INSTALLATION VESSELS FEATURE SPONSOR
Flexible and
SIGNIFICANT PROJECT
adaptable to suit clients’ offshore needs
FRED. OLSEN WINDCARRIER IS RAPIDLY BUILDING A REPUTATION FOR FORWARD-THINKING, RESPONSIVE AND FLEXIBLE APPROACHES TO THE FAST- EVOLVING OFFSHORE WIND SECTOR.
As a leading turbine installer, with extensive experience of some of the largest wind turbines in Europe, its record for devising clever and cost- effective tailored services for its clients is spreading worldwide.
RESPONDING TO INDUSTRY DEMANDS Responding to industry demands to drive down costs and installation time without sacrificing efficiency and flexibility is key to meeting clients’ needs with best-value projects.
The adaptability of its high performance class-leading installation sister vessels, Brave Tern and Bold Tern, has shaped its response to the market’s changing needs on North Sea wind farm projects, where it has consistently delivered efficient, time- saving and reliable projects.
AMERICAN WIND MARKET This performance has attracted the attention of the American wind market. Next year, the Bold Tern will embark on a project for US developer Deepwater Wind on the 30-MW Block Island wind farm, off Rhode Island, New England, to install Alstom Haliade 150-6 MW wind turbines. It will be the first offshore wind farm installed in the U.S.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has unprecedented experience installing Alstom’s huge Haliade 150-6 MW having installed the offshore demonstrator turbine in Belgium last autumn.
Ketil Arvesen, of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, said: "We are truly delighted to be installing this significant project, which is driving forward the offshore wind industry in the United States. We have already established a very good relationship with the people in the project team at Deepwater Wind and we will once again be working with Alstom to install their impressive 6MW turbine.”
Its experience also led to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier being named as installation partner for the Icebreaker in Ohio with LEEDCo Team to help develop an installation strategy for Lake Erie and the Great Lakes using existing regional barges, port infrastructure and local manufacturing companies.
GOLD STANDARD
Lorry Wagner, president of LEEDCo, said: “Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is the gold standard when it comes to offshore wind installation, and we are proud to have them join our team.”
Deepwater CEO Jeffrey Grybowski said: "We are very pleased to add Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to our world-class team for the Block Island Wind Farm. The Bold Tern is a class-leading vessel for offshore installation and Fred. Olsen Windcarrier brings deep experience in offshore construction and high standards of excellence to the work they do."
Last year, the vesells successfully installed 75 of the 80 Areva 5MW turbines on the Global Tech 1 Offshore wind farm within eight months and on schedule.
The wind farm was one of the first to feature the AREVA M500-116 turbines and the first to utilise both Bold Tern and Brave Tern.
Cover image courtesy of Michael Lenvig Olsen on behalf of Fred. Olsen Wind Carrier
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