First monopiles for Fryslân Wind Farm

On September 7^th mv Lady Anne Beau delivered the first four monopiles for Fryslân Wind Farm in the IJsselmeer at Breezanddijk, The Netherlands. Together with Spliethoff Group Wijnne Barends will perform 26 more shipments for the project in the coming months, transporting a total of 89 monopiles and four platforms.

Three Lady A-Type vessels have been positioned to ship a total of 23 consignments from manufacturer EEW Group’s production site in Rostock, Germany, directly to the installation platform in Breezanddijk. Additionally, Spliethoff’s H-type vessels will carry out 89 shipments of concrete platforms from Świnoujście, Poland, to Harlingen in The Netherlands.

Fryslân Wind Farm
Fryslân Wind Farm is being built by the contracting consortium Zuiderzeewind, consisting of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Van Oord. It will be the largest wind farm in the world to be built in an inland water. The wind farm comprises 89 turbines of 4.3 MW. With a capacity of 382.7 MW, Fryslân Wind Farm kwill supply enough energy for approximately 500,000 households. The wind farm will be operational in 2021.