01 · Starting point
[Client] was building a [X MW] offshore wind farm [location]. One season was set aside for installing the foundations – with not a single day to spare.
[Description of the project: what was built, who was involved and what phase the project was in when Nordem joined.]
[Why the client chose Nordem: offshore experience, project management expertise, local presence.]
AI-generated image02 · Challenge
The sea sets the schedule. Project management decides whether we are ready.
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Short weather windows
The installation vessel can only lift when the waves are low enough. [How many working days the season realistically had.]
02
[X] suppliers, one schedule
Foundations, vessels, port logistics and inspections came from different suppliers. [The most critical interfaces.]
03
Safety at sea
[X] people worked offshore at the same time. [How safety was ensured.]
03 · How the turbine is built
From the seabed to the nacelle
Scroll to see how a jacket-founded offshore wind turbine is assembled – part by part, in the order it happens at sea.
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The site
Before the first lift, we know exactly what the seabed and conditions are like. [Depth and soil conditions.]
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Piles
Four steel piles are driven into the seabed. They carry the whole structure and transfer wave and wind loads into the ground.
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Jacket
The jacket is lowered onto the piles. A lattice structure is light but stiff: loads are shared between the legs and the braces.
Step 04 / 08
Grouted connections
The legs are grouted to the piles. The connection is the most critical detail of the foundation – and exactly where quality management shows.
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Transition piece
The transition piece connects the foundation to the tower. The boat landing, ladder and platform serve maintenance for the turbine’s whole life.
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Tower and turbine
Tower, nacelle and rotor are lifted into place as separate lifts. Every lift needs its own weather window.
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Cabling
The subsea cable is pulled through the J-tube into the turbine and on to the next one.
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The wind farm
The same work is repeated for every turbine. [Nordem’s role in the project in one sentence.]
04 · Execution
From contract to handover in [X] months
[Q1 2025]
Contract
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: engineering phase.] [Q1 2025]
Seabed surveys
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: seabed surveys.] [Q2 2025]
Fabrication starts
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: fabrication hall.] [Q2 2025]
Port logistics
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: port logistics.] [Q3 2025]
First load-out
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: load-out.] [Q3 2025]
First installation
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: what is happening in the photo.] [Q3 2025]
Transition pieces
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: transition pieces.] [Q4 2025]
Subsea cables
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: cable lay.] [Q4 2025]
Offshore substation
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: substation.] [Q4 2025]
Last installation
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: turbine installation.] [Q1 2026]
Commissioning
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: commissioning.] [Q1 2026]
Handover
[Short description]
AI-generated image[Caption: the finished wind farm.]
05 · Results
- [X]
- turbine foundations installed
- [X] MW
- of new wind capacity
- [X] d
- [ahead of / on schedule]
- [X]
- [safety metric]
“[Client quote: what the collaboration meant for the project.]”
