Jan De Nul to install foundations for Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland

Jan De Nul has been selected for the transport and installation of monopile foundations for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland.

The heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés will be deployed to support the project.

Inch Cape, an equal joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables, will be the UK's first offshore wind farm to install 15MW Vestas turbines. Engineering and project preparation is already progressing for transport and installation of the monopile foundations, which will commence in late 2025.

The monopiles each measure up to 110 meters long and weigh up to 2,500 tonnes. These will be loaded at a newly built quayside at the entrance to the Port of Leith in Edinburgh.

Les Alizés has just completed installing 107 monopile foundations at the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. This spring, the vessel will install 72 monopile foundations at the RWE-operator Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark.