HEAVY LIFTING & TRANSPORT
A viable solution in response to the need to support the construction and logistics of offshore wind farms in the US under the Jones Act.
Wind feeder vessel – solution for US offshore wind AMPELMANN AND C-JOB NAVAL ARCHITECTS HAVE JOINED FORCES TO DEVELOP A ONE-OFA-KIND OFFSHORE WIND FEEDER VESSEL CONCEPT WITH MOTION COMPENSATION TECHNOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY SUITED FOR THE RIGOROUS DEMANDS OF OPERATING OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE US. ALL ARTIST IMPRESSIONS COURTESY OF AMPELMANN AND C-JOB NAVAL ARCHITECTS.
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he concept design combines the knowledge of Ampelmann, a Dutch offshore access provider, and independent ship design company C-Job Naval Architects. Together they have created a viable solution in response to the need to support the construction and logistics of offshore wind farms in the US under the Jones Act. Todd Allen, VP Business Development at C-Job Naval Architects, says, “The US is ambitious in its plans to grow the installed offshore wind power. The only viable way to realise this goal while complying with the Jones Act is utilising offshore wind feeder vessels. Together with our strategic partner Ampelmann, the experts in motion compensation, we have created an innovative ship design ready to support construction of US wind farms today and into the future.”
Continued operations
The offshore wind feeder vessel has an L-shaped superstructure. This enables the transport of all wind turbine components, including the blades, while keeping the ship itself relatively compact minimising construction and operational costs. To maximise workability and allow for safe lifting of the components, the feeder vessel features a specially designed motion compensation system. The system uses Ampelmann’s core technology to stabilise the components of the wind turbine generator (WTG) in six degrees of freedom and is designed for safe lifting operations in sea states up to 2.5m significant wave height. The compensator is positioned close to the vessel’s center where it can compensate all vessel motions and allows for continued
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