Case story
Courseulles-sur-Mer
Country
Denmark
Site
Courseulles-sur-Mer
(France)
Customer
Bladt Industries
(Denmark)
Service
Grouting TP’s
(transition pieces)
Quantity
64 TP’s
(each unit 24 meters high and a weight of approximately 550 tonnes)
Product
Y-MatTec G2000
(DNV C502 offshore approval certificate)
Bladt Industries was awarded by Saipem SA – a subsidiary of Saipem an Italian global solution provider for energy and infrastructures sectors – a contract for the fabrication of 64 transition pieces especially designed for the Calvados offshore wind farm (Courseulles-sur-Mer), France.
The fabrication started in August 2021 with loadout late 2022. Each transition piece has a height of 24 meters and a weight of approximately 500 tons.
Fabrication and loadout of all 64 transition pieces took place at Bladt Industries’ production facilities in Aalborg, Denmark.
The Calvados offshore wind farm consist of 64 wind turbines with a total capacity of 450 MW and is located 16 kilometers off the French coast in water depths ranging from 22 to 31 meters. The wind farm will produce enough electricity to supply 630,000 people, which is more than 90% of the people living in the Calvados region.
The offshore wind farm will comprise 64 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines, ten of which will feature the company’s recyclable blades.