Construction process
| When: Until May 2007 |
Participant: Van Oord |
The installation of the foundations and transition pieces. Foundations measuring 54 metres, a diameter of 4 metres and 320 tons in weight are sunk into the sea-floor. The transition pieces weighing 115-tons are placed on the foundations using the Jumping Jack. |
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| When: May 2007 |
Participants: Van Oord, Bladt, ABB |
The offshore transformer station, 520 tons in weight, is being manufactured by Bladt and ABB in Denmark and will be transported to the Netherlands by sea. Installation of transformerstation by Mammoet Van Oord. |
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| When: May/September 2007 |
Participants: ABB, Van Oord |
Installation of 22-kV sea cables for the connection of the turbines with the high-voltage substation and 150-kV deep sea cable measuring 23 km that connects the substation with the shore. |
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| When: May/November 2007 |
Participant: Vestas |
Installation of wind turbines. |
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| When: July 2007 |
Participant: Van Oord |
Installation of 150-kV sea cables. |
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| When: June 2008 |
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| Wind farm operational. | |
| When: 2008 |
Participant: Offshore Princess Amalia Wind Farm |
| Monitoring programme. | |