Tripods Foundations for Global Tech Offshore Wind Farm
Location: Vlissingen - the Netherlands
Equipment used: 36 axle lines SPMT's
For the German offshore wind project
Global Tech I Sarens supplied all cranes and
SPMT's for the construction and transport of
wind turbine foundations in Vlissingen.
The pictures show a tripod foundation of
900t which will support Areva turbines in
water depths of 40m. Each turbine produces 5 MW
of electricity. Production starts at a wind
speed of 14 km/h and the peak power output of
5 megawatts will be reached at 45
km/h. During severe storms the turbine
switches off for safety at 90 km/h.
