During 2013–2015, DONG Energy is building the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Wind Farm in the German sector of the North Sea.
A warm welcome!
By Mette Jørvad Niess, Senior Manager, Head of Communication & Marketing
SEA INSTALLER’s much anticipated sister vessel, SEA CHALLENGER, arrived in Esbjerg on May 17 to be greeted by a crowd of A2SEA staff, clients, local dignitaries, press and many other maritime enthusiasts. Continue reading
A2SEA wins Gode Wind 1 and 2 installation
In the first half of 2015, in the German part of the North Sea, A2SEA will start installing 97 Siemens 6 MW, 154m-rotor turbines from Siemens – representing a total capacity of 582 MW.
When completed, Gode Wind 1 and 2 will be the largest contiguous offshore wind farm area in Germany to date. The agreement is a strong signal that German offshore wind is back on the agenda – and prioritised, too. And it’s also an acknowledgement of A2SEA’s lengthy track record. Continue reading
8 at a time
By Søren Grøn, Project Manager, A2SEA
SEA INSTALLER shows what she can really do
At West of Duddon Sands, SEA INSTALLER started out with monopiles and transition pieces. Now she has demonstrated what she was originally designed to do: transport no fewer than eight 3.6 MW topsides at a time for installation far from shore. Continue reading
Extreme mobilising
By Glen Andresen, Senior Manager, Project Engineering
A2SEA has done plenty of mobilisations over the years. But never one quite like the recent makeover of SEA INSTALLER for West of Duddon Sands. It was the biggest mobilisation we have ever attempted – both in time, in effort and in the sheer number of people involved. Continue reading
26,000 leg operations without putting a foot wrong
By Hans Peter Johannsen, Senior Project Manager and Head of Engineering
Many thousands of jack-up operations. No leg bends, no punch-throughs. It’s an achievement that goes against the laws of nature. Yet sure-footed legwork over more than a decade is a key A2SEA competency – and proof that the impossible really can be done. Continue reading
The Every day, Everyone team
By Steen H. Drue, Project Manager, A2SEA A/S
“Where there’s a team, there’s a way.” At least, that’s how the more traditional saying might have sounded if it had originated on the job at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. Actually, there’s not just one team involved, but several, all working together. Continue reading
Report from Gwynt y Môr
By Steen Drue, Project Manager, A2SEA A/S
Turbine installation work at Gwynt y Môr began on April 30 when SEA JACK started work loading components for the very first of 160 turbine locations. Seven weeks later, SEA WORKER departed from Grenaa, Denmark, headed for the port of Mostyn to join the installation teamwork. In June, the two vessels began working ”side-by-side”, although, in reality, they only occasionally pass each other on the water. Continue reading
Teamwork can be tough
By Tony Millward, Senior Project Manager, A2SEA A/S
Complex geotechnics, a tight, seven-month winter project, and a client whose programme called for multiple, simultaneous vessel operations. With demands like these, the Anholt project needed as much as it could get of that magic ingredient: teamwork. And its steep learning curves meant, however, that the A2SEA team was under plenty of pressure. Continue reading
The first installation vessel with pre-loaded know-how
Designed on the basis of the knowledge and experience gained from installing over 800 turbines and more than 400 foundations, A2SEA’s SEA INSTALLER is one of the offshore wind industry’s most sophisticated installation vessels. To find out what makes the SEA INSTALLER so special, we talked to Hans Peter Johannsen, Head of Engineering and Senior Project Manager at A2SEA. Continue reading