20 monopiles for the Formosa 1 OWF
20 MONOPILES FOR FORMOSA 1 OWF
In 2019, the CAPE VLT-320 Triple was used to install 20 tapered monopiles with diameters up to 8.4 meter weighing up to 1,000 tonnes with lengths up to 79 meter, in a water depth of 31 meter for the Formosa I OWF in Taiwan.
The challenging soil conditions at the location posed a risk of pile run or drop fall. This risk was mitigated by the CAPE VLT, as there is a fixed connection between the tool and the pile and load is kept in the crane at all times.
Piles were installed to a safe depth (through pile run risk layers) and driven to final penetration with a large impact hammer.
Application details
Application
Monopile Installation
Pile type
Monopiles
Water depth
31m
Penetration
43m
PILE DETAILS
Pile type
Monopiles
Pile model
Tapered
Pile length
79m
Pile weight
<1,000t
Pile wall thickness
70mm
Pile diameter
8.4m
No. of piles
20
PROJECT DETAILS
Period
2019
Sea
Taiwan Strait
Country
Taiwan
Location
Of the North West coast
Market
Offshore Renewables
System/end usage
Offshore Wind Turbine
Operator or end customer
Swancor Renewable
Installation contractor
Seaway 7 for Jan De Nul
Type of vessel
Heavy Lift Vessel
Name of vessel and owner
Seaway Yudin, Seaway 7
Mode
Anchors
Main Reasons for solution choice
SELECTED EQUIPMENT
CAPE VLT-320
Equipment configuration
CAPE VLT-320 Triple
Eccentric moment
960kgm
Max. line pull
1,000t
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