Today, the first episode of a new series on the installation of the WindFloat Atlantic project is available online, entitled ‘Installing WindFloat Atlantic | Episode 1: Mooring Supply’.
“It is a challenging project, because there’s no other project to compare it to. But the team behind this project is very solution-oriented and extremely competent,” Senol Ozmutlu, Projects Director at Vryhof, points out. At mooring technology provider Vryhof, Senol Ozmutlu handles large offshore projects from management and supply chain to interfacing with certification authorities. He loves finding solutions and wants to supervise personally all the steps in the project, to make sure everything goes as planned. The story of how a somewhat idealistic idea turned into a reality. Follow him in the WindFloat Atlantic project.
This is the first of four episodes, allowing viewers to understand the installation process of a floating windfarm and to live through the images the human adventure behind the WindFloat Atlantic project. You will get to know some of the people who made it happen, like Hélène Butat at Bourbon Subsea Services or Tiago Godinho at Principle Power.
The series will feature the three partner companies:
- In charge of the project management, procurement and engineering of the installation at sea, Bourbon Subsea Services also provides all the marine assets and necessary personnel for the offshore operations for the 3 turbines.
- Vryhof is responsible for delivering the full mooring package, including controlling the supply chain and interfacing with certification authorities.
- In addition to providing its patented WindFloat technology solution, Principle Power is responsible for the full engineering and certification of the platform. It actively supports fabrication, installation and commissioning of the 3 units and is responsible for Operations and Maintenance of the windfarm.
Episode 2 ‘Mooring lines Pre-lay operation’ will be available on June 30th, episode 3 ‘Floater preparation’ will be released on July 7th and the final episode 4 ‘Hook-up Operation’ closing the saga, released on July 15th.
