Jacket Foundations for Wind Turbines

IABSE - Wednesday d. 24 March 2010

Jacob Fisker Jensen

Presentation Outline
Rambll O&G Background
Ramblls position in offshore wind
Design References
Jacket Foundations
Installation Sequence
Conclusions

Rambolls O&G
Background

The Danish Oil and Gas Fields

DUC Fields in
the North Sea

Platforms Designed
by Ramboll alone or
in Joint Venture
1980 - 2007

Rambolls Position in
Offshore Wind

World Wide Offshore Wind Projects

European Offshore Wind Projects

Selected references - Kentish Flats Offshore

Wind Farm (UK)
Designed in 2004
30 Individually Designed Monopile
Foundations
Vestas V90 Turbines
Client:

Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

Designed in 2005
25 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
SWT-3.6-107
3.6 107
Siemens SWT
Turbine
Client:

Lynn & Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm

(UK)
Designed in 2006
54 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
SWT-3.6-107
3.6 107
Siemens SWT
Turbine
Installed in 2007
Client:

Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

Designed in 2006
60 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
2 substations
Vestas V90 Turbine
Client:

Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

Designed in 2007
25 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
SWT-3.6-107
3.6 107
Siemens SWT
Turbine
Client:

Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

Designed in 2008

Fabrication Ongoing at ZPMC

140 Individually Designed

Monopile Foundations

Clients:

Siemens SWT
SWT-3
3.6
6-107
107
Turbine

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

Designed in 2008/2009
88 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
2 substation foundations
Siemens SWT-3.6-107
Turbine
Fabrication is on-going
Client:

Nordergrnde Detailed Design (D)

Designed in 2007/2008
(ongoing)
18 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
Substation
Repower 5M Turbine
Ramboll appointed
Foundation Designer
Client:

Bligh Bank Detailed Design (BE)

Designed in 2008/2009
55 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
Vestas V90 Turbine
Substation foundation
Installation is on-going
Client:

Walney Offshore Wind Farm Detailed Design

(UK)
Designed in 2008/2009
42 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
Siemens 3.6 MW turbines
Production is on-going
Client:

Thanet Offshore Wind Farm

Designed in 2008/2009,
under construction
100 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
Vestas V90 Turbine
Ramboll appointed Lead
Designer
Client:

RAMSGATE

Gwynt y Mor Offshore Windfarm

110 Wind Turbine Foundations - Siemens 3.6 MW turbines
Water depths of 12 19 m LAT.
Design is on-going

LINCS Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

75 Individually Designed
Monopile Foundations
Siemens SWT-3.6-120
Turbine
Design is on-going
Client:

Jacket Foundations

Design Aspects

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01
Primary Steel Design
02
Secondary Steel Design

02

03
Scour assessment
04
Metocean Assessment

04

05
Geotechnical Assessment
06
Risk Assessment

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05

03

Overall Advantages
g
Concept
p is well suited to large
g site with
varying conditions:
Varying soil conditions can be
accommodated by
Different pile penetrations
Increased foot print

Little sensitivity to large waves

Limited
dd
dynamic amplification
lf
off loads
l d d
due
to high stiffness
Covers large variations in water depth by
Cantilevering piles with use of same jacket or
Modified
M difi d geometry
t

Some Design
g
Considerations
Simple geometry and standard
members for easy production
Little
l sensitivity to scour and
d
sand waves
Little sensitivity to fatigue by
proper design of tubular joints
and tower/jacket transition

Detailed Stresses in
Tubular Joints
Hot spot stresses
determined by Finite
Element
l
Analysis
l
Interaction between
members through
influence matrices
Determine local joint
j
flexibilities
Minimize member
di
diameters
t
tto reduce
d
wave loads

Transition from Jacket to WTG Tower

Concrete

Steel Cone

Steel Bracing

INSTALLATION
SEQUENCE

Production and Installation

Production
Mass Production
Production Facilities in NL, BE, DK, GER, UK, etc.
Limited storage area needed compared to concrete foundations

Installation Operations
Pile Driving
Jacket Lift
Transition Lift (only for Concrete)
Grouting
Continuous flow in installation by use of two jack-up vessels for jacket
installation - one for piling and one for jacket lift

Delivery of Piles
01
Pile Driving Jack-Up
02
Piles Delivered by
Tugboat and Barge
03
Piling Template and
Hammer

03

01

02

Pile driving
01
Upper and Lower
Templates, Middle
Guides
02
All four Piles
Positioned in Guides
03
All Piles Driven to
Target Penetration

01

02
03

Delivery of Jackets
01
Jack-up for Jacket and TP Installation
02
Jackets and TPs on Barge
g
03
Four installed Piles
04
Piling well ahead of Jacket Installation

04

02

01

03

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Jacket Lift
01
Jacket lowered onto
cantilevered p
piles

01

02
Supported by temporary
Jacks by Piles
03
Row of finished Jackets

02

Transition Lift
01
TP installed on Jacket
02
Remote controlled
levelling at Piles or TP
and grouting of the
connections

01

02

Jacket installed

Summary & Conclusions

A well known and proven versatile offshore
structure can be adapted to mass fabrication
and installation in offshore wind
At deeper water jacket foundations will be
competitive
Adapts
p well to large
g sites with different soil
conditions and water depths
Standardised p
production of jacket
j
sections and
transition piece is required
Mass p
production of identical tubular jjoints for
K-joint and X-joint connections
Cost per kilo for the jacket is the key to success

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