Merkur Transition Pieces En Route to Eemshaven
Tuesday 17 October 2017
The first 6 of the total of 66 transition pieces (TPs) for German Merkur offshore wind farm have been loaded onto a vessel in Spain and are set to be transported to the Eemshaven port, according to social media updates by those involved in the transport and logistics of the TPs.
The installation of monopiles at the offshore construction site, located 35km north of the island of Borkum, started in April of this year.
The transition pieces are being transported from Spain since they were produced by Idesa, a Spanish company specialising in manufacturing large components and equipment.
Earlier in October, Buss Offshore Solutions reported it had commenced preparations for the Merkur offshore wind farm at its Orange Blue Terminal in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The Buss Orange Blue Terminal signed a contract with GeoSea in June, under which the transition pieces will be temporarily stored at the terminal, finally assembled and then transported to the wind farm via a jack-up vessel.
Merkur will consist of 66 GE Haliade 150-6MW wind turbine generators and will produce about 1,750 GWh of electricity annually.
The wind farm is scheduled to be fully operational in 2019.