DEME deploying CAPE Holland equipment for wind farm monopiles offshore Virginia
May 23, 2024
Dominion Energy announced the Orion heavy-lift vessel installed the first monopile foundation for the project about 29 miles off the Virginia Beach coast.
Courtesy DEME
Courtesy CAPE Holland
CAPE Holland secured a contract in April from DEME for the provision of a CAPE VLT-640 Quad spread and a separate CAPE VLT-640 unit for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project.
The company will deploy a CAPE VLT-640 Quad spread and a separate CAPE VLT-640 unit for the 176 monopiles, each weighing up to 2,200 t, with a top diameter of 8.5 m.
Operations will take place from DEME’s installation vessel Orion, with the monopiles driven through the initial layers of soil using the CAPE Vibro lifting tool to mitigate the risk of pile run.
An impact hammer will be applied for final penetration of the monopiles. The equipment spread should facilitate a pile run-free installation of jacket piles for three offshore substations.
Dominion Energy announced May 22 the Orion heavy-lift vessel installed the first monopile foundation for the project about 29 miles off the Virginia Beach coast.
