Wind Energy – Jacket installation
Ocean Winds, the international offshore wind energy company created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, reached a new milestone in France with the first jacket foundation installed at Dieppe – Le Tréport project.
Located 17 km off the coast of Dieppe and 15.5 km from Le Tréport, the offshore wind farm will ultimately consist of 62 turbines, providing renewable electricity equivalent to the consumption of nearly 850,000 people.
This achievement follows the installation earlier this summer of EMDT’s offshore substation and continues the steady progress of construction. The foundations are steel jackets fabricated in Spain.
The jackets are then transported from Cherbourg’s port to the offshore site by the Innovation, an installation vessel operated by DEME.
Measuring between 48 and 55 meters high depending on water depth, the jacket foundations are anchored into pre-installed steel piles with diameters of 2.5 meters and lengths of up to 63 meters.
