19.pre-Piling Template Baltic II
19.pre-Piling Template Baltic II
Baltic II
A customized pre-piling template for 3-
legged offshore wind jacket foundations
Pre-piling Template for
Baltic II
Template Design
Back in 2011, the joint venture Hochtief Solutions, GeoSea, To optimize the efficiency of the piling operation, we
and Nordsee requested TWD to design a pre-piling template customized the pre-piling template for this jacket installation
for driving the piles at the Baltic II offshore wind farm (OWF). project and vessel. We designed a 3-sleeve template, tailored
Baltic II OWF is located 30 km north of the German Rügen for the jacket leg distance and pin-pile diameter, that constrains
island in the Baltic Sea. The OWF consists of 39 monopiles the piles, minimizes the pile inclination, and controls the mutual
and 41 jacket foundations for 80 wind turbines. Using our distance. The template was horizontally guided by 2 frames
pre-piling template, 123 piles were driven and installed at 41 that interfaced with the spud legs of the JUB. The lowering was
locations from the jack-up barge (JUB) Goliath. operated using 3 winches on the JUB deck.
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