of business
of handling Market sources say most Equinor’s 3.6GW Dogger Bank sector are in theory big development and tendering
tenders for projects between complex off the UK, which will enough to install supersize Stuart Thornton.
XL installation 2024 and 2026 are based feature GE Haliade-X units foundations, she added. “Inevitably, some projects
on 12MW-plus turbines, rated at 13MW and 14MW. Nevertheless, the will have to defer and add
as bottleneck which only a limited number Foundations will be installed consensus is that a two-tier to the backlog of projects
of ships can handle. “The by OHT’s newbuild Alfa Lift, market has emerged in the in subsequent years. The
looms, latest turbines have very while turbines will be fitted by foundation installation space foundation installation vessel
high nacelles so only a few Jan De Nul’s next generation between existing ships and a ‘bottle-neck’ is likely to persist
writes Patrick vessels currently have the jack-up Voltaire. new breed of floating assets throughout the remainder of
hook-height requirements to Since last year, a further six such as DEME Offshore’s the decade,” he claimed.
Browne install,” one said. newbuild jack-ups – mainly Orion, Jan De Nul’s Les Alizés Newbuild jack-ups may be
The associated foundations, for turbine installation – have and OHT’s Alfa Lift, which able to relieve some of the
which will be bigger and been announced as new many believe will set the tension in the foundation
heavier than anything seen to companies look to move into industry gold standard in installation space in the short
date, will also pose a problem. the sector with XL-vessels future. term, but these vessels also
Established market they believe will hoover up need to be working on future
players Cadeler, Fred Olsen jobs later this decade. turbine installation jobs.
Windcarrier and DEME However, not all of these “Some projects will “The installation market is
Offshore have all committed have started construction and changing from a charterers’
to upgrading assets in a bid the building of a new vessel have to defer and market into an owners’
to keep pace. Upgrades are, is a process that sources market,” a source added.
however, limited in what they say takes a minimum of 32 add to the backlog” “Those who have specialist
can achieve on jack-ups built months, meaning the first of installation assets available for
in the last 15 years. these will do well to hit the the 12MW-plus turbine class
“Bigger and better cranes market before early 2024. However, there are will have their pick of projects
can be installed on older “Even with the arrival of currently no firm orders for and can be guaranteed high
units. It is much harder to these new vessels, we predict other newbuild foundation rates for the coming years.” n
Boskalis VITAL STATISTICS

Asian Hercules 3 Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
2015
Design N/A
Description Length 106.42 metres
Floating sheerleg vessel with heavy-lift and foundation installation capability. Width 52 metres
Draft 10 metres
Capabilities Gross tonnage 16,805 tonnes
1) Turbine foundation installation Deck area N/A
Max load 20 tonnes/m2
Deployment Max operating depth N/A
2021: tbc Main crane capacity N/A
2022: tbc Max speed 7 knots
Accommodation 45 people
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Bokalift 1 Builder/ship yard Keppel Shipyards,
Singapore (Conversion)
Year 2018
Description Design N/A
Heavy-lift crane vessel. Entered service in 2018. The 216-metre vessel has a lifting Length 216 metres
capacity of 3000 tonnes. Width 43 metres
Draft 8.5 metres
Capabilities Gross tonnage N/A
1) Jacket, monopile installation Deck area 6300m2
2) Turbine installation Max load 15,000 tonnes
3) Pin pile installation Max operating depth N/A
Main crane capacity 3000 tonnes
Deployment Max speed 12.5 knots
2021: tbc Accommodation 150 people
2022: tbc

Bokalift 2 Builder/ship yard Drydocks World, Dubai
(conversion)
Year N/A
Heavy-lift crane vessel with a 4000-tonne crane due to enter service in 2021. Length N/A
Width N/A
Capabilities Draft N/A
1) Jacket, monopile installation Gross tonnage 7500m2
2) Turbine installation Deck area N/A
3) Pin pile installation Max load N/A
Max operating depth N/A
Deployment Main crane capacity 4000 tonnes
2021: Installation of jackets and pin piles for the 589MW Changfang and Xidao, Max speed N/A
Taiwan. Accommodation 150 people
2022: tbc

Giant 7 Builder/ship yard Keppel Nantong
Shipyard, China
Year 2015
Multi-purpose barge with heavy-lift and installation capabilities. Length 137 metres
Width 36 metres
Capabilities Draft 8.5 metres
1) Pin pile installation Gross tonnage 18,661 tonnes
2) Cable installation Deck area N/A
Max load N/A
2021: tbc Main crane capacity 600–1000 tonnes
2022: tbc Max speed N/A

Taklift 4 Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
1981
Design N/A
Floating sheerleg vessel with 2200-tonne heavy-lift capabilities. Width 36.9 metres
Draft 7 metres
Capabilities Gross tonnage 5695 tonnes
1) Turbine jacket foundation installation Deck area N/A
2) Topside installation Max load N/A
2021: tbc Max speed N/A
2022: tbc Accommodation 30+ people
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Cadeler VITAL STATISTICS
Wind Orca Builder/ship yard Samsung Heavy
Industries, South Korea
Year 2012
Description Design Knud E. Hansen
Wind Orca jack-up built by Samsung Heavy Industries is capable of installing jacket Length 160.9 metres
foundations, monopiles and the latest class of wind turbines. The vessel will be Width 49 metres
upgraded for first quarter 2024 when it will feature a 3000 tonne crane, 17,600 tonne Draft 6 metres
payload and 5600m2 of deck space. Gross tonnage 8400 tonnes
Deck area 4300m2
Capabilities Max load 6500 tonnes
1) Turbine foundation installation, including monopiles and jacket foundations Max operating depth 60 metres
2) Turbine installation Main crane capacity 1200 tonnes
Max speed 13 knots
Deployment Accommodation 111 people
2021–22: Installation of 114 Vestas 9.5MW turbines at 1.1GW Seagreen, Scotland.

Wind Osprey Builder/ship yard Samsung Heavy
Industries
Year 2013
Description Design Knud E. Hansen
Sister vessel to Wind Orca. The vessel will be upgraded for the second half of 2024 Length 160.9 metres
when it will feature a 3000 tonne crane, 17,600 tonne payload and 5600m2 of deck Width 49 metres
space. Draft 6 metres
Gross tonnage 8400 tonnes
Capabilities Deck area 4300m2
1) Turbine foundation installation, including monopiles and jacket foundations Max load 6500 tonnes
2) Turbine installation Max operating depth 60 metres
Deployment Max speed 13 knots
2021: Installation of 90 Vestas 9.5MW turbines at Triton Knoll, UK. Accommodation 111 people
2022: Installation of 140 Siemens Gamesa 11MW turbines 1.5GW Hollandse Kust Zuid
1-4, the Netherlands.

Newbuild 1, name tbc Builder/ship yard
Year
TBC
TBC
Design Gusto MSC NG20000X
Cadeler has completed a private placement to help raise finance towards two new next Width 48 metres
generation vessels, with firm orders expected to be placed shortly. Draft N/A
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Turbine installation Max load N/A
2) Foundation installation Max operating depth 70-80 metres
Deployment Max speed N/A
N/A Accommodation 130 people

Newbuild 2, name tbc Builder/ship yard
Year
TBC
TBC
Design Gusto MSC NG20000X
Cadeler has completed a private placement to help raise finance towards two new next Width 48 metres
generation vessels, with firm orders expected to be placed shortly. Draft N/A
Gross tonnage N/A
2) Foundation installation Max operating depth 70-80 metres
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Conquest Offshore VITAL STATISTICS
MB1 Builder/ship yard Zwagerman, Vlissingen,
the Netherlands
Year 2011
Description Design Zwagerman
Conquest MB1 has multiple applications in offshore wind. It features a novel Spacelift Length 136 metres
MC35000 DLS crane. Width 36 metres
Draft 3–5 metres
1) Turbine foundation installation, including monopiles and jacket foundations Deck area 3400m2
2) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW class Max load 20 tonne/m2
3) Pre-piling for jacket foundations Max operating depth 500 metres
2022: tbc
CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering VITAL STATISTICS

Green Jade Builder/ship yard
Year
CSBC, Kaohsiung
2023
Design N/A
Floating installation vessel with 4000 tonne crane that will serve the offshore wind Width 49 metres
market in the Asia Pacific region. Due to enter service in 2023. Draft 11 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Installation of monopiles, jackets and pin-piles Max load 30,000 tonnes
2) Installation of substation platforms Max operating depth 300 metres
3) Installation of turbines Main crane capacity 4000 tonnes
Max speed N/A
Deployment Accommodation 131 people, option
2021: tbc to extend to 239
2022: tbc
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DEME Offshore VITAL STATISTICS
Apollo Builder/ship yard
Year
Uljanik, Croatia
2018
Design Gusto MSC
Apollo is a self-propelled jack-up with 106-metre legs, 2000 square metres of deck Width 42 metres
space and a crane capacity of 800 tonnes. Draft 8 metres
Gross tonnage 10,400 tonnes
2) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW class Max operating depth 65 metres
3) Maintenance Main crane capacity 800 tonnes
Max speed 9 knots
2021: tbc
2022: tbc

Sea Challenger Builder/ship yard Cosco Nantong
Shipyard, China
Year 2014
Description Design Gusto MSC
Sea Challenger can transport and install four of the latest class of 8MW turbines at a Length 133.26 metres
time. The jack-up along with Danish company A2Sea was acquired by DEME Offshore Width 39 metres
in 2017. Draft 5.8 metres
2) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW class Max load 7400 tonnes
Max operating depth 55 metres
2021: Installation of Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW turbines at 1.4GW Hornsea 2, UK. Max speed 12 knots

Sea Installer Builder/ship yard Cosco Nantong
Shipyard, China
Year 2014
High-speed jack-up featuring a main crane with a 900-tonne lifting capacity. The jack-up Length 132.4 metres
along with Danish company A2Sea was acquired by DEME Offshore in 2017. Width 39 metres
Draft 5.8 metres
2) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW class Max load 7400 tonnes
2021: Installation of Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW turbines at 1.4GW Hornsea 2, UK. Max speed 12 knots

Goliath/Li Ya Builder/ship yard
Year
Iemants
2009
Design Gusto MSC
Offshore heavy-lift jack-up vessel now operating in the Chinese offshore wind market Width 32.2 metres
and renamed as Li Ya. Draft 3.5 metres
2) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW class Max operating depth 40 metres
3) Accommodation Main crane capacity 400 tonnes
Max speed 4.5 knots
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
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Innovation Builder/ship yard
Year
Crist, Poland
2012
Design N/A
Innovation was designed and built for the offshore wind industry. It has a main crane Width 42 metres
with a 1500-tonne lifting capacity and is capable of working year-round. The jack-up Draft 11 metres
can install all foundation and turbine types, and is highly manoeuvrable. Gross tonnage 22,313 tonnes
Deck area 3400m2
1) Turbine foundation installation, including monopiles and jacket foundations Max operating depth 65 metres
2) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW class Main crane capacity 1500 tonnes
3) Decommissioning Max speed 8 knots
Deployment
2021: Installation of monopile foundations at 480MW Saint-Nazaire, France.
2022: tbc

Neptune Builder/ship yard IHC Offshore &
Marine BV
Year 2012
Neptune is a jack-up with 2750 tonnes pre-load per leg capacity and equipped with a Length 60 metres
tailor-made jetting system and main crane with a capacity of 600 tonnes. Width 38 metres
Draft 7.1 metres
Capabilities Gross tonnage 5125 tonnes
2) Turbine installation Max load 1600 tonnes
3) Decommissioning Max operating depth 45 metres
4) Nacelle, rotor replacement Main crane capacity 600 tonnes
Max speed 7.5 knots
2021: tbc
2022: tbc

Orion 1 Builder/ship yard
Year
Cosco, China
2019
Design N/A
Orion 1 was due to enter service this year but suffered a catastrophic crane collapse during Width 49 metres
load testing in the German port of Rostock last year. The vessel is currently under repair at Draft 11 metres
the Gdańsk Remontowa Shiprepair Yard in Poland and due to enter service later this year. Gross tonnage N/A
1) Turbine foundation installation, including monopiles and jacket foundations Max load 30,000 tonnes
2) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW class and next generation hardware Max operating depth 300 metres
3) Decommissioning Main crane capacity 5000 tonnes
Max speed N/A
Deployment Accommodation 131 people, option
2021: tbc to extend to 239
2022: Installation of foundations at 257MW Arcadis Ost 1, Germany.

Thor Builder/ship yard
Year
Crist, Poland
2010
Design Hochtief/Overdick
Description Length 70 metres
Thor is a self-propelled jack-up with a maximum payload of 2700 tonnes and a fixed Width 40 metres
crane with a lifting capacity of 400 tonnes at 20 metres. Draft 6 metres
1) Transition piece installation Max load 2700 tonnes
2) Major component maintenance and exchange Max operating depth N/A
Max speed 5.3 knots
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
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Dominion Energy VITAL STATISTICS
Charybdis Builder/ship yard Keppel AmFELS,
Brownsville Texas
Year 2023
Description Design GustoMSC
This next-generation unit was ordered in late 2020 and is designed to serve the Length 143.86 metres
emerging US offshore wind market. The vessel will be US flagged, built, and crewed Width 56 metres
and is the first Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation vessel. Draft N/A
Capabilities Deck area N/A
2) Foundation installation Max operating depth N/A
Entering service in 2023. Accommodation 119 people
Eneti VITAL STATISTICS

tbc Builder/ship yard Daewoo Shipbuilding
and Marine Engineering,
South Korea
Description Year 2024
Eneti placed an order for this $330m (€272m) newbuild this spring with Daewoo Design Gusto MSC
Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. The unit has a NG-16000X design by GustoMSC Length 148 metres
and is due to arrive in the third quarter 2024. It will be capable of installing turbines Width 56 metres
up to 20MW in size. Draft N/A
Gross tonnage N/A
2) Foundation installation Max operating depth 65 metres
3) O&M on 12MW-plus rated turbines Main crane capacity 2,600 tonnes
Max speed N/A
N/A
Fred Olsen Windcarrier VITAL STATISTICS

Bold Tern Builder/ship yard Lamprell, Dubai, UAE
Year 2013
Design Gusto MSC
Offshore wind jack-up and installation vessel. The vessel will be upgraded later Width 39 metres
this year and kitted out with a 1600 tonne leg-encircling crane capable of reaching Draft 5.6 metres
1600 metres above deck. Gross tonnage 19,200 tonnes
Deck area 3200m2
1) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW-plus class Max operating depth 60 metres
2) Main component exchange Main crane capacity 800 tonnes
3) Accommodation Max speed 12 knots
4) Decommissioning Accommodation 80 people
Deployment
2021: Installation of Vestas turbines at Ocean Winds’ 950MW Moray East, Scotland.
2022: N/A
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Fred Olsen Windcarrier VITAL STATISTICS
Brave Tern Builder/ship yard Lamprell, Dubai, UAE
Year 2012
Design Gusto MSC
Offshore wind jack-up and installation vessel. Width 39 metres
Draft 5.6 metres
1) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW-plus class Deck area 3200m2
2) Main component exchange Max load 7600 tonnes
3) Accommodation Max operating depth 60 metres
Max speed 12 knots
2021: Installation of 80 Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines at WPD’s 640MW Yunlin
project, Taiwan.
2022: N/A
Fred Olsen Windcarrier Photo: Mineev Aleksandr VITAL STATISTICS

Blue Tern Builder/ship yard Keppel Fels, Singapore
Year 2012
Design N/A
Formerly known as Seafox 5, the vessel can be deployed for accommodation, Width 50 metres
construction and maintenance jobs. The vessel can operate in water depths of 65 Draft 5.2 metres
metres and has a main crane capacity of 1200 tonnes. Gross tonnage 19,697 tonnes
Deck area 3750m2
1) Turbine foundation installation Max operating depth 65 metres
2) Turbine installation, including the latest 8MW class Main crane capacity 1200 tonnes
3) Accommodation Max speed 10 knots
Deployment
2021: Installation of turbines at Ocean Winds’ 950MW Moray East wind farm, Scotland.
2022: N/A
Gulf Marine Services VITAL STATISTICS

GMS Endeavour Builder/ship yard GMS, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Year 2010
Design Gusto MSC
The GustoMSC-designed jack-up uses dynamic positioning for jacking operations and Width 36 metres
can be deployed in waters up to 60 metres deep. Draft 6 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Transition piece installation Max load N/A
Max speed 8 knots
2021: Commissioning of offshore substation at Orsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea 2, UK.
2022: tbc

GMS Endurance Builder/ship yard GMS, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Year 2010
Design Gusto MSC
Sister vessel to GMS Endeavour, GMS Endurance is a multi-purpose jack-up that can Width 36 metres
also work in water depths of up to 60 metres.. Draft 6 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Transition piece installation Max load N/A
Max speed 8 knots
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
2O21 17 June 2021 41
GMS Enterprise Builder/ship yard GMS, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Year 2013
Design Gusto MSC
GMS Enterprise is a self-propelled, self-elevating accommodation jack-up barge for up Width 36 metres
to 150 people, operating in water depths of up to 80 metres. Draft 6 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
2) Accommodation Max operating depth 80 metres
2022: tbc

GMS Evolution Builder/ship yard GMS, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Year 2016
Design Gusto MSC
GMS Evolution is a self-propelled, self-elevating accommodation jack-up barge. The Width 36 metres
vessel measures 61 metres long and can operate in water depths of up to 80 metres. Draft 6 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Accommodation Max load 1700 tonnes
Havfram VITAL STATISTICS

tbc Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
N/A
Design Vard
Description Length N/A
Havfram and Vard are collaborating on a newbuild jack-up for the Width N/A
offshore wind industry. The vessel will be able to install 1000-tonne Draft N/A
components at a height of 150 metres. Gross tonnage N/A
Deck area N/A
Capabilities Max load N/A
1) Turbine installation Max operating depth N/A
2) Foundation installation Main crane capacity N/A
Max speed N/A
Deployment Accommodation N/A
N/A
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Heerema Marine Contractors VITAL STATISTICS
Aegir Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
2013
Design Ulstein
Deepwater construction vessel Aegir hit the waves in September 2013. Width 46.2 metres
It features two knuckle boom cranes that give an overall lifting capacity Draft 11 metres
of 4000 tonnes. Gross tonnage N/A
Deck area N/A
1) Turbine foundation installation Max operating depth N/A
2021: Installation of 111 turbine foundations and two offshore Accommodation 305 people
substations at 900MW Greater Changhua 1&2a, Taiwan.
2022: tbc

Balder Builder/ship yard Mitsui Engineering
& Shipbuilding, Japan
Year 1978
Semi-submersible crane vessel capable of a tandem lift of up to 6300 Length 154 metres
tonnes. Width 86 metres
Draft 11 metres
1) Offshore wind turbine foundation installation Deck area N/A
2) Offshore substation foundation installation Max load N/A
2021: tbc Max speed 6.5 knots

Sleipnir Builder/ship yard SembCorp Marine,
Tuas Boulevard Yard, Singapore
Year 2019
DP3 heavy-lift, semi-submersible vessel equipped with two cranes, Length 220 metres
each with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes. Width 102 metres
Draft 12 metres
1) Offshore substation installation Deck area 12,000m2
Max load N/A
Deployment Max operating depth 49.5 metres
2021: Installation of topside for Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore Main crane capacity 20,000 tonnes
substation, the Netherlands. Installation of offshore substation and Max speed 10 knots
reactive compensation platform for 1.4GW Hornsea 2, UK. Accommodation 400 people
2022: Installation of Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation,
the Netherlands.

Thialf Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
1985
Design N/A
Construction vessel with lifting capacity of 14,200 tonnes. Width 88.4 metres
Draft 31.6 metres
1) Turbine, substation foundation installation Deck area N/A
3) ‘QUAD Lifts’ to install and/or remove large, heavy integrated topsides Max operating depth N/A
or jackets Main crane capacity 14,200 tonnes
Max speed 6 knots
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
2O21 17 June 2021 43
Jack-Up Barge Photo: Flying Focus VITAL STATISTICS
JB-114 Builder/ship yard Labroy Marine,
Singapore
Year 2009
Self-propelled jack-up Length 55.5 metres
featuring a pedestal- Width 32.2 metres
mounted 300-tonne crane Draft 5 metres
and helideck. Gross tonnage N/A
Deck area 1000m2
1) Accommodation and Max operating depth 40 metres
crane support Main crane capacity 300 tonnes
Max speed N/A
2021: tbc (option for 160)
2022: tbc
Jack-Up Barge VITAL STATISTICS

Singapore
Year 2009
Self-propelled jack-up Length 55.5 metres
operational since 2009 and Width 32.2 metres
designed by GustoMSC. Draft 5 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Accommodation and Max load 1250 tonnes
crane support Max operating depth 40 metres
2021: Hook-up and Accommodation 64 people
commissioning of (option for 160)
Hollandse Kust Alpha and
Beta substations off the
Netherlands.
2022: tbc
Jack-Up Barge VITAL STATISTICS

Year
Singapore
2011 FOUR SITES,
Description
JB-117 is a self-elevating
Design
Length
GustoMSC
75.9 metres ONE TEAM
unit with a leg length of 80 Width 40 metres
metres, maximum payload Draft 6 metres Integrating extensive engineering
of 2000 tonnes and crane Gross tonnage N/A
capacity of 1000 tonnes. This Deck area 2500m2 capacity with UK-leading facilities
vessel is currently equipped
with a DP thruster unit to
Max load 2000 tonnes and major offshore energy
allow in-field moves. Main crane capacity 1000 tonnes fabrication expertise.
Max speed N/A
Capabilities
1) Turbine installation
Accommodation 64 people 7RÀQGRXWPRUHRUGLVFXVV
(option for 250)
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Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
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Jan De Nul VITAL STATISTICS
Les Alizés Builder/ship yard CMIH Haimen
shipyard, China
Year 2022
Floating monohull crane vessel capable of lifting up to 4000 tonnes. Due to join the Jan Length 236.8 metres
De Nul fleet in 2022. Width 52 metres
Draft 10.5 metres
1) Installation of monopile and jacket foundations for turbines and offshore Deck area 9300m2
substations Max load N/A
2) Installation of offshore substations Max operating depth N/A
Currently under construction at CMIH Haimen shipyard, China. Accommodation 150 people

Vole au Vent Builder/ship yard Crist Shipyard, Gdynia,
Poland
Year 2013
Jack-up Vole au Vent is specifically built to install offshore wind farms in water depths Length 140.4 metres
up to 50 metres. It features a large cargo deck space and a lifting capacity of up to 1500 Width 41 metres
tonnes. Draft 9.5 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
2021: Installation of 72 Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW turbines at 600MW Kriegers Flak, Accommodation 90 people
Denmark.
2022: tbc

Voltaire Builder/ship yard Cosco Shipping
Heavy Industry
Year 2019
Voltaire was ordered from Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry in China in April 2019 and is Length 169.3 metres
due for delivery in 2022. Width 60 metres
Draft 7.5 metres
Voltaire will be able to install next-generation monopiles and jackets and new- Deck area 7000m2
generation turbines, and is able to operate in water depths of 80 metres Max load 21,500 tonnes
Available in 2022. Max speed 11.5 knots

Taillevent Builder/ship yard
Year
GustoMSC
2011
Design N/A
Taillevent, formerly MPI Discovery, was acquired from MPI Offshore in 2018. Width 40.8 metres
The jack-up is designed for transporting and installing wind turbines. Draft 5.22 metres
2) Foundation installation Max operating depth 40 metres
3) O&M Main crane capacity 1000 tonnes
Max speed 12.5 knots
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
2O21 17 June 2021 45
Jiangsu Hengtong Lande Marine Engineering VITAL STATISTICS
Huadian Wenqiang Builder/ship yard Nantong Rainbow
Offshore, China
Year 2019
Self-propelled Chinese-built foundation and turbine installation vessel. Length 78 metres
Completed trials December 2018. Width 38 metres
Draft 6.6 metres
Fitted with a 600-tonne capacity main crane with a maximum lifting height of 110 Deck area N/A
metres and 100-tonne auxiliary crane, which can be used with the main crane when Max load N/A
lifting structures Max operating depth N/A
2021: tbc Accommodation N/A
2022: tbc
Jumbo Maritime VITAL STATISTICS

Fairplayer Builder/ship yard Damen, Galati,
Romania
Year 2008
Jumbo Fairplayer is a 144.1-metre multi-functional heavy-lift crane vessel that can Length 144.1 metres
reach speeds of 17 knots and offers a pair of cranes with 900-tonne lifting capacity. Width 26.7 metres
Draft 14.1 metres
1) Installation of transition pieces Deck area 3100m2
Max load N/A
2021: tbc Main crane capacity 1000 tonnes

Javelin Builder/ship yard Damen Shipyards
Galati, Romania
Year 2004
Jumbo Javelin is a 144.1-metre multi-functional heavy-lift crane vessel that can reach Length 144.1 metres
speeds of 17 knots and offers a pair of cranes with 900-tonne lifting capacities. Width 26.7 metres
Draft 14.1 metres
1) Installation of transition pieces Deck area 3100m2
Max load N/A
2021: tbc Main crane capacity 1000 tonnes

Stella Synergy Builder/ship yard Ulstein Verft, Norway
Year 2020
Design N/A
The heavy-lift crane vessel is due to enter service in 2022 and will be available for work Width 36 metres
in the offshore wind industry. It will feature a 2500-tonne capacity main crane and will Draft 12.6 metres
be powered by dual fuel engines. Gross tonnage N/A
Deck area 4300m2
1) Installation of monopile, transition piece and jacket foundations Max operating depth 3000 metres
2) Installation of pin piles Main crane capacity 2500 tonnes
3) Installation of mooring systems for floating wind projects Max speed 17 knots
Deployment
To enter service in 2022.
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Ocean Breeze Energy VITAL STATISTICS
Wind Lift 1 Builder/ship yard Western Shipbuilding,
Lithuania
Year 2010
Self-propelled jack-up designed by GustoMSC with high sailing speeds and dynamic Length 93 metres
positioning capabilities. The vessel is currently under technical management by Width 36 metres
Bremen’s Harren & Partner. Draft 7.4 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Turbine foundation installation, including monopiles and jacket foundations Max load N/A
2022: tbc
Offshore Heavy Transport VITAL STATISTICS

Alfa Lift Builder/ship yard China Merchant
Heavy Industry
Description Year 2021/2022
OHT’s floating installation vessel is custom-built for the transport and installation Design Ulstein
of XXL offshore wind foundations. The Ulstein-designed heavy-lift crane vessel has Length 217.88 metres
semi-submersible capabilities, is fitted with a 3000-tonne crane and is equipped with Width 56 metres
an automated deck transportation system to maximise deck capacity and installation Draft 6.64
efficiency. The vessel was floated out in March 2021 and will be delivered to Europe Gross tonnage 65,692
in early 2022. Deck area 8310m2 main +
Capabilities 1800m² forecastle
1) Transport and installation of XXL monopiles and TPs Max load N/A
2) Transport and installation of XL jacket foundations Max operating depth N/A
2021: Under construction. Accommodation 100 people
2022: Installation of foundations at 1.2GW Dogger Bank A, UK.
Offshore Heavy Transport VITAL STATISTICS

VIND1 Builder/ship yard China Merchant
Heavy Industry
Year 2023
Description Design NG-14000XL-G
OHT’s new self-propelled jack-up installation vessel is designed specifically to transport Length 142 metres
and install the next generation of offshore wind turbines and XL monopile foundations. Width 50 metres
The vessel was ordered in 2020 and is expected for delivery in 2023. Draft 6 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Transport and installation of the largest next generation wind turbines Max load >8750 tonnes
2) Transport and installation of XL monopile foundations Max operating depth > 65 metres
OIM Wind VITAL STATISTICS

tbc Builder/ship yard Yantai CIMC
Raffles Shipyard, China
Year 2022
Description Design BT-220IU
OIM Wind signed an EPC contract with CIMC Yantai Raffles Offshore for the Length 157.9 metres
construction of a next generation jack-up late last year. The vessel is due to be Width 59 metres
delivered in 2022 and will use LNG as its fuel. Draft N/A
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Installation of 12MW+ turbines Max load 10,000 tonnes
2) Installation of foundations Max operating depth 67 metres
2021: Under construction. Accommodation 120 people
2022: tbc
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OOS International VITAL STATISTICS
OOS Serooskerke Builder/ship yard China Merchant
Industry Holdings
Year 2019
DP3 semi-submersible crane vessel. Length 137.75 metres
Width 81 metres
1) Combined lifting using both cranes of 4400 tonnes Gross tonnage N/A
2) Installation of foundations, moorings and platforms for offshore wind structures Deck area 3800m2
3) Telescopic gangway Max load N/A
4) Helideck Max operating depth N/A
Main crane capacity 2 x 2200 tonnes
Delivery due by third quarter 2020. Accommodation 750 people
OOS International VITAL STATISTICS

OOS Walcheren Builder/ship yard China Merchant
Industry Holdings
Year 2020
DP3 semi-submersible crane vessel identical to OOS Serooskerke. Length 137.75 metres
Width 81 metres
1) Combined lifting using both cranes of 4400 tonnes Gross tonnage N/A
2) Installation of foundations, moorings and platforms for offshore wind structures Deck area 3800m2
3) Telescopic gangway Max load N/A
4) Helideck Max operating depth N/A
2022: tbc
Penta-Ocean Construction VITAL STATISTICS

CP-8001 Builder/ship yard Japan Marine United
shipyard, Yokohama
Year 2019
Multipurpose self-elevating platform equipped with a fully-revolving crane. Length 73 metres
Width 40 metres
Capabilities Draft 4 metres
1) Installation of large structures such as 10MW turbines Gross tonnage N/A
2) Significant accommodation space and a helicopter deck Deck area 1750m2
3) Transport and installation Max load N/A
Max operating depth 30–50 metres
2020: N/A Max speed N/A
2021: N/A Accommodation 120 people
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Penta-Ocean Construction VITAL STATISTICS
CP-16001 Builder/ship yard PaxOcean Engineering
Batam, Indonesia
Year 2022
Description Design GustoMSC GJ-9800C
Self-propelled jack-up for the installation of 10MW to 12MW turbines in the Japanese Length N/A
market. Due to enter service in 2023. Width N/A
Draft N/A
1) Turbine installation Deck area N/A
Max load N/A
Deployment Max operating depth 50 metres
N/A Main crane capacity 1600 tonnes
Max speed N/A
Saipem VITAL STATISTICS

De He Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
2016
Design N/A
DP3 installation vessel suitable for deep to ultra-deepwater projects . Width N/A
Draft 10.6 metres
1) Turbine foundation installation Deck area N/A
2) Substation installation Max load 9000 tonnes
Deployment Main crane capacity 4000 tonnes at
2021: tbc 40-metre radius
2022: tbc Max speed 13.5 knots

S3000 Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
1984
Design N/A
Monohull, self-propelled DP vessel fitted with new stern section and a Clyde 76 model Width N/A
crane. Draft 6.3 metres
Capabilities Deck area 3000 m2
1) Turbine foundation installation Max load 18 tonnes/m2
2) Substation installation Max operating depth N/A
2022: tbc

S7000 Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
1986
Design N/A
Crane vessel S7000 is a semisubmersible floating crane vessel with twin 7,000-tonne Width N/A
cranes. Draft 27.5 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
2) Jacket foundation installation Max operating depth N/A
3) substation installation Main crane capacity 14,000 tonnes
Max speed 9.5 knots
2021–22: Installation of foundations at 450MW Neart Na Gaoithe and installation
of foundations at 1.1GW Seagreen, both off Scotland. Installation of the offshore
substation topside and jacket at 496MW Saint-Brieuc project, France.
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Sal Offshore VITAL STATISTICS
MV Lone Builder/ship yard
Year
Sietas, Hamburg
2011
Design N/A
Sal Heavy Lift worked with Pella Sietas Shipbuilding in Hamburg to deliver MV Lone, Width 27.5 metres
which features a pair of portside cranes each with a 1000-tonne lifting capacity. Draft 9 metres
1) Transport and installation of piles, mooring chains, subsea structures Max load N/A
2) Transport and installation of small turbine jackets Max operating depth N/A
3) Transport and installation of small offshore platforms and jackets Main crane capacity 2000 tonnes
4) Transport and installation of transition pieces Max speed 20 knots
5) Transport of wind turbines, monopiles and other components Accommodation 100 people
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
Scaldis VITAL STATISTICS

Gulliver Builder/ship yard IHC Offshore & Marine
Year 2017
Design Vuyk Engineering
Self-propelled heavy-lift vessel Gulliver is equipped with two 2000-tonne cranes that can Width 49 metres
skid up to 25 metres along the deck to aid transport and relocation of cargo. A DP2 system Draft 8 metres
means installation can be handled without the use of anchors. Gross tonnage 15,451 tonnes
Deck area 1300m2
1) Transport and installation of gravity base structures, monopiles and jacket foundations Max operating depth N/A
2) Transport and installation of topsides Main crane capacity 4000 tonnes
3) Transport and installation of current turbines Max speed 7.5 knots
4) Piling and grouting works Accommodation 78 people
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
Scaldis VITAL STATISTICS

Rambiz Builder/ship yard Huisman-Itrec,
Schiedam
Year 2000
Description Design Vuyk Engineering
Multi-purpose heavy-lift vessel Rambiz has a lifting capacity of 3300 tonnes. It features a Length 85 metres
shallow draft, considerable deck space and large accommodation facilities and is able to Width 44 metres
operate in hard-to-reach locations. Draft 5.6 metres
1) Transport and installation of gravity base structures, monopiles and jacket foundations Max load 3300 tonnes
2) Transport and installation of topsides Max operating depth N/A
3) Transport and installation of current turbines Main crane capacity 3300 tonnes
4) Piling and grouting works Max speed 7 knots (towed)
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
Seafox VITAL STATISTICS

Seafox 1 Builder/ship yard Boele Bolnes,
the Netherlands
Year 1979, upgraded 2009
Description Design MSC
Seafox 1 is a self-elevating accommodation and crane support unit that can operate in Length 64 metres
40 metres water depth, has a 300-tonne crane, and accommodation for 75 people. Width 40 metres
Draft 2.92 metres
1) Accommodation and crane support Deck area 600m2
2) Offshore substation hook-up and commissioning support Max load 800 tonnes
3) Maintenance campaigns Max operating depth 40 metres
4) Component changeover Main crane capacity 300 tonnes
5) Decommissioning Max speed N/A
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
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Seafox 2 Builder/ship yard Camel Laird
Shipbuilders, UK
Year 1985, full upgrade 2014
Description Design MSC
Seafox 2 is a self-elevating accommodation and crane support unit that can operate in Length 86.3 metres
50 metres water depth, has a 100-tonne crane, and accommodation for 234 people. Width 45 metres
Draft 3.66 metres
Deployment
2021: Hook-up and commissioning of the offshore substation at 450MW Neart Na Gaoithe
project, Scotland.
2022: N/A

Seafox 4 Builder/ship yard HDW Hamburg,
Germany
Year 1976, full upgrade 2014
Description Design Transocean
Seafox 4 is a self-elevating accommodation and crane support unit that can operate in Length 97.25 metres
45 metres water depth, has a 300-tonne crane, and accommodation for 153 people. Width 52.78 metres
Draft 4.19 metres
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc

Seafox 7 Builder/ship yard
Year
Batam, Indonesia
2008
Design MSC
Seafox 7 is a self-elevating accommodation and crane support unit that can operate in Width 32.2 metres
40 metres water depth, has a 270-tonne crane, and accommodation for 137 people. Draft 3.35 metres
Deployment
2021: Hook-up and commissioning support at reactive compensation substation at 1.4GW
Hornsea 2, UK.
2022: N/A
Seajacks VITAL STATISTICS

Seajacks Hydra Builder/ship yard Lamprell, Dubai, UAE
Year 2014
Design Gusto MSC
Seajacks Hydra built by Lamprell in Dubai is a self-propelled jack-up. Hydra is a Width 36 metres
modified version of GustoMSC’s NG2500X design. Draft 6.75 metres
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Seajacks Kraken Builder/ship yard Lamprell, Dubai, UAE
Year 2009
Design GustoMSC
Seajacks Kraken is a self-propelled jack-up vessel equipped with DP2 capability Width 36 metres
allowing for fast, safe and cost-efficient transit and positioning between locations. Draft 6.75 metres
2) Wind farm maintenance Max operating depth 48 metres
3) Commissioning support Main crane capacity 200 tonnes
4) Offshore substation hook-up Max speed 8 knots
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc

Seajacks Leviathan Builder/ship yard Lamprell, Dubai, UAE
Year 2009
Design GustoMSC
Seajacks Leviathan is a multi-purpose jack-up with foundation and turbine installation Width 36 metres
capabilities. The vessel can also serve as accommodation support and can undertake Draft 6.75 metres
maintenance. Gross tonnage 5146 tonnes
Deck area 900m2
2) Transition piece installation Main crane capacity 300 tonnes
3) Wind farm maintenance Max speed 8 knots
4) Accommodation Accommodation 90 people
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
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Seajacks Scylla Builder/ship yard Samsung Heavy
Industries, South Korea
Year 2016
Seajacks Scylla features a 1500-tonne leg-encircling crane, deck space of 4600 square Length 139 metres
metres and up to 8000-tonne variable load capacity. She can sail at speeds of up to 12 Width 50 metres
knots and features 105-metre-long legs for water depths of up to 65 metres. Draft 7.8 metres
1) Turbine installation, including the latest 8-9MW class Max load N/A
2) Jacket and monopile foundation installation Max operating depth 65 metres
2022: Installation of turbines at 900MW Greater Changhua 1&2a, Taiwan.

Seajacks Zaratan Builder/ship yard Lamprell, Dubai, UAE
Year 2012
Design GustoMSC
Seajacks Zaratan is designed specifically to support offshore wind farm installation. Width 41 metres
Draft 5.3 metres
1) Turbine installation Deck area 2000m2
2) Foundation installation Max load N/A
3) Transition piece installation Max operating depth 55 metres
2021: Installation of turbine foundations at 140MW Akita and Noshiro, Japan. Accommodation 90 people
2022: Installation of turbines at 140MW Akita and Norshiro, Japan.
Seaway 7 VITAL STATISTICS

Seaway Strashnov Builder/ship yard
Year
IHC
2011
Design N/A
A DP3 crane vessel featuring a unique and patented hull shape, Seaway Strashnov can lift Width 47 metres
5000 tonnes to heights of approximately 100 metres from its main hook. Draft 13.8 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
1) Turbine foundation installation and transportation, including monopiles and jacket Max load 8500 tonnes
foundations Max operating depth N/A
2) Installation and transportation of substations Main crane capacity 5000 tonnes
Max speed 12 knots
2021–22: Installation of foundations at 1.5GW Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4, the Netherlands.

Seaway Yudin Builder/ship yard
Year
Wartsila, Finland
1985
Design N/A
The heavy-lift vessel features a revolving crane with a lifting capacity of 2500 tonnes Width 36 metres
and can lift to heights of 75 metres at max lifting capacity from its main hook. Seaway Draft 8.9 metres
Yudin also features a 660-tonne auxiliary crane. Gross tonnage N/A
Deck area 2500m2
1) Turbine foundation installation and transportation, including monopiles and jacket Max operating depth N/A
foundations Main crane capacity 2500 tonnes
2) Installation and transportation of substations Max speed 9 knots
Deployment
2021: Installation of 47 jacket foundations at 376MW Formosa 2, Taiwan.
2022: tbc
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Shimizu Corporation VITAL STATISTICS
Unnamed vessel Builder/ship yard Japan Marine United
Year 2022
Design GustoMSC SC-14000XL
Jack-up ordered in September 2019 and due in 2022. The vessel will primarily serve Width 50 metres
the Japanese market and is equipped with a 2500-tonne telescopic leg crane. Draft N/A
Gross tonnage 28,000
1) Installation of turbines Max load N/A
2) Installation of monopile and jacket foundations Max operating depth N/A
To be delivered late 2022. Accommodation 130 people
Toda Corporation VITAL STATISTICS

Float Raiser Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
2018
Design N/A
Semi-submersible vessel intended for the installation of floating offshore wind Width 40 metres
turbines. Draft 4.7 metres
Gross tonnage N/A
Roll-on/roll-off capability for turbines, caissons and foundations of up to 5000 tonnes Max load N/A
Deployment Main crane capacity N/A
2020: N/A Max speed N/A
2021: N/A Accommodation N/A
Van Oord VITAL STATISTICS

Aeolus Builder/ship yard
Year
Sietas, Hamburg
2014
Design N/A
139.4-metre jack-up purpose-built for installation of offshore wind turbines and Width 44.46 metres
foundations. Aeolus was fitted with new spudcans and was given an additional six Draft 9.12 metres
metres of deck space as part of upgrades completed in 2018, which also included a Gross tonnage 16,700 tonnes
new main crane that has increased lifting capacity from 900 tonnes to 1600 tonnes. Deck area 3300m2
Max load N/A
Capabilities Max operating depth 45 metres
1) Turbine foundation installation Main crane capacity 1600 tonnes
2) Turbine installation Max speed 12.6 knots
Deployment
2021–22: Installation of foundations at 496MW Saint-Brieuc, France.

MPI Adventure Builder/ship yard Cosco Nantong
Shipyard, China
Year 2011
MPI Adventure is one of two vessels acquired by Van Oord from MPI Offshore in Length 138.55 metres
2018, the other being MPI Resolution. The vessel is designed to transport, lift, install Width 40.8 metres
and decommission components such as foundations, wind turbines, met masts and Draft 5.22 metres
transformer stations. Gross tonnage 19,533 tonnes
1) Turbine foundation installation Max load 6000 tonnes
3) Met mast installation Main crane capacity 1000 tonnes
4) Offshore substation installation Max speed 12.5 knots
5) Decommissioning Accommodation 112 people
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
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MPI Resolution Builder/ship yard Shanhaiguan Shipyard,
China
Year 2003
Acquired by Van Oord from MPI Offshore in 2018, MPI Resolution is the first purpose- Length 130 metres
built offshore wind installation vessel. The jack-up has been upgraded a number of Width 38 metres
times for continuing work in the sector. Draft N/A
2) Component exchange Max operating depth 31.75 metres
Max speed 11 knots
2021: Repair of export cable at RWE Renewable’s 576MW Gwynt y Mor project off
North Wales, Installation of 10 foundations and turbines at Renexia’s 30MW nearshore
Taranto project in Italy.
2022: Work under an O&M framework contract with Vattenfall.

Svanen Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
1990
Design N/A
Crane vessel used for foundation installation in the offshore wind industry having Width 74.6 metres
completed its first job in the sector at Dong’s 258MW Burbo Bank 2 project in the Irish Draft 6 metres
Sea in 2016. Gross tonnage 14,035 tonnes
Deck area N/A
Turbine foundation installation Max operating depth N/A
2020: tbc Accommodation N/A
2022: tbc
Ziton VITAL STATISTICS

Wind Enterprise Builder/ship yard Daewoo Shipbuilding
and Marine Engineering,
South Korea
Acquired from Vroon in 2020, Wind Enterprise is capable of carrying out O&M jobs on Design N/A
turbines in the current 8-10MW class. Length 100 metres
Width 40.2 metres
Capabilities Draft 5 metres
1) Turbine foundation installation Gross tonnage 11,730 tonnes
2) Turbine installation Deck area 2850m2
3) Met mast installation Max load 4500 tonnes
4) Offshore substation installation Max operating depth 45 metres
Max speed 7.5 knots
2021: N/A
2022: N/A
ZPMC VITAL STATISTICS

Longyuan Zhenhua 3 Builder/ship yard
Year
N/A
2013
Design N/A
Description Length N/A
ZPMC operates at least three jack-ups named Longyuan Zhenhua that serve the Width N/A
Chinese offshore wind market. It is also planning a fourth vessel, which will feature a Draft N/A
2500-tonne lifting capacity. Gross tonnage N/A
Deck area N/A
1) Turbine foundation installation Max operating depth 30 metres
2) Substation foundation and topside installation Main crane capacity 800 tonnes
3) Turbine installation Max speed N/A
Accommodation N/A
Deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
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CABLE-LAY VESSELS
glut of cable installation orders,
writes Patrick Browne
O
ffshore wind’s assets might need to charter 2026. Market sources expect
pantheon of cable-lay in expertise,” said Asso steady rates and vessel utility
vessels is preparing to Subsea director of business of around 250 days per year
welcome four new members development Alessandro during that period.
in 2021 as operators look Panico. Future demand has already
to keep pace with soaring Market sources say there proved strong enough to
demand for installation are plenty of vessels that are trigger a newbuild vessel from
services. well-equipped to chase this Van Oord, due in 2023.
Two of this year’s arrivals high-voltage work, together “Another tactic is
are state-of-the art newbuilds with the glut of medium- companies converting spare
from European cable voltage array cable jobs. tonnage in the market into
fabricators Nexans and These all have 4000-tonne cable layers to meet hockey
Prysmian. Rival supplier NKT to 5000-tonne carousels, stick growth in installation
began operating a similar large deck space for launching jobs,” Westwood Global
specification vessel in 2017. trenchers and robotically- Energy Group global director
This trio of assets, Nexans’ operated vehicles, and are of offshore energy services
Aurora, Prysmian’s Leonardo continuously staffed by Thom Payne explained.
Da Vinci and NKT’s Victoria experienced in-house crews. “There are plenty of
have been designed for Speed is the biggest candidates out there,
long-distance, deep sea work requirement for contractors including under-utilised assets
and are a key part of the fitting in-field wires as in oil and gas markets.”
cable companies’ strategy of contracting terms are usually Seaway 7 has just
jointly securing the supply punitive for companies completed converting former
and installation of wires that fail to deliver in narrow flex-lay vessel Seven Phoenix
to maximise returns and installation windows. into a dedicated cable ship
minimise risks. “Array cable installation and Asso Subsea is converting
Nexans and Prysmian is squeezed in between DP3 construction support
already have firm jobs for foundation and turbine vessel Ariadne into a new
their new ships in UK waters. installation and needs to be layer. Both already have
Aurora’s maiden gig is executed quickly. From this deployments in the diary.
the installation of export standpoint vessels with high Global Offshore converted
cables at SSE Renewables sea state workability that can multi-purpose vessel
and Total’s 1.1GW Seagreen carry lots of cable in a single Normand Cutter into a cable
wind farm off Scotland this trip have an advantage,” layer last year and has already
year. Leonardo Da Vinci will Panico explained. seen action on three offshore
meanwhile fit 440km of HVDC wind projects this year.
lines for RWE’s 1.4GW Sofia As the volume of installed
project, which is due online “There is so much capacity grows there are an
in 2026. increasing number of O&M
Although Prysmian, Nexans work around that jobs owners can also shoot
and NKT still enjoy the lion’s for. However, sources say the
share of the global export even suppliers with market remains volatile.
cable market, they face Some O&M is carried out
increasing competition. South
Korea’s LS Cable, Hellenic
their own assets under framework agreements
and some of it arrives via the
Cables of Greece, China’s ZTT spot market.
and Japanese outfit Sumitomo might need to charter “Developers and TSOs
Electric are all active, have not been willing to pay
although most lack their own in expertise” contractors to keep vessels
installation assets. on standby for repairs. This
“These companies are is a tendency which we think
always in need of reliable Tender departments are could change soon, making
installation contractors. But seeing a huge volume of returns for O&M more
from 2023 onwards there is requests for array and export predictable and allowing
so much work around that jobs in Asia, the US and repairs to be done much
even suppliers with their own Europe between 2023 and faster,” Panico added. n
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Asso Subsea VITAL STATISTICS
Ariadne Builder/shipyard
Year
Ulstein SX121
2009
Designer Ulstein Verft
DP3 vessel with high sea-state capability and ROV moonpool. Width 25 metres
Draft 7.8 metres
Capabilities Deadweight 10,770 tonnes
1)Installation of array cables DWT turntable capacity 1 x 2000 tonne
2)Installation of export cables above deck,
1 x 3000 tonne
Current deployment below deck
2021: Being converted for cable-lay market. Max speed N/A
2022: Installation of array cables at Iberdrola’s 496MW Saint-Brieuc project off France. Accommodation 106 persons
Asso Subsea VITAL STATISTICS

Atalanti Builder/shipyard
Year
N/A
2010
Designer N/A
DP2 vessel with bundle lay and beaching capabilities. It can also carry out simultaneous Width N/A
lay and burial of cables via a towed hydroplough. Draft 6.46 metres
Deadweight 5973 tonnes
Capabilities DWT turntable capacity 1 x 4500 tonnes
1)Installation of export cables carousel,
2)Installation of array cables 1 x 2500 tonnes
Max speed N/A
Current deployment Accommodation 77 persons
2021: tbc
2022: tbc

Ndeavor Builder/shipyard Samsung C&T
corporation ZPMC/Shanghai
Zhenhua Heavy Industries
DP2 cable installation vessel, identical to sister ship Ndurance. Designer Boskalis
Length 99 metres
Capabilities Width 30 metres
1) Installation of array and export cables Draft 4.7 metres
2) Beaching and trenching Deadweight 7500 tonnes
DWT turntable capacity 2000 tonnes
Current deployment Max speed 11.5 knots
2021: tbc Accommodation 98 crew
2022: tbc

Ndurance Builder/shipyard Samsung C&T
corporation ZPMC/Shanghai
Zhenhua Heavy Industries
DP2 cable installation vessel, identical to sister ship Ndeavour. Designer Boskalis
Length 99 metres
Capabilities Width 30 metres
1) Installation of array and export cables Draft 4.7 metres
2) Beaching and trenching Deadweight 7500 tonnes
2022: tbc
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Spirit Builder/shipyard Taizhou XingGang
Shipbuilding, China
Year 2010
Description Designer N/A
DP2 cable installation vessel designed for shallow-water operations. Length 90 metres
Width 28 metres
Installation of array and export cables Deadweight 6209 tonnes
Current deployment Max speed 9 knots
2022: tbc

Living Stone Builder/shipyard
Year
La Naval
2018
Designer Deme
DP3 cable-lay vessel with a twin cable carousel. Width 32.2 metres
Draft 6.5 metres
1) Installation of export and/or array cables DWT turntable capacity 2 x 5000 tonnes
2) Trenching Max speed 13.4 knots
Accommodation 110 crew
Current deployment
2021: Installation of array cables at Ocean Winds’ 950MW Moray East and EDF’s
450MW Neart Na Gaoithe projects, both off Scotland.
2022: Installation of array cables and export cables 30MW Golfe du Lion floating
project off France.
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Global Marine Group VITAL STATISTICS
CS Recorder Builder/shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund,
Germany
Year 2000
High bollard pull, dynamically positioned, cable installation vessel with an economical Length 105.8 metres
fuel footprint capable of working in deepwater locations. Width 20 metres
Draft 9.1 metres
Capabilities Deadweight 6292 tonnes
1) Installation of array and export cables DWT turntable capacity 2 x 2600-tonne
2) Simultaneous lay and burial possible with plough and trenching ROV systems carousels
Max speed 14 knots
Current deployment Accommodation 68 crew
N/A

CS Sovereign Builder/shipyard Van Der Giessen,
Netherlands
Year 1991
DP2-class vessel capable of undertaking subsea cable installation and repair projects. Length 130.7 metres
Equipped with trenching, work-class ROVs and a 35-tonne A-frame, the vessel can be Width 21 metres
utilised for a wide range of subsea tasks. Draft 7.01 metres
Capabilities DWT turntable capacity 2 x 2300-tonne
1) Installation of array and export cables baskets
2) Trenching and ROV support Max speed 13.5 knots
Current deployment
2021: Replacement of array cable at Orsted’s 573MW Race Bank
2022: N/A

Global Symphony Builder/shipyard Bergen Mekaniske
Verksted
Year 2011
A purpose-built IMR and ROV support vessel with large deck space. Length 130.2 metres
Width 24 metres
1) Array cable installation and burial Deadweight 6500 tonnes
2) Survey and construction support DWT turntable capacity N/A
Max speed 16 knots
2021: Installation of array and export cables at Vattenfall’s 604.8MW Kriegers Flak in
Denmark. Installation of replacement export cable section at Deepwater Wind’s 30MW
Block Island in the US.
2022: N/A

Normand Clipper Builder/shipyard
Year
N/A
2001
Designer N/A
A deepwater subsea construction and umbilical lay DP vessel that will carry out cable- Width 27 metres
lay operations across the renewable energy and oil and gas sectors. Draft 8.4 metres
Capabilities DWT turntable capacity 4000 tonnes
1) Installation of medium and high voltage subsea cables Max speed N/A
2) Burial and trenching work Accommodation 101 crew
Current deployment
2021 Installation of array cables at the 48MW Kincardine Phase 2 project off Scotland.
Installation of array cables at Vattenfall’s 604.8MW Kriegers Flak in Denmark.
Replacement of array cables at Vattenfall’s 288MW DanTysk project off Germany.
2022: N/A
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Adhemar de Saint-Venant Builder/shipyard
Year
AVIC Weihai China
2017
Designer Jan De Nul Group
DP2 multipurpose with single cabin accommodation for up to 60 crew with 40-tonne Width 22 metres
AHC knuckle boom crane and hopper, which can be used for rock loads, but also as Draft 6.5 metres
cargo space to transport mission equipment or project-specific tools or parts. Deadweight 5950 tonnes
Capabilities Max speed 11.5 knots
1) Installation of export and array cables Accommodation 60 crew
2) Cable burial and rock placement
Current deployment
2021: tbc
2022: Trenching and burial of export cables for 1.4GW Hollandse Kust West site off the
Netherlands.

Connector Builder/shipyard
Year
STX
2011
Designer STX
DP3 vessel capable of installing in waters up to 3000 metres deep. Width 32 metres
Draft 6.5 metres
Installation of export and array cables DWT turntable capacity 6000 tonnes,
3000 tonnes
Current deployment Max speed N/A
2021: Installation of export cables at the 376MW Formosa 2 wind farm off Taiwan. Accommodation 140 crew
2022: tbc

Daniel Bernoulli Builder/shipyard
Year
AVIC Weihai China
2017
DP2 multipurpose with single cabin accommodation for up to 60 crew with 40-tonne Width 22 metres
AHC knuckle boom crane and hopper, which can be used for rock loads, but also as Draft 6.5 metres
cargo space to transport mission equipment or project-specific tools or parts. Deadweight 5950 tonnes
2) Cable burial and rock placement
Current deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
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Isaac Newton Builder/shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste
Year 2015
DP2 vessel that can install up to 10,700 tonnes of cable and equipped with 7400-tonne Width 32 metres
capacity cable basket above deck, and 5000-tonne capacity cable basket below deck. Draft 7.3 metres
Isaac Newton is also equipped with two tensioners of 20 tonnes or, as required by the Deadweight 12,300 tonnes
project, chute and auxiliary equipment. DWT turntable capacity 5000 tonnes,
7400 tonnes
2) Trenching and rock placement
Current deployment
2021: tbc
2022: Installation of export cables at the 1.4GW Hollandse Kust West project off the
Netherlands.

Willem de Vlamingh Builder/shipyard
Year
STX
2011
DP2 multipurpose cable layer Willem de Vlamingh is designed to operate as a cable- Width 23 metres
laying vessel but can also operate as a side stone installation vessel, a flexible fall pipe Draft 5.3 metres
rock installation vessel or trenching vessel. Deadweight 6500 tonnes
Capabilities Max speed 13 knots
2) Trenching and rock placement
Current deployment
2021: Installation of array cables at the 376MW Formosa 2 wind farm off Taiwan.
2022: tbc
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Maersk Connector Builder/shipyard
Year
Damen Galati
2016
Designer Damen Offshore Carrier 8500
Cable installation vessel featuring dual-basket cable carousel. Width 27.5 metres
Draft 6.25 metres
1) Installation, trenching and burial of export and interconnector cables DWT turntable capacity 7000 tonnes
2) Grounding capability Max speed 11.7 knots
Current deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
Nexans VITAL STATISTICS

Aurora Builder/shipyard Ulstein Verft, Norway
& CRIST, Poland
Year 2021
Description Designer Skipsteknisk AS, Ålesund
New DP3 cable lay vessel due to arrive in 2021 with 10,000 tonne cable basket. Length 149.9 metres
Width 31 metres
1) Installation of HVDC and HVAC export cables Deadweight 17,000 tonnes
2) Cable burial DWT turntable capacity 10,000 tonnes
(cable)
Current deployment 450 tonnes (fibre optic)
2021: Installation of export cables at the 1.1GW Seagreen project off Scotland. Max speed 14 knots
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Nexans VITAL STATISTICS
Skagerrak Builder/shipyard E Ogrey Mek Verksted
in Farsund
Year 1976
Purpose-built ship designed for the transport and installation of submarine high- Length 118.25 metres
voltage power cables. Width 32.15 metres
Draft 5.4 metres
1) Installation of HVDC and HVAC export cables DWT turntable capacity 7000 tonnes
2) Cable burial Max speed 10 knots
Current deployment
2021: tbc
2022: tbc
NKT VITAL STATISTICS

Victoria Builder/shipyard
Year
Kleven Norway
2017
Designer SALT Shipdesign
Fuel-efficient DP3 vessel capable of simultaneous dual HVDC and fibre optic cable- Width 29.6 metres
laying and deep sea HVAC installation. Draft 7.2 metres
Deadweight 12,700 tonnes
Capabilities DWT turntable capacity 7000 tonnes,
1) Installation of HVDC and HVAC export cable installation 4000 tonnes
2) Beaching capabilities Max speed 14 knots
Current deployment
2021–22: Export cable installation at SSE and Equinor’s Dogger Bank A&B project in
the UK North Sea.
Prysmian VITAL STATISTICS

Cable Enterprise Builder/shipyard Conversion by Victor
Lenac shipyard, Croatia
Year Built 2001, converted by
Description Prysmian in 2015
DP2-class cable-laying vessel. Designer N/A
Length 124.32 metres
Capabilities Width 31.6 metres
1) Installation of array and export wires Draft 5.17 metres
2) Beaching and ploughing Deadweight 10,543 tonnes
N/A Accommodation 80 crew

Giulio Verne Builder/shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard,
South Korea
Year 1983
Large cable-lay vessel capable of working in harsh sea states. Length 133.18 metres
Width 30.48 metres
1) Installation of array and export wires Deadweight 9366 tonnes
2) Burial and trenching DWT turntable capacity 7000 tonnes
Max speed 10 knots
2021: N/A
2022: Installation of export cables at Vineyard Wind’s 800MW Vineyard 1 project in
the US.
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Leonardo Da Vinci Builder/shipyard Vard Tulcea, Romania
Year N/A
Designer N/A
New build DP3 cable layer capable of carrying 17,000 tonnes of wire in two baskets. Width 34 metres
Draft N/A
Capabilities Deadweight N/A
1) Installation of HVAC and HVDC export cables DWT turntable capacity 1 x 10,000 tonne
2) Cable burial basket,
1 x 7000 tonnes
Current deployment Max speed Above 14 knots
Due to arrive in Q2 2021. Accommodation 120 crew

Ulisse Builder/shipyard Converted at the
PaxOcean yard in Singapore
Year 2016
Cable-lay barge specially designed to operate in shallower waters. Length 122.2 metres
Width 33.5 metres
1) Installation of HVDC and HVAC export cables Deadweight 17,160 tonnes
2) Beaching and cable burial DWT turntable capacity 7000 tonnes
Max speed N/A
2021: N/A
2022: Installation of export cables at Vineyard Wind’s 800MW Vineyard 1 project in
the US.
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Seaway Aimery Builder/shipyard Remontowa
Shipbuilding, Poland
Year 2016
Description Designer Vard
Cable installation, repair and maintenance vessel, specifically designed to work in Length 95.5 metres
harsh weather and sea conditions. Width 21.5 metres
Draft 7.2 metres
1) Installation of array, grid and export cables DWT turntable capacity 4250 tonnes
2) Trenching of cables by dedicated ROV Max speed N/A
Current deployment
2021: Installation of array cables at Orsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea 2 project, UK.
2022: Installation of array cables at Vattenfall’s 1.5GW Hollandse Kust Zuid,
the Netherlands.

Seaway Phoenix Builder/shipyard Cantiere navale Fratelli
Orlando, Italy
Year 2003 (converted 2021)
Description Designer Vik-Sandvik
Cable installation, repair and maintenance vessel, specifically designed to work in Length 129.9 metres
harsh weather and sea conditions. Width 27.8 metres
Draft 8.4 metres
1) Installation of array grid and export cables DWT turntable capacity 4000 tonnes
2) Trenching of cables by dedicated ROV Max speed 14 knots
Accommodation 77 persons
Current deployment
2021: Installation of array cables ay WPD’s 640MW Yunlin project in Taiwan.
2022: tbc

CLV2 (name tbc) Builder/shipyard Vard Brattvåg Norway
Year 2023
Designer N/A
DP2 cable-lay vessel designed for greener operation. It can run on bio-fuels, has a Width 28 metres
large battery pack and is e-fuel ready in a bid to cut CO2, NOx and SOx emissions from Draft 6.9 metres
installation operations. The vessel will enter service in 2023. Deadweight 10,800 tonnes
DWT turntable capacity 1 x 5000 tonne
Capabilities (above deck),
Installation of export and array cables 1 x 4000 tonne
(below deck)
2021: Under construction. Accommodation 90 crew
2022: Under construction.

Nexus Builder/shipyard
Year
Damen Galati
2014
Designer Damen/Van Oord
DP2 cable-lay vessel featuring a custom deck layout. Width 27.5 metres
Draft 5.8 metres
Installation of export and array cables DWT turntable capacity 5000 tonnes
Max speed 12.4 knots
Deployment Accommodation 90 crew
2021: Array cable installation at Orsted’s 900MW Greater Changhua 1&2a projects off
Taiwan. Installation of export cable for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Beta platform off the
Netherlands.
2022: Installation of array cables at the CrossWind consortium’s 759MW Hollandse
Kust North Project.
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Larger vessels deliver within pandemic restrictions

as push for green CTVs fuels future designs,
writes Ellie Robinson
CTV OPERATORS
C
ovid-19 restrictions on Another key trend is the For the nearshore projects,
crew numbers made focus wind farm contractors the technology is there but
sure the demand for are placing on CTVs being as not the infrastructure,” said
CTVs in the offshore wind green as possible, with some Hambro.
industry over the last year has requesting that operators The ability to charge electric
remained strong. divulge future plans for their vessels at the wind farm itself,
Social distancing has fleets. or Orsted’s work on a charging
meant that up to three times buoy, could lead the way to
more vessels are required to the wholesale introduction of
transport the same number “Every which way we electric vessels.
of crew. Hambro added that in five
Furthermore, as wind farm are trying to reduce years’ time he could envisage
owners attempted to catch up an “offshore forecourt”
with a backlog of jobs caused emissions. That is where vessels would charge
by the initial lockdown, there up on electricity and green
was no slowdown in work for
CTV operators even during
huge for clients” hydrogen, although many
CTV operators feel the shift to
the winter months. green H2 is still years away.
Introducing innovative Hurst said it would need to
solutions in response to CTV operators are be a collective effort rather
the global pandemic – such themselves looking at than one company leading the
as “covid curtains” around alternative fuels for hybrid way to make green hydrogen
seats, screens, temperature models and beyond. the standard fuel for the
monitoring and testing Seacat Services has industry, needing support
– means the sector has ordered two BARTech 30 CTVs from the client and local
performed well. which it claims will be “the first infrastructure.
Tidal Transit commercial true low emission vehicles” “It is a process of evolution.
director Leo Hambro told servicing the offshore wind Vessels are becoming more
renews: “There was definitely market. Designed by BAR hi-tech, more fuel efficient and
a high demand, but it took a Technologies, the vessels getting faster.”
while to kick in.” boast 30% lower total A push for electric vessels
He said this delay was due emissions than conventional in the US is also expected
to wind farm owners, the big CTV models, and are expected as its nascent offshore wind
utilities, O&M firms and CTV to be completed by the start industry evolves over the next
operators themselves doing of 2022. five years.
everything they could to CWind head of fleet Lea Nine CTV contracts are
minimise the risk. Hurst said: “Every which way up for grabs this year as
As a result of Covid-19, wind we are trying to reduce these permitting for projects on the
farm developers now have a emissions. That is huge for east coast begins in earnest.
preference for vessels with a clients.” As global offshore wind
minimum of 24 seats in order For some, however, the expands, however, there
to maximise the number of hybrid model is not the are concerns among CTV
passengers per trip. answer; they are waiting for operators that there will be a
High Speed Wind Transfer vessels running on electricity lack of mariners to service the
chief executive Tom Nevin or green hydrogen to become industry.
said: “Having larger, high- a viable option. They believe more training,
performing CTVs means that “It would be better to investment and reskilling
HST has enjoyed another wait for a seismic change in will be needed to meet this
strong performing year.” technology and electricity. demand. n
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Acta Marine VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
12
Headquarters Vessel types; passenger numbers; speed

Den Helder, the Netherlands 25.7-metre Twin Axe; 24; 25 knots
Ancillary/related services 21-metre catamaran; 12; 24 knots

Survey, UXO
19.7-metre Twin Axe; 12; 19 knots
Track record
Upgraded Wielingen crew transfer vessel was assigned to duties at Eon’s 385MW 15.4-metre crew transfer/survey vessel;
Arkona offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. Crew transfers for 12; 23 knots
the inter-array cable installation campaign at Arkona.
Geographic sector of operation

The Netherlands, Germany
Atlantic Wind Transfers VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
3

Quonset Point, Rhode Island, US Atlantic Pioneer 21-metre catamaran;
16; 23–28 knots
Ancillary/related services
Cable-laying, dive support, ROVs, sightseeing cruises. Two 21-metre Chartwell CTVs under
construction; 24; 23–28 knots
Track record
Atlantic Wind Transfers has been operating the Atlantic Pioneer since April 2016. The
CTV was involved in the installation/construction of Deepwater Wind’s 30MW Block
Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island and is now chartered by Orsted to service the
project for the long-term O&M campaign transporting GE technicians and cargo.

US east coast
Carlin Boat Charters VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
3

Portland, UK 19-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots
Ancillary/related services 27.7-metre catamaran; 12; 18 knots

Survey, dive support, fuel transfer.
26-metre catamaran; 12; 22 knots
Track record
N/A

UK
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CWind VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
15

Grimsby, UK Catamaran; 12; 22 knots
Ancillary/related services Catamaran; 12; 27 knots

Cable pull-in, termination & testing, topside & subsea inspection, maintenance &
repair, survey and GWO training. Catamaran; 12; 30 knots
Track record Catamaran; 24; 27 knots

Successful track record at over 60 offshore wind farms throughout the UK, Europe, and
Taiwan and more than 465,000 crew transfers completed since 2010. Hybrid SES; 24; 38 knots

UK, Europe, Taiwan, USA
Dalby Offshore VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
10

Beverley, UK 20-metre catamaran; 12; 22 knots

Consultancy
Track record
N/A 23-metre catamaran; 12; 24 knots
Geographic sector of operation 26-metre catamaran; 24; 30 knots

UK
26-metre Twin Axe; 14; 22 knots
Fastnet Shipping VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
8

Waterford, Ireland CTV Multicats
Survey support
Track record
N/A

Europe
Green Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
4

Orkney, UK 26-metre MultiCAT workboat (26 tonne
cranes, 100 tonne anchor winch)
Workboats, turnkey survey services, anchor handling for near-shore cable-lay barges, 26-metre catamaran; 12; 28 knots
engineering & naval architecture consultancy; mooring analysis, cable-lay, installation/
lift simulation and stability. 18-metre catamaran; 12; 22 knots
Track record
Green Marine’s newest CTV is undertaking a three-year contract on Dudgeon wind
farm working with Equinor (ongoing to 2022). Prior to this the company had been
working on a range of UK projects.

UK and Europe
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High Speed Transfers VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
11 (6 operational, 5 in build)

Swansea, UK 26.8-metre Twin Axe; 26; 25 knots
Ancillary/related services 21-metre Alicat; 12; 30 knots

ROV support, refuelling, dive support, survey and guard vessel operations, foundation
cleaning, cable laying support, workboat, safety boat services. Chartwell 24h; 24; 32 knots (Hybrid)
Track record BarTech 30h; 24; 32 knots (Hybrid)

Walney 3, Burbo Bank 2 and East Anglia 1, Moray East, Triton Knoll, Humber Gateway,
UK; Norther and Northwester 2, SeaMade, Rentel, Belgium; Deutsche Bucht, Hohe Multicat 2309; 12; 12 knots
See, DanTysk, Sandbank, Arkona, Germany; Borssele, Netherlands.

UK, Europe, Taiwan, USA
James Fisher Marine Services VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
1

Barrow-in-Furness, UK 25.6-metre catamaran; 12; 30 knots
Topside balance of plant services, subsea services, ship-to-turbine gearbox oil
exchange for offshore wind turbines, diving, ROV support, surveys, cable and pipeline
subsea repair, equipment transfer.
Track record
N/A

UK
Mainprize Offshore VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
8

Scarborough, UK 17-metre Dalby Derwent catamaran; 12;
25 knots
Bespoke and client specific designs. Support work including cables, pipeline guard, 23-metre catamaran;
chase work, pre-lay grapnel operations, grab sampling and camera work, seabed 12; 28 knots
survey, impact survey, traffic monitoring.
Six x 26-metre catamarans;
Track record 12; 25–31 knots
Extensive experience including at Sheringham Shoal, Blyth, Greater Gabbard, Hornsea,
Galloper and Triton Knoll in the UK, Sandbank, Butendiek, Nordergrunde and One 26-metre CTV
DanTyske in Germany and elsewhere across Europe. due for delivery June 2021
Geographic sector of operation Two 27-metre LOA; 12; 25 knots

Germany, UK, Netherlands, Denmark, Taiwan
Manor Renewable Energy Photo: TurnerPhotography VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
5

Portland, UK Aluminium catamaran 26 metres;
12; 22 knots
Temporary power, remedial work, engineering, consultancy, survey, vessel Two x Aluminium catamaran 21 metres;
construction, vessel provision, cable storage. 12; 28 knots
Track record Aluminium catamaran 26 metres;

Partners Group, InfraRed Capital Partners, DEME Concessions and Coriolis’ 396MW 24; 23 knots
Merkur, Germany. Eon and RWE’s 385MW Arkona, Germany. Orsted and Global
Infrastructure Partners’ 1218MW Hornsea 1, UK. EnBW, CPPIB and Enbridge’s 609MW Steel monohull 19 metres; 6; 14 knots
Hohe See and Albatros, Germany. ScottishPower Renewables and GIG’s 714MW East
Anglia 1, UK. Borssele 1 & 2, the Netherlands. SeaMade, Belgium.

Europe, Taiwan
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Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
8

Fairlie, UK 25.75-metre Twin Axe; 12; 26 knots
Ancillary/related services 25.75-metre Twin Axe; 24; 26 knots

Tugs, workboats, dive support.
26-metre SWATH (Small Waterplane Area
Track record Twin Hull); 12; 26 knots
N/A

UK
McLachlan Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
2

Aberdeen, UK 17-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots

Equipment sea trials, pipeline/seabed surveys, provision of safety boats, construction
support.
Track record
N/A

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MHO-Co VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
3

Esbjerg, Denmark Two x 39-metre catamaran; 24; 25 knots

Crew transfer, equipment/fuel transfer, dive support, survey.
Track record
Orsted’s 1218MW Hornsea 1 and 1.4GW Hornsea 2, UK, Vattenfall’s 407MW Horns
Rev 3, Merkur Offshore’s 396MW Merkur, Germany.

Denmark, UK, Germany
MMS Offshore Renewable Services VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
3

Hull, UK Two x 26-metre catamaran; 12; 23 knots
Ancillary/related services 25-metre catamaran; 12; 23 knots

Workboats, ship repair.
Track record
Race Bank, Hornsea 1, UK. Rentel, Belgium.

UK
Njord Offshore VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
21

Tendring, UK 21-metre LOA catamaran; 12; 23 knots
Ancillary/related services 23-metre LOA catamaran; 24; 26 knots

Offshore support services including equipment/fuel transfer, ROV, survey, dive, blade
inspection and generator exchange. 26-metre LOA Twin Axe; 12; 23 knots
Track record 26-metre LOA catamaran;

Over 675,000 personnel transfers completed at various offshore wind farms. 12 & 24; 26 knots
Geographic sector of operation 27-metre LOA Z-Bow; 24; 26 knots

UK, northern Europe, Taiwan
Northern Offshore Services VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
40+

Frölunda, Sweden 20-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots
Ancillary/related services 23-metre catamaran; 12; speed N/A

Offshore painting services including in-house riggers/painters, survey/ROV/dive
support. Company has collaborated with TIPC Marine Corporation in Taiwan for 26-metre catamaran; 24; speed N/A
offshore training, including standard operating procedures, best practice and ship
manoeuvring. Has acquired Fred Olsen Windcarrier and Turbine Transfers vessels. 27-metre catamaran; 12; speed N/A
Track record 26.7-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots

N/A
28-metre semi-SWATH; 12; 25 knots
Denmark, Germany, UK, Taiwan
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Offshore Turbine Services VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
7

Brixham, UK 18-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots

Fuel transfer, blade inspection, cable-laying support, survey.
Track record
N/A

UK
Opus Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
7

Hamburg, Germany 20-metre catamaran; 12; 26 knots

Project management, survey, UXO.
27.5-metre catamaran; 24; 26.5 knots
Track record
Eon’s 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm, Germany. 26-metre Twin Axe; 24; 23 knots

Germany
Rix Sea Shuttle VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
6

Hull, UK 18.9-metre catamaran; 12; 24 knots
Ancillary/related services 25.3-metre; 12; 20 knots

Warehousing
26.3-metre Twin Axe; 12; 20 knots
Track record
Orsted’s 1218MW Hornsea 1 and Equinor’s 402MW Dudgeon, both UK. 27.4-metre catamaran; 24; 25.5 knots

UK
Seacat Services VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
14

Cowes, UK 21-metre catamaran; 12; 24 knots
Ancillary/related services 23-metre CPP; 12; 29 knots

Fuel transfer, dive support, survey, equipment transport, subsea launch. 23-metre waterjet; 12; 28 knots
Track record 24-metre catamaran; 12; 26 knots

Seacat Services works directly with developers, utilities, manufacturers and support 26-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots
services businesses to provide offshore personnel and equipment transfers and has
completed contracts for customers that include Equinor, Innogy, Orsted, Siemens 26-metre catamaran; 24; 25 knots
Gamesa, SSE, Vattenfall and WindMW. 27-metre catamaran; 24; 24 knots
Geographic sector of operation Chartwell 24-metre catamaran;

Europe 24; 29 knots
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SeaZip VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
Offshore
Technology
6

Harlingen, the Netherlands
Conference
27.75-metre Axe Bow; 12; 25 knots
Ancillary/related services 26.30-metre Axe Bow; 12; 25 knots

Dive support, survey.
Track record
Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger, Germany.
SeaZip 3 participated in autonomous
operations trials in early 2019, outfitted
2021
with collision avoidance technology.

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Sure Wind Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
9

Newcastle, UK 20-metre catamaran; 12; 23 knots
Ancillary/related services 26-metre StratCat; 24; 25 knots

N/A 26-metre Twin Axe; 12; 24 knots
Track record
Numerous offshore wind projects,
including Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger
and Eon’s 302MW Amrumbank West
off Germany, Orsted’s 659MW Walney
3 and 573MW Race Bank off the UK,
and Vattenfall’s 158MW Horns Rev 1 off
Denmark.

UK, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, the
Netherlands
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Tidal Transit VITAL STATISTICS technologies transforming
Number of vessels
6, plus 3 new JV vessels in build offshore development
Egmere, Wells-next-the-Sea, North 20-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots
Norfolk, UK
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Track record
Orsted’s Hornsea 1, Westermost Rough,
Burbo Bank, Walney, Barrow, Racebank,
Gunfleet Sands, Lincs. RWE’s Gwynt
y Mor, Rampion, Humber Gateway.
Equinor’s 317MW Sheringham Shoal.
SSE’s 504MW Greater Gabbard.

UK, Europe
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Turner Iceni VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
9

Lowestoft, UK 21-metre catamaran; 12; 26 knots

Asset management, construction services, spares/components, facilities management,
provision of personnel. 22.8-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots

Innogy’s 353MW Galloper and EDF Renewables’ 41.5MW Blyth offshore wind demo,
both UK. 23-metre catamaran; 12; 25 knots
Geographic sector of operation 15-metre catamaran; 12; 24 knots

UK
Windcat Workboats VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
40

IJmuiden, the Netherlands Windcat Workboats operates a variety of
catamarans, from:
Emergency response, standby vessels, dive support, ROV inspections, survey. 15 metres; 25 knots
to
Track record 28 metres; 26 knots
Vattenfall’s 760MW Hollandse Kust 1&2 off the Netherlands, Vattenfall’s 150MW
Ormonde, UK.

The Netherlands, UK, Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, Denmark
Windea Offshore VITAL STATISTICS

(CTVs operated by EMS Maritime Offshore) Number of vessels
3

Hamburg, Germany 25.68-metre Twin Axe; 24; 25 knots

Charter management, vessel management, new building supervision, remote and
on-site marine coordination solutions, O&M base management, agency services, 27.5-metre catamaran; 24; 28 knots
warehousing, accommodation solutions, CMID inspections.
Track record
More than 10 years of CTV operations in the North and Baltic Seas for Trianel, EWE,
Northland Power, Senvion, Vattenfall, RWE, GE and others. New building supervision
and consultancy for clients in Germany USA and Japan.

Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, France, Poland, UK, USA
Wind Energy Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
4

Tyne & Wear, UK 27.5-metre catamaran; 24; 25.5 knots
(two jets, two props)
N/A
Track record
Support for O&M, survey, construction, dive and cable-laying for 309MW Rentel off
Belgium; 288MW DanTysk, 332MW Nordsee 1, 288MW Sandbank, Wikinger, Alpha
Ventus, all Germany; London Array, Lynn and Inner Dowsing, East Anglia 1, all UK.

UK and Europe
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WindPartner VITAL STATISTICS
Number of vessels
1

Kristiansand, Norway 15-metre surface effect ship; 12; 25 knots
Crew and personnel management, project execution, consultancy, audits, surveys and
inspections.
Track record
Sea Puffin 1 trialled at Orsted’s 209MW Horns Rev 2 off Denmark in 2018.

Denmark, northern Europe
WindServe Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
1

New York, US 19.7m catamaran; 20; 27 knots
Dive/ROV support, towing, barge operations, fabrication, shipyard services.
Track record
One CTV for Orsted’s 12MW Coastal Virginia offshore wind farm and one on order
to be built by Senesco Marine, LLC, North Kingstown, Rhode Island that will service
Orsted’s Revolution Wind project for Rhode Island.

USA
World Marine Offshore VITAL STATISTICS

Number of vessels
15+

Esbjerg, Denmark 30-metre trimaran; 24; 24 knots

Standby services, ROV/dive support, survey. Acquired KEM Offshore vessels and
activities in April 2020. 27-metre monohull; 12; 11 knots

Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger, Germany, SPR’s 714MW East Anglia 1, UK.
23.7-metre catamaran; 12; 22 knots
Germany, UK, Denmark 22.4-metre monohull; 12; 23 knots
20.8-metre monohull; 12; 23 knots
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FABRICATION
17 June 2021
YARDS
Sizeable expansion in super-XL monopile
fabrication capacity needed to keep pace with
soaring demand, writes Sara Verbruggen
O
ffshore wind handling and manoeuvring Increased monopile 1,500,000m2 of production as part of its renewables
developers are challenges,” he added. demand has also triggered floor space across four yards pivot, already yielding a brace
competing to book a Most monopiles installed investment plans for factories which operate under the of HVDC converter platform
limited number of fabrication to date have been supplied from new players, with South Harland & Wolff banner. agreements for UK Contracts
slots at yards capable of by a small cohort of European Korea’s SeAH Steel exploring H&W has already bagged a for Difference 4 projects.
producing the super-XL yards, including Denmark’s building a plant at Able UK’s £26m contract from Saipem Aker has been selected
monopile foundations that will Bladt Industries, Sif in the planned Able Marine Energy for the fabrication of eight to deliver HVDC converter
feature at most projects built Netherlands, and EEW in Park (AMEP) in north-east jackets for EDF and ESB’s platforms for Vattenfall’s
out this decade. Germany. England. 450MW Neart na Gaoithe 3.6GW Norfolk projects off
Monopiles are cheaper to “Yard capacity for “There is a lot of interest in project off Scotland. East Anglia and another
fabricate than jacket solutions monopile work is an issue the UK right now,” one source Established yards are 1.4GW capacity platform
and have historically been for developers. Some are said. “The country has a 2030 also making moves in other for the HVDC segment of
limited to shallower water looking to accelerate design deployment target of 40GW, a jurisdictions as they chase ScottishPower Renewables’
depths, but sources say schedules, or weighing up multi-GW floating wind lease a steady stream of work – 3.1GW East Anglia Hub
technical breakthroughs are jackets as a fall-back option,” in Scotland and a top-down building monopiles, jackets, development.
making tubular foundations LeBlanc Thilsted explained. push for more local content, floating bases and substations The buoyant offshore wind
attractive in a wider range of Some fabrication yards which makes it attractive to for future offshore wind market has not been strong
site conditions. have already announced investors.” projects – to replace a enough, however, to prevent
“Projects are now looking revamps that will help Scotland’s Global Energy dwindling number of newbuild a trio of consolidations and
at using 13MW, 14MW and them tap into the super-XL Group and fabricator Rosetti jobs in the oil and gas sector, closures at established yards
15MW turbines in water monopile market. Bladt is Marino of Italy have entered according to sources. over the last 12 months.
depths of 40 metres to 60 upgrading its facilities at Lindo a partnership for offshore Singapore-based Keppel is ASM Industries shuttered
metres, and monopiles are Port of Odense to deliver substation fabrication at the restructuring its offshore & its Lisnave site after the
still an attractive option,” huge tubulars from 2022. Nigg Energy Park facility in the marine division to focus more delivery of foundations
Christian LeBlanc Thilsted of Sif is in the process of an Cromarty Firth. on renewable energy, and has for Ocean Winds’ 25MW
energy consultancy Wood “extensive research study” InfraStrata has followed not ruled out repurposing WindFloat Atlantic project off
Thilsted told renews. on plant modifications as it up its acquisition of Belfast’s or divesting part of its global Portugal, EEW mothballed its
“We are talking structures tenders for future projects Harland & Wolff yard network of yards to help its OSB Haverton Hill yard in the
of 12 metres in diameter featuring 13MW-plus turbines by snapping up BiFab’s push into the sector. UK, and Lamprell shut the
weighing over 2000 tonnes, on monopile foundations, Methil and Arnish sites in Norway’s Kvaerner has doors at its Sharjah yard in
which creates fabrication, market sources say. Scotland, and now has over merged with Aker Solutions the UAE. n
Aker Solutions VITAL STATISTICS

Stord Location
Production floor
Eldøyane, Norway
190,000m²
Description (fabrication area: 75,000m²,
Aker Solutions merged with Kværner in 2020. The new merged entity’s yard is located on the western assembly area: 115,000m²)
side of Norway, on the island of Stord. The yard has two deepwater sites for mating and hook-up of Annual capacity 3200 tonnes onshore.
offshore facilities, and a decommissioning site with deepwater quay is available. In addition, the yard Floating cranes with higher capacity
has a 13,500m2 drydock, recently used for slip-forming concrete hulls for Hywind Tampen. are utilised when needed
Fabrication pipeline Main crane capacity 1050 tonnes
Eleven floating concrete hulls for Hywind Tampen turbines. Contract covers engineering, Capabilities Concrete, floating hulls,
procurement and construction as well as delivery of the marine operations phase, the latter in multidiscipline outfitting, EPC capabilities
conjunction with DOF Subsea.
ASM Industries VITAL STATISTICS

Aveiro Location
Production floor
Aveiro, Portugal, Atlantic
72,000m²
Description Annual capacity Unit weights of up to
ASM Industries is focused on three business lines: wind turbine towers, offshore 450 tonnes and diameters of 10 metres
foundations and marine structures. Its ASM offshore facility at the north terminal in
the Port of Aveiro is focused on serving offshore wind, with free access to the sea and a Main crane capacity N/A
200-metre private quayside. Capabilities Onshore/offshore wind
turbine towers, transition pieces,
Current fabrication monopiles, parts of jackets and
Aveiro supplied 42 offshore wind tower sections for Fryslan, located in Dutch waters. other components
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Atlantique Offshore Energy VITAL STATISTICS
Saint-Nazaire Location Western France, Atlantic
Description Production floor 1,050,000m²

This yard on the west coast of France is involved in the design and fabrication of Annual capacity 65,000 tonnes
offshore wind substations and foundations. It has a production floor of 105 hectares Main crane capacity 1400 tonnes
and annual fabrication capacity of 65,000 tonnes.
Capabilities Transition pieces, substation
Fabrication pipeline jackets, substation topsides,
Substation topsides and jackets for Gode 3, Germany, 480MW Saint-Nazaire, 450MW floating substations
Courseulles and 498MW Fecamp, France.
Bladt VITAL STATISTICS

Aalborg Location Aalborg, Denmark,
the Kattegat
Description
The Bladt headquarters in Aalborg carries out fabrication of major foundation Production floor 55 hectares total area
components including jackets, monopiles, transition pieces and substations. Workshops: 35,000m2
Paint shops: 7400 m2
Fabrication pipeline
Thirty-nine monopiles and transition pieces and an EPCI offshore substation for Annual capacity N/A
Innogy’s 342MW Kaskasi in Germany, 135 transition pieces for Orsted’s 1.4GW Main crane capacity N/A
Hornsea 2 in the UK, 72 transition pieces for Vattenfall’s 605MW Kriegers Flak in Capabilities Monopiles, transition pieces,
Denmark and the offshore substations for the Mayflower project on the East coast of jackets, offshore substations
the USA and Arcadis wind farm in Germany.
Bladt VITAL STATISTICS

Lindo Location Odense, Denmark,
the Kattegat
Description
The main yard in Lindo is undergoing works to prepare it for fabrication of XXL Production floor 3100,000m²
monopiles for next-generation wind turbines to be ready for delivery from 2022. Workshops: 30,000m2
Annual capacity N/A
Fabrication pipeline Main crane capacity N/A
N/A
Capabilities Jackets, XXL monopiles,
substations
Century Bladt, Taiwan VITAL STATISTICS

Century Bladt Foundations Location Taoyuan, Taiwan
Description Production floor 31,000m²

A joint venture between Century Wind Power and Bladt in Taiwan, the Century Bladt production facility
Foundation yard is up and running.
Annual capacity N/A
Up to 150 jacket foundation pieces for Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ three wind Main crane capacity N/A
projects off Changhua.
Capabilities Jackets, monopiles & pin piles
Dragados VITAL STATISTICS

Cadiz Location
Production floor
Cadiz, Spain, Atlantic
Covered fabrication:
Description 43,000m2;
The Spanish outfit operates its main yard in Cadiz, Spain. The site has some 22 covered Erection areas: 275,000m2
workshops and has been in operation since 1975. Annual capacity Structural steel: 2500
tonnes/month; Multidisciplinary
Fabrication pipeline projects: average 14,500 tonnes/year
BorWin5, DolWin6 platforms, Germany. Main crane capacity According to project
requirements
Capabilities Substation jackets
Drydocks World VITAL STATISTICS

Dubai Location Dubai, UAE
Description Production floor N/A

Complete solutions for fabrication of offshore projects for the offshore wind industries.
Annual capacity N/A
Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha transformer station topside and HKZ Beta topside. Main crane capacity N/A
Capabilities Platform topsides

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EEW SPC VITAL STATISTICS
Rostock Location Rostock, Germany, Baltic Sea

The German tubular specialist produces monopiles and pin piles from its Rostock yard. It Annual capacity 250,000 tonnes
can fabricate monopile foundations with diameters of up to 12 metres that stretch to up to Main crane capacity Access to Liebherr
120 metres in length and weigh 2500 tonnes apiece. crane with 1600 tonne capacity
Fabrication pipeline Capabilities XL monopiles, monopiles,

Eighty-nine foundations for the Fryslan near-shore project, the Netherlands. transition pieces, jacket
components, pin piles,
suction piles
EEW KHPC VITAL STATISTICS

South Korea Location Gwangyang, South Korea

EEW KHPC, a subsidiary of EEW, is a mill located in the Port of Gwangyang that fabricates
large-dimension structural pipes and pre-assembled pipe components. Annual capacity 60,000 tonnes

Pin piles for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms and Formosa 2 offshore
wind farms off Taiwan. Capabilities Large-dimension structural
pipes, pre-assembled
pipe components
EEW AOS VITAL STATISTICS

New Jersey, US Location Paulsboro, New Jersey, US
Description Production floor tbc

EEW is building the first US offshore wind manufacturing facility in the USA. EEW American
Offshore Structures (EEW AOS) will be located at the Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Annual capacity tbc
Gloucester County, New Jersey. The monopile production will supply monopiles to the
1.1GW Ocean Wind project with production scheduled to start in 2023. Main crane capacity tbc
Fabrication pipeline Capabilities Monopiles

Monopiles for 1.1GW Ocean Wind.
Smulders is an established market leader that offers a full

range of services from the engineering and fabrication
to complete turnkey solutions (EPCI) of foundations
and substations. We have a track record of over 2,000
transition pieces, 160 jackets and 35 substations.
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Eversendai Offshore VITAL STATISTICS
RAK Maritime City, UAE Location RAK Maritime City,
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Description Production floor Total land area
Eversendai Offshore’s new facility is based in the RAK Maritime City Free Zone and 200,000m²
completed fabrication of substation jackets for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha 1-4
substation for Tennet in 2020. Annual capacity 40,000 tonnes
Main crane capacity N/A
Current fabrication Capabilities Topsides and jackets for
Substation jacket for Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta and the substation topside and jacket substations, foundations
for 1.1GW Seagreen 1 off Scotland. for wind turbines
Global Energy Group VITAL STATISTICS

Nigg Location Nigg, Ross-shire, Scotland,
Cromarty Firth
The 700,000 square metre port of Nigg site on the Cromarty Firth in Scotland can manufacture offshore
wind components and can also be used as a storage, marshalling and load-out location. Owner Global Annual capacity N/A
Energy is planning a site overhaul including setting up a new tower manufacturing facility. Construction Main crane capacity N/A
underway on East Quay redevelopment as part of an £18.9m revamp of the port. Capabilities Transition pieces, jacket
Fabrication pipeline components, substation jackets,
Marshalling, storage and logistics base for the jacket foundations for the 1.1GW Seagreen, staging port substation topsides,
for 950MW Moray East, both off Scotland. suction anchors
Haizea Wind VITAL STATISTICS

Bilbao Location Zierbena, Bilbao, Atlantic
Description Production floor 44,240m2

Facility in northern Spain that mainly produces offshore turbine towers but can also production plant
fabricate monopiles and transition pieces.
Annual capacity 172,000 tonnes
Current fabrication Main crane capacity 1500 tonnes
Assemble tower sections for Saint-Brieuc off France, 96 tower sections to Hollandse
Kust Zuid in the Netherlands and eight pin piles for Baltic Eagle, Germany. Capabilities Towers, foundations
and transition pieces
HSM Offshore VITAL STATISTICS

Schiedam Location Schiedam, the Netherlands,
North Sea
Description
The 75,000 square metre yard at Schiedam near Rotterdam in the Netherlands Production floor 13,000m²
fabricates offshore substations and jackets. It has three assembly shops and a
50-metre-wide load-out quay. Annual capacity 15,000 tonnes
Current fabrication
Two offshore substation topsides for the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe off Scotland. Capabilities Substation topsides,
substation jackets
InfraStrata VITAL STATISTICS

Harland & Wolff (Appledore) Location Appledore, North Devon, UK,
English Channel
Description Production floor 28.84 acres, undercover
Acquired and reopened in August 2020, Harland & Wolff (Appledore) targets vessels dock size: 118m x 33.5m
up to 119 metres in length in offshore renewables and other sectors. Annual capacity N/A
Main crane capacity Main crane capacity:
Current fabrication two 60 tonne gantry cranes
Letter of intent with Triumph Subsea Services to build a £360m offshore wind farm Capabilities Substation topsides and
development vessel, with a potential option for a second vessel. jackets, turbine jackets, pin piles, suction
buckets, suction bucket monopiles

Harland & Wolff (Arnish) Location Stornoway, Isle of Lewis,
Scotland, Northern Channel
One of two sites acquired by InfraStrata in 2021, this Outer Hebrides yard can Annual capacity 50,000 tonnes
manufacture monopiles and piles for the offshore wind industry with an annual Main crane capacity Modular hydraulic
capacity of 50,000 tonnes of steel tubulars. The facility can roll materials up to 150mm tyred trailer units for load-outs
thick and has unrestricted open sea access. in excess of 4000 tonnes
Capabilities Jackets, topsides, helidecks,
Current fabrication accommodation modules, risers, pipework,
Supporting the fabrication and load-out of eight jacket foundations for Neart na and subsea structures for offshore and
Gaoithe off Scotland. renewable energy construction
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Harland & Wolff (Belfast) Location
Production floor
Belfast, UK, Irish Sea
30,000m²
Description Annual capacity 20,000 tonnes
Acquired by InfraStrata plc in December 2019, the 300,000m2 flagship Harland & Wolff Main crane capacity 840 tonnes
site is able to take some of the world’s largest vessels and projects. It offers two of the Capabilities Substation topsides
largest drydocks in Europe as well as two iconic gantry cranes. and jackets, turbine jackets, pin
piles, suction buckets, suction bucket
Fabrication pipeline monopiles, helidecks, risers, pipework,
Letter of intent with Triumph Subsea Services to build a £360m offshore wind farm and subsea structures for the offshore
development vessel with a potential option for a second vessel. and renewable energy industries

Harland & Wolff (Methil) Location Leven, Fife, Scotland,
Forth Estuary
One of two sites acquired by InfraStrata in 2021, Harland & Wolff (Methil) features a Annual capacity 60,000 tonnes
production floor of almost 550,000m2 and has a load-out capacity of 22,000 tonnes. Main crane capacity Modular hydraulic
tyred trailer units for load-outs
Fabrication pipeline in excess of 22,000 tonnes
Eight jacket foundations for EDF Renewables and ESB’s 450MW Neart Na Gaoithe. Yard Capabilities Topsides, jackets, helidecks,
also delivered some of the 150 pin piles for 950MW Moray East. accommodation modules, risers,
pipework, and subsea structures for the
offshore and renewable energy industries
Keppel Offshore & Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Singapore Location Keppel FELS operates
six yards in Singapore
Description
Production floor N/A
Fabrication pipeline Annual capacity N/A
In May 2019 Keppel O&M subsidiary Keppel FELS was awarded a contract to build Main crane capacity N/A
the 600MW substations for Orsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind farms in
Taiwan. Keppel’s work scope is scheduled for completion in the third quarter 2021. Capabilities Substation topsides/
In December 2020 Keppel’s O&M yard in Singapore began fabricating the DolWin5 converter stations
900MW offshore converter station and onshore converter station, as part of a
consortium with Aibel, for TenneT. Delivery is planned in 2024.
Lamprell VITAL STATISTICS

Hamriyah Location
Production floor
Hamriyah, Sharjah, UAE
418,000m2 Phase 1
Description (20,000m² covered fabrication shop;
Hamriyah comprises a main yard (located in Phase 1) and two smaller yards in Phase 50,000m² of fabrication pads; 3000m² of
2. Phase 1 has nearly 295,000m2 of yard space, of which 60% is open construction enclosed blasting/painting areas)
area. It also has direct access to 1,250 metres of quayside. Annual capacity 40,000 tonnes (steelwork).
Pipework (Inch dia/annum): 240,000
Fabrication pipeline Main crane capacity 20,000 tonnes
Fabrication and delivery of 30 turbine jackets for 1.1GW Seagreen off Scotland. Capabilities Jacket fabrication, multi-
purpose jack-up/liftboat vessels, full NDT
Navantia VITAL STATISTICS

Fene Location Fene, A Coruna, Atlantic

The Fene yard in north-west Spain specialises in wind turbine jacket foundations, having Annual capacity 100 WTG jacket/year or
erected more than 100 units and 11 floating foundations. Navantia is working closely with 20 floating foundations/year
Harland & Wolff, focusing on the UK market, and investments are being made in the Fene Main crane capacity 750 tonnes
shipyard for the fabrication of XL monopiles in association with Windar.
Capabilities Jackets, transition pieces,
Fabrication pipeline jacket components, substation
Floating foundations for the 48MW second phase of the Kincardine project off Scotland. jackets, floating spar foundations,
Sixty-two turbine jacket foundations and piles for the 496MW Saint-Brieuc off France. pin piles, XL monopiles

Puerto Real Location Puerto Real, Cadiz,
Spain, Atlantic
Navantia’s Puerto Real facility in Cadiz, Spain, has been tasked mainly with HVAC Annual capacity Two substations/year;
and HVDC substation topside and jacket fabrication, jacket components and floating 30 floating foundations/year
foundations. A newly-built dry dock is ideal for floating foundation construction. Main crane capacity 1200 tonnes
Capabilities Substation topsides,
Fabrication pipeline substation jackets, jackets, jacket
tbc components, transition pieces,
floating spar foundations
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Port of Brest Location
Production floor
Brest, France, Atlantic
110,000m²
Description
Navantia and Windar have created a satellite facility in Brest for the fabrication of Annual capacity 15,000 tonnes of steel
jacket components. The facility and local industry is focused on the serial production components/year. Assembly of
of stabbings, bracings, jacket nodes and jacket leg components. The Navantia- floating foundations is also possible
Windar Brest facility will continue operations after Saint-Brieuc, becoming a focal Main crane capacity Crawler cranes
point for fabrication of steel components for projects in France for fixed and floating of various sizes
foundations.
Capabilities Steel components for jackets
Fabrication pipeline and floating foundations
N/A

Arbatax Location Arbatax, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy

Fabrication of jackets and topsides for HVAC and HVDC offshore substations can be
tackled at the Arbatax yard, which can also handle serial fabrication of wind turbine Annual capacity 12,000 tonnes
floating foundations.
N/A Capabilities Jackets, decks,
subsea structures

Karimun Location Karimun, Kepalauan Riau,
Indonesia
Description
Karimun is focused on fabrication of jackets and topsides for HVAC and HVDC offshore Production floor 880,271m²
substations, serial fabrication of wind turbine fixed and floating foundations.
Annual capacity 35,000 tonnes
Fabrication of jackets; two substation jackets for the Neart Na Gaoithe project off Main crane capacity 1000 tonnes
Scotland.
Capabilities Jackets, topsides, modules
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SeAH Steel VITAL STATISTICS
AMEP monopile factory Location AMEP, north-east England
Description Production floor tbc

South Korean fabricator SeAH Steel is exploring setting up a monopile fabrication
factory at the Able Marine Energy Park, north-east England, under an MoU with Able Annual capacity 162,000 tonnes,
UK. The Asian company had said it would start construction in the first quarter of 2021 rising to 320,000 tonnes
but has declined to issue an update on the status of its plans.
Fabrication pipeline Main crane capacity tbc
tbc
Capabilities Monopiles
Sembcorp Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Tuas Boulevard Location Tuas South Boulevard, Singapore
Production floor 120,000m²
Description (excluding graving docks and
Sembcorp Marine’s main Singapore yard currently spans more than 150 hectares and open construction area)
will grow to 206 hectares once fully completed. Annual capacity 30,000 tonnes
Fabrication pipeline Main crane capacity N/A
Offshore converter platform for 1.4GW Sofia off the UK. Capabilities Wind turbine installation
vessels, floating wind,
battery-powered vessels,
offshore platforms including substations
Sembcorp Marine VITAL STATISTICS

Admiralty Yard Location Admiralty Road West, Singapore
Description (excluding graving docks and
Admiralty Yard is optimised for offshore platform construction and the repair, open construction area)
upgrading and conversion of a wide range of vessels. Annual capacity N/A
Fabrication pipeline crawler cranes
N/A
Capabilities Offshore platforms including
substations; repair, upgrading and
conversion of wide range of vessels
Sif VITAL STATISTICS

Maasvlakte 2 Location Rotterdam, the Netherlands,
North Sea
Description
Maasvlakte 2 can produce up to five XL monopile foundations per week with diameters up Production floor 42 hectares
to 11 metres and has on-site storage capacity of 42 hectares. Annual capacity 300,000 tonnes
Monopiles for 759MW Hollandse Kust Noord and 2400MW Dogger Bank A and B offshore Capabilities XL monopiles, monopiles,
wind farm project in the North Sea off the coast of England. pin piles, jack-up legs
Sif VITAL STATISTICS

Roermond Location Roermond, the Netherlands,
North Sea
Description
Sif headquarters at Roermond is involved in the production of monopiles and Production floor 100,000m²
transition pieces for the offshore wind industry. Annual capacity 300,000 tonnes
Monopiles for 860MW Triton Knoll, UK. Sif is also to manufacture 114 monopiles for Capabilities Monopiles, pin piles,
Vattenfall’s 1400MW Hollandse Kust Zuid project. jack-up legs
Smulders VITAL STATISTICS

Arendonk Location Iemants, Arendonk, Belgium
Description
lemants in Arendonk fabricates steel structures for substations and foundations Annual capacity 20,000 tonnes
(transition pieces and jackets). Smulders’ head office has an in-house engineering Main crane capacity 100 tonnes
office and houses the sales and project management teams.
Capabilities Prefabrication of components
Fabrication pipeline jackets, transition pieces and
Saint-Brieuc substation, Hollandse Kust (north) substation, Hollandse Kust (West substation topsides
Alpha) substation, Baltic Eagle substation, St-Nazaire transition pieces, Hollandse Kust
(south) transition pieces.
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Balen Location Willems, Balen, Belgium
Description
Willems in Balen fabricates steel structures for substations and foundations Annual capacity 15,000 tonnes
(transition pieces and jackets). Main crane capacity 150 tonnes
Fabrication pipeline Capabilities Prefabrication of components
Saint-Brieuc substation, Hollandse Kust (north) substation, Hollandse Kust jackets, transition pieces and
(West Alpha) substation, Baltic Eagle substation. substation topsides

Hoboken Location Hoboken, Antwerp,
Belgium, North Sea
Description
Hoboken in Antwerp, Belgium, can tackle fabrication of transition pieces, jacket foundations Production floor 35,750m²
and other large components. Its site next to the Scheldt River gives it access to the North Annual capacity 720,000 hours
Sea. Main crane capacity 560 tonnes
Fabrication pipeline Capabilities Transition pieces, jacket

Saint-Nazaire transition pieces, Hollandse Kust (south) transition pieces, Dogger Bank components, substation jackets,
transition pieces, Saint-Brieuc substation, Baltic Eagle substation. substation topsides

Wallsend Location Newcastle, River Tyne,
UK, North Sea
The former OGN Group site on the River Tyne is used by Smulders Projects to fabricate Annual capacity 13,000 tonne load-out
and complete final assembly of jacket foundations and offshore substations. It features capability and 50,000 tonne
an open fabrication and erection area of 104,000 square metres. fabricated structures
Fabrication pipeline Capabilities Transition pieces, jacket
tbc components, substation jackets,
substation topsides

Zary Location
Production floor
Spomasz, Zary, Poland
16,000m² (Zary);
Description 15,200m² (Niedmodlin);
Spomasz fabricates secondary components and other large steel elements for offshore 8159m² (Łęknica)
wind foundations as well as substations. Spomasz has three facilities in Poland: Zary, Annual capacity 10,000 tonnes (Zary);
Niedmodlin, and Łęknica. 8500 tonnes Niemodlin);
5000 tonnes (Łęknica)
Saint-Nazaire transition pieces, Hollandse Kust (south) transition pieces, Dogger Bank Capabilities Secondary components
transition pieces. for jackets, transition pieces and
substation topsides and jackets
Steelwind VITAL STATISTICS

Nordenham Location Nordenham, Germany,
North Sea
Description
Steelwind specialises in the fabrication of monopile foundations and transition pieces Production floor 40,000m²
from its facility at Nordenham on the River Weser in northern Germany. Annual capacity N/A
Monopiles for Parkwind’s 247MW Arcadis Ost 1 in the German Baltic Sea. Capabilities XXL monopiles, XL monopiles,
monopiles, transition pieces,
pin piles
Wilton Engineering VITAL STATISTICS

Port Clarence Offshore Base Location Teesside, UK, North Sea
Description Production floor N/A

Based in the north-east of England upon the banks of the River Tees, Wilton has a
54-acre offshore construction facility and some of the largest construction halls in the Annual capacity N/A
UK supported by blasting, coating and river loadout capabilities.
N/A Capabilities Transition pieces, subsea
templates, suction buckets
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Project, location Turbine Page Project, location Turbine Page
Albatros, Germany Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14 Jeju Hanlim, South Korea Doosan WinDS5500 8
Arcadis Ost 1, Germany Vestas V174-9.5MW 17 Kaskasi, Germany Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Arkona, Germany Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13 Kincardine, UK Vestas V164-9.5MW 16
Baltic Eagle, Germany Vestas V174-9.5MW 17 Kriegers Flak, Denmark Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Beatrice, UK Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14 Longyuan Chiang Sand, China Envision 136/4.2MW 8
Borkum Riffgrund 3, Germany Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 14 Longyuan Putian 1&2, China Sewind W4000-130 13
Borssele 1&2, Netherlands Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14 Longyuan Rudong, China Sewind W4000-130 13
Borssele 3&4, Netherlands Vestas V164-9.5MW 16 Lueng Dongtai, China Sewind W4000-130 13
Borssele 5, Netherlands Vestas V164-9.5MW 16 Moray East, UK Vestas V164-9.5MW 16
CGN Pingtan Island, China MingYang SE5.5MW 11 Neart na Gaoithe, UK Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
CGN Rudong, China Sewind W4000-130 13 Nissum Bredning, Denmark Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14
Changfang 1, Taiwan Vestas V164-9.5MW 16 Noirmoutier, France Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Changfang 2, Taiwan Vestas V164-9.5MW 16 North Jeolla Southwest demo, Doosan WinDS3000/3300 8
South Korea
Changhua West, Taiwan Vestas V164-9.5MW 16
Northern Akita, Japan Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Chongneng, Taiwan Vestas V164-9.5MW 16
Northwester 2, Belgium Vestas V164-9.5MW 16
Coastal Virginia, USA Siemens Gamesa 14-222 14
Ocean Wind, USA GE Haliade-X 12MW 9
Courseulles, France Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14
Pinghai, China XEMC Windpower XE128/5.0MW 17
CPI Binhai 1 & 2, China Sewind W4000-130 13
Pingtan Island, China Sewind W4000-130 13
Dalian Zhuanghe 2, China CSIC Haizhuang H171-5.0MW 6
Provence Grande Large, France Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Dogger Bank A, B & C, UK GE Haliade-X 9
Race Bank, UK Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13
Donghai Bridge 1, China Sinovel SL3000/90 15
Rentel, Belgium Siemens Gamesa 7.3-154 14
Envision 136/4.2MW 8
Dongtai, China Revolution Wind, USA Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Sewind W4000-130 13
Dudgeon, UK Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13 Saint-Brieuc, France Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
East Anglia 1, UK Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14 Seagreen, UK Vestas V164-10MW 17
Fecamp, France Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14 SeaMade, Belgium Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Formosa 1 phase 2, Taiwan Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13 Shanwei, China MingYang SE5.5MW 11
Formosa 2, Taiwan Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14 Skipjack, USA GE Haliade-X 12MW 9
Fuqing Haitan Strait, China MingYang SE7.25MW 11 Sofia, UK Siemens Gamesa 14.0-222 14
Galloper, UK Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13 South Fork, USA Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
GCL Rudong H15, China CSIC Haizhuang H171-5.0MW 6 Sunrise Wind, USA Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Gode Wind 1&2, Germany Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13 Tamra, South Korea Doosan WinDS3000 8
Gode Wind 3, Germany Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 14 Treport, France Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Golfe du Lion, France Vestas V164-10MW 17 Triton Knoll, UK Vestas V164-9.5MW 16
Greater Changhua phase 1&2a, Taiwan Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14 Veja Mate, Germany Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13
Groix & Belle-Ile, France Vestas V164-9.5MW 16 Vesterhav N&S, Denmark Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Hai Long 2a, 2b & 3, Taiwan Siemens Gamesa 14-222 14 Vineyard, US GE Haliade-X 9
Hohe See, Germany Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14 Walney 3 East, UK Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14
Hollandse Kust 1–4, Netherlands Siemens Gamesa 10.0-193 19 Westermost Rough, UK Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13
Hollandse Kust North, Netherlands Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 14 Xiangshui, China Sewind W4000-130 13
Hornsea 1, UK Siemens Gamesa 7.0-154 14 Dongfang Electric D10000-185 7

Xinghua Bay 2, China
Ming Yang SE8-10MW 12
Hornsea 2, UK Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
MingYang SE7.25MW 11
Yangjiang Qingzhou 3, China
Huaneng Guanyun 1, China Goldwind GW6S 10 MingYang SE8-10MW 12
CSIC Haizhuang H151-5.0MW 6 Yangjiang Shapa 2, China MingYang SE6.45MW 11
CSIC Haizhuang H171-5.0MW 6
Yunlin, Taiwan Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14
Huaneng Rudong, China CSIC Haizhuang H152-6.2MW 7
Envision 136/4.2MW Zhanjiang Xinliao, China MingYang SE6.45MW 11
8
Sewind W4000-130 13 Zhanjiang Xuwen, China MingYang SE6.45MW 11
Hywind Scotland, UK Siemens Gamesa 6.0-154 13 Zhuanghe, China MingYang SE5.5MW 11
Hywind Tampen, Norway Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 14 Zhuanghe 3, China Goldwind GW6.X 10
Icebreaker Lake Erie, US Vestas V126-3.45 16 Zhuhai Guishan, China Dongfang Electric DEW-D7000-186 7
Jiangsu Rudong Intertidal, China Sinovel SL3000/90 15 Index of turbines by project does not include prototype, some limited-unit or unconfirmed deployments
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Project, location Turbine Page Project, location Turbine Page Project, location Turbine Page
Aberdeen, UK Vestas V164-8.4/8.8MW App.14 Groix & Belle-Ile, France Vestas V164-9.5MW App.14 Ormonde, UK Repower 5M App.18
Areva M5000-116 App.4 Gunfleet Sands UK Siemens SWT-3.6-107 App.23 Princess Amalia, Netherlands Vestas V80-2.0MW App.25
Alpha Ventus, Germany
Repower 5M App.18 Gwynt y Mor, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-107 App.23 Rampion, UK Vestas V112-3.45MW App.13
Amrumbank, Germany Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23
Horns Rev, Denmark Vestas V80-2.0MW App.25 Rhyl Flats, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-107 App.23
Anholt, Denmark Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23
Horns Rev 2, Denmark Siemens SWT-2.3-93 App.22 Robin Rigg, UK Vestas V90-3.0MW App.25
Arklow Bank, Ireland GE 3.6s Offshore App.8
Horns Rev 3, Denmark Vestas V164-8.3MW App.14 Rodsand 1, Denmark Bonus 2.3MW App.5
Bac Lieu 1&2, Vietnam GE 1.6-82.5 App.8
Humber Gateway, UK Vestas V112-3.0MW App.13 Rodsand 2, Denmark Siemens SWT-2.3-93 App.22
Baltic 1, Germany Siemens SWT-2.3-93 App.22 CSIC Haizhuang H102- App.6 Ronland, Denmark Vestas V80-2.0MW App.25
Baltic 2, Germany Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23 Hydropower Rudong, China 2000
App.21 Saint-Nazaire, France GE Haliade 150 App.9
Bard 1, Germany Bard 5.0 App.4 Sewind W2500-108
IJsselmeer/Lely, Netherlands* Nedwind NW40/500 App.15 Sakata, Japan Vestas V80-2.0MW App.25
Barrow, UK Vestas V90-3.0MW App.25
Irene Vorrink, Netherlands Nordtank NTK600/43 App.17 Samso, Denmark Bonus 2.3MW App.5
Belwind 1, Belgium Vestas V90-3.0MW App.25
Goldwind GW-121/3000 App.10 Sandbank, Germany Siemens SWT-4.0-130 App.24
Belwind 2 (Nobelwind), Jiangsu Binhai, China
Vestas V112-3.3MW App.13 Ming Yang SCD 3.0 App.14 Scroby Sands, UK Vestas V80-2.0MW App.25
Belgium
Block Island, USA GE Haliade 150 App.9 Jiangsu Rudong Intertidal, Shanghai Lingang, China Sewind W3600-122 App.21
Siemens SWT-2.3-101 App.22
China
Blyth demo, UK Vestas V164-8.4MW App.14 Sheringham Shoal, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-107 App.23
Jiangsu Rudong 2, China Goldwind GW-109/2500 App.10
Wind World Sprogo, Denmark Vestas V90-3.0MW App.25
Bockstigen, Sweden App.27 Kaarehamn, Sweden Vestas V112-3.0MW App.13
W3700/550kW
Tahkoluoto, Finland Siemens SWT-4.0-130 App.24
Borkum Riffgat, Germany Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23 Kamisu 1&2, Japan Hitachi HTW2.0-80 App.10
Kemi Ajos, Finland* WinWind WWD-3 App.27 Teesside, UK Siemens SWT-2.3-93 App.22
Borkum Riffgrund, Germany Siemens SWT-4.0-120 App.23
Kentish Flats, UK Vestas V90-3.0MW App.25 Thanet, UK Vestas V90-3.0MW App.25
Borkum Riffgrund 2, Germany Vestas V164-8.3MW App.14
Kentish Flats 2, UK Vestas V112-3.3MW App.13 Thornton Bank 1, Belgium Repower 5M App.18
Borkum West 2.1, Germany Areva M5000-116 App.4
Lillgrund, Sweden Siemens SWT-2.3-93 App.22 Thornton Bank 2&3, Belgium Senvion 6.2M126 App.20
Borkum West 2.2, Germany Senvion 6.2M152 App.20
Burbo Bank 1, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-107 App.23 Lincs, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23 Tuno Knob, Denmark Vestas V39-500kW App.25
Burbo Bank 2, UK Vestas V164-8.0MW App.14 London Array, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23 Utgrunden, Sweden* Enron 1.5s Offshore App.7
Butendiek, Germany Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23 Luchterduinen, Netherlands Vestas V112-3.0MW App.13 Vanern, Sweden WinWind WWD-3 App.27
Changhua, Taiwan Hitachi HTW5.2-127 App.11 Lynn/Inner Dowsing, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-107 App.23 Vindeby, Denmark* Bonus 450kW App.5
DeBu, Germany Vestas V164-8.4MW App.14 Meerwind, Germany Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23 Walney 1, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-107 App.23
DanTysk, Germany Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23 Merkur, Germany GE Haliade 150 App.9 Walney 2, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23
Donghai Bridge 2, China Sewind W3600-116 App.21 Middelgrunden, Denmark Bonus 2MW App.5 Walney 3 West, UK Vestas V164-8.25MW App.14
Egmond, Netherlands Vestas V90-3.0MW App.25 Nanri Island, China Siemens SWT-4.0-130 App.24 Westermeerwind, Netherlands Siemens SWT-3.0-108 App.23
Eolmed, France Vestas V164-10MW App.14 Nordergrunde Senvion 6.2M126 App.20 West of Duddon Sands, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-120 App.23
Fujian Xinghua, China GE Haliade 150 App.9 Nordsee 1, Germany Senvion 6.2M126 App.20 Wikinger, Germany Adwen AD 5-135 App.2
Formosa demo, Taiwan Siemens SWT-4.0-120 App.23 Nordsee Ost, Germany Senvion 6.2M126 App.20 Windfloat Atlantic, Portugal Vestas V164-8.3MW App.14
Gemini, Netherlands Siemens SWT-4.0-130 App.24 North Hoyle, UK Vestas V80-2.0MW App.25 Xiangshui, China Goldwind GW-121/3000 App.10
Global Tech 1, Germany Areva M5000-116 App.4 Norther, Belgium Vestas V164-8.4MW App.14 Yttre Stengrund, Sweden* NEG Micon NM 2000/72 App.16
Greater Gabbard, UK Siemens SWT-3.6-107 App.23 Northwind, Belgium Vestas V112-3.0MW App.13 Zhuhai Guishan, China Ming Yang SCD 3.0 App.14
Index of turbines by project does not include prototype, some limited-unit or unconfirmed deployments * Decommissioned projects
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