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Conbit grills Hornsea One

By: Matthew White 11/05/2018 Conbit

General Windfarms

Conbit has developed a grillage design as part of a collaborative scope for an offshore wind farm project in the UK.

The company is providing the offshore engineering for its parent company ALE, who has been contracted to provide the marine transportation, sea-fastening, load-out and ballasting of over 100 TPs for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One.

For the structural engineering, Conbit conducted the structural integrity and sea fastening calculations of the grillages on the barge deck.

The TP's will be transported down the River Tee on the back of the the SARAH S barge. Conbit also provided the engineering for storage and SPMT stability during the ALE transport operations at the yard. For the storage at the quay, Conbit designed monopile cradles.

Ensuring stability during the SPMT move was challenging. Conbit provided the engineering to enhance the hydraulic stability during the monopile positioning in relation to the sling configuration used for loading onto the SPMTs and positioning within the support cradles.

Bart Steerneman, Engineering Manager for Conbit, said: "Using our in-house expertise, we could provide a cost-effective and safer solution for ALE to perform the heavy transport operations. This project shows the strength of the ALE & Conbit collaboration, as we are now able to provide clients with the complete service package, from transport to engineering and stress checks."

Last month the first substation topside for Hornsea Project One was installed off the Yorkshire coast.The Z12 offshore substation is one of three which will collect the electricity from the 174 turbines, and transform it to a higher voltage so it can be exported to shore with fewer losses. Hornsea Project One will be the biggest wind farm in the world when it is operational in 2020.

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