The associated 22.5-metre-long TPs, each weighing 275 tonnes, between the monopiles and the wind turbines will be produced in Aalborg by Bladt Industries.

DEME’s installation vessel Innovation will regularly sail into the Port of Thyboron to load foundations and then out to the offshore wind farms in the North Sea to install them.

“When Innovation arrives probable on 18 February to pick up the first 4 foundations for Vesterhav Nord and Syd, it will be a day of celebration at the Port of Thyboron”, said Jesper Holt Jensen, Director of the Port of Thyboron.

The port’s close proximity to the offshore wind farms maximises the project’s efficiency, said the port. Vestarhav Nord will be installed 5.5-8.4 kilometres offshore, slightly south of Thyboron, and Vesterhav Syd will be located north of Hvide Sande, 9-10 kilometres offshore.

Being able to ship the foundations to a port that is near at hand should reduce the distance the installation vessel has to sail, to the benefit of the project timetable and budget, as well as the environment.

The Vesterhav Nord and Syd offshore wind farms, which have a combined capacity of 344 MW, will comprise 41 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines to be installed by Jan De Nul.

The Danish Energy Agency approved the construction of the two projects in December 2020 while the commissioning of the wind farms is expected by the end of 2023.