Jumbo Offshore has been awarded the transport and installation contract for all 111 transition pieces (TP's) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm off the Danish coast.
For the Anholt contract, one of Jumbo's DP2 offshore heavy lift vessels will install the TPs on pre-installed monopiles, starting April 2012. The TPs will be loaded at Bladt Industries in Aalborg, Denmark. Every TP weighs approximately 200 tonnes, is 17 metres tall and has a diameter of about 5.5 metres. Jumbo's all-in-one installation method, previously employed successfully for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (UK), consists of loading nine TPs at a time, transporting them to the site and installing them.
Currently being developed by DONG Energy, the 400MW Anholt Wind Farm is located in the 'Kattegat', near Anholt Island, and will be Denmark's largest offshore wind farm. Anholt is a result of Danish government policy, which aims for a society independent of fossil fuels. In 2020, 30 percent of the country's gross consumption should come from renewable energy.