Belgian offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul has secured a contract for the installation of monopiles for 72 offshore wind turbines that will make up the 1…
Belgian offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul has secured a contract for the installation of monopiles for 72 offshore wind turbines that will make up the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland.
Inch Cape offshore wind farm, being developed by ESB and Red Rock Renewables as equal joint owners, recently reached financial close and is now progressing into construction.
In that regard, Jan De Nul has been contracted for the installation of the monopile foundations with the offshore heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés, starting in late 2025.
The monopiles are up to 110 meters long and weigh up to 2,500 tonnes, equal to the weight of about 2,500 average cars.
They will be loaded at a newly built quayside at the entrance to the Port of Leith in Edinburgh.
The project will mark third consecutive assignment for Jan de Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés, which is customized for the transport and installation of offshore energy infrastructure.
In December 2024, the vessel finished her first project, installing 107 monopile foundations on German wind farms Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3.
In spiring 2025, the vessel will continue operations with the installation of 72 monopiles on RWE’s Thor, Denmark’s largest
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