wind turbine installation vessels

SNAME Luncheon14 Sept 2010

Wind Turbine Installation Vessels


IntroductionsSBM Offshore and GustoMSCWind Turbine Vocabulary / Components

Offshore VesselsTypical Installation MethodsMarket Evolution

Vessels of OpportunityFit For Purpose Vessels

Comparison to LiftboatMarket Forecast

Offshore Wind TurbinesVessels

Wind Turbine Installation VesselsDutch holding of international companies working in offshore and marine industries

SBM Offshore NVSBM Atlantia IncGustoMSC

Houston, Texas

Gusto BVMarine Structure Consultants (MSC) BV

Schiedam, the NetherlandsSBM Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Single Buoy Moorings

Monaco


1862 Start of Gusto shipyard1959 First SBM SPM mooring ordered by Shell1969 Start of Single Buoy Moorings Inc1977 Start of Marine Structure Consultants B.V.1978 Start of Gusto B.V.1984 Formation of IHC Caland2003 Start GustoMSC Alliance2005 Split-up of SBM Offshore and IHC Merwede


Exploration Construction Production

Jack-up

Semi-submersible

Vessel


178 Mobile Offshore Units since 1959

32 Mobile Offshore Units currently under construction

ExplorationExploration ConstructionConstruction ProductionProduction TotalTotalJack-up 4 16 2 22Semi 3 - --- 3Vessel 5 2 --- 7

ExplorationExploration ConstructionConstruction ProductionProduction TotalTotalJack-up 43 56 3 102Semi 27 11 2 40Vessel 21 15 --- 36


Wind Turbine Vocabulary & Data

Rotor: 126 m dia, 150 mt

Nacelle: 330 mt

Tower: 80 m, 300 mt

Foundation: 800 mt (monopile)


Source: www.Areva.com

Wind Turbine Installation VesselsPresent offshore wind market

Europe is largest market at the moment


Courtesy: NREL

Wind Turbine Installation VesselsPresent installation methods

Install in several steps:

Install foundationInstall transition piece (if applicable)

Install steel towerInstall turbine: nacelle, hub, blades

several sequences and assemblies possible

Often done with jack-up


Present installation methodsGravity base foundation

CourtesyNysted OffshoreWind Farm165 MW, 72 x 2.3 MW Bonus/Siemens6-9.5 m water


Transition piece (grouted)

Photo’s courtesy MammoetPhoto courtesy Ballast Nedam: GustoMSC designed Svanen


Steel towers

Photo courtesy Mammoet Photo courtesy A2Sea

Wind Turbine Installation VesselsPresent installation methodsBlades: install complete rotor

Photo’s courtesy A2Sea, Deme / GeoSea


Nacelle / hub / blades: bunny ears

Photo’s courtesy RePower, Vestas, A2Sea, MPI


Blades: 3rd blade of bunny ears or blade per blade

Photo courtesy Mammoet


Installation in 1 piece: test unit in China

Photo courtesy COOEC : GustoMSC designed crane vessel Lan Jiang


Due to the lack of Installation Jack-upsother tools are converted and used

HLV Svanen

Sheerlegs

Sea Energy


SEASEA--800800 SEASEA--900900 SEASEA--20002000 SEASEA--32503250

Number 1 1 + 1 5 1

Hull (m) 43.5 x 22.5

48 x 23.5 55.5 x 32.2 72 x 40

Leg length (m) 57.5 60 m 73.2 92

Water depth (m)

30 30 40 45

Var. load (t) 1,000 1,100 1,600 2,500

Built or Under Construction


SEA-800 “Vagant”

SEA-2000 “JB-114” & “JB-115”

SEA series non-propelled GustoMSC designs

SEA-1250 “IB-909” SEA-1250 “Zeebouwer”

SEA-2000 “Goliath” GeoSea

SEA-2000 “Sea Worker”

SEA-1150 “HERON”

SEA-2000 “Seafox 7”


NGNG--2500X2500X NGNG--53005300--HPEHPE

NGNG--5500C5500C NGNG--7500/67500/6 NGNG--9000C9000C

Number 2 + 3 1 1 (+ 1 optional)

2 4

Hull 61 x 36 m 93 x 36 m 81 x 40 m 137 x 40 130 x 39 m

Power Gen. set 4 x 1,600 kW 4 x 2,600 kW 6 x 1,600 kW 6 x 2,250 kW 4 x 4,150 kW

Crane 200 t @ 22 m 500 t @ 31 m 800 t @ 24 m 1,000 t @ 25.5 m

800 t @ 24 m

Water depth 60 m 45 m 45 m 40 m 45 m

Var. load 1,000 t 2,700 t 3,000 t 7,000 t 6,500 t

Wind Turbine Installation VesselsGustoMSC NG series

NG-9000C, installing NG-10000X4

Seajacks Kraken and Leviathan,ready to go

Seajacks Leviathan,in operation

NG-9000C, sailing

Wind Lift I

Wind Turbine Installation VesselsFour NG-9000C units under construction at Drydocks World S.E.A., Lamprell Energy and Cosco ShipyardContinuous Jacking System of 9,000 t/leg Heavy Lift Leg Crane of 800 t @ 24 m

Main particulars•Hull length 130.8 m•Hull width 39.0 m•Hull depth 9.0 m•Hull draft 5.6 m•Leg length max. (incl. spud-can) 81 m

•Propulsion and DP 3x 3,500 kW 3x 1,500 kW

•Transit speed 10-12 kn•Accommodation 70 POB•Payload 5,400 t


Four individual yokes around a tubular leg

Three out of four yokes are active and one in recycle stroke

Hull jacking speed improved to 24 m/hr

References: NG-5500C and NG-9000C

Performances: Type : 5500C- Max. Jacking capacity 3,250 t - Max. Holding capacity 5,500 t

Type: 9000C- Max. Jacking capacity 5,300 t - Max. Holding capacity 9,000 t

Jacking speeds:- Platform lifting speed 24 m/hr- Platform lowering speed 30 m/hr- Leg handling speeds up to 40 m/hr

Continuous Jacking system


Fully integrated Crane & Jacking

System


Main hoist 800 t @ 24 m Minimum radius ± 18 mHoisting height ± 102 m(reference upper bearing level)Hoisting speed (full load) 0-7 m/minHoisting speed (reduced load) 0-11.6 m/minMax. Wind speed 16 m/s

Aux hoist 50 t @ 90 m suitable for (3 t man-riding)Minimum radius ± 20 mHoisting height ± 111 m

Load Tugger winches 10 tonHigh outreach & Short radiusSpecial boom tip for WTIFully revolving n x 360ºClass certificationElectric drivenBogie roller slewing system


WTI - Liftboat Comparison

NG9000 230 Class LBDimensions (m) 130x39x9 42x24x4

Deck Area (m2) 2,600 492

VDL (mt) 5,400 561

Crane Cap (mt) 800 150

Jacking System Continuous Single Acting

Accomodations 70 36

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Documents

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bunny earsphotos courtesy

chinaphoto courtesy

mt nacelle

gustomsc alliance

mt foundation

mt tower

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