FoundOcean has been awarded a contract to grout the 150 monopile foundations for the 600-MW Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of main contractor Van Oord. The project will be the first to use MasterFlow 9800, a revolutionary new material jointly developed by FoundOcean and BASF. MasterFlow 9800 possesses a unique combination of features that…
Foundation idea trims cost and concrete off turbine installs
Joseph K. Alter/ Con-Tech Systems LLC/ www. contechsystems.com Conventional wind-turbine foundations are large pads of concrete some 20-m across and 2 to 3-m deep. These spread-footing foundations consume up to 500 to 700 cubic meters of reinforced concrete. A recently developed foundation system is more efficient and environmentally friendly. It consumes up to 40% less concrete…