Jan De Nul has kicked off the installation campaign of the monopile foundations for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm, completing the installation of the first of 72…
Jan De Nul has kicked off the installation campaign of the monopile foundations for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm, completing the installation of the first of 72 monopiles with its heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés.
When finished, Denmark’s largest wind farm to date will provide enough renewable energy to power more than a million Danish households.
The 72 wind turbines will find their home near the west coast of Jutland, some 22 kilometers offshore, and will make up RWE’s Thor wind farm, with the capacity of more than 1 GW.
The monopile foundations have lengths of up to 100 meters and weigh up to 1,500 tones. Les Alizés picks up the foundations at Eemshaven in the Netherlands, before sailing to the installation site off the western coast of Jutland, near Thorsminde.
The final monopile installation is planned towards the end of 2025.
Besides the monopile foundation and scour protection installation, Jan de Nul will also install the inter-array cable system and the
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