Vattenfall Installs First Suction Bucket Jacket Foundations

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First of gigantic, game-changing suction bucket jacket foundations installed for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre in Aberdeen Bay

North-east Scotland has marked a UK offshore wind first following the successful installation of the first pioneering suction bucket jacket foundation for Vattenfall’s 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in just 15 hours. The EOWDC in Aberdeen Bay is the first offshore wind project to deploy the foundations at commercial scale with each of the 11 steel jacket foundations weighing in at almost ten Boeing 747s. One of the world’s largest and most versatile floating cranes - the 25,000 tonne Asian Hercules III which has a lifting capacity of 5,000 tonnes - lifted and... ... More: Official Press Release Vattenfall

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Vattenfall, Scotland, offshore, suction bucket, foundation, EOWDC