Wind Energy – Sofia OWF
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first monopile foundation at the RWE 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm.
In the coming months, Van Oord will install a total of 100 monopile foundations.
The Sofia wind farm is located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, 195 kilometres from the North East coast of the UK.
RWE contracted Van Oord for the design, engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables for this project.
Project execution is being managed by Van Oord Offshore Wind UK from their MPI Offshore office in Stokesley, Teesside.
Van Oord deployed its flexible fallpipe vessels Bravenes and Nordnes to install scour protection at the locations where the monopiles are now being installed. The monopiles have a diameter of up to 8.8 metres, a length of up to 92 metres and a weight of up to 1,530 tonnes.
