The Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project, which will be the first commercial offshore wind farm in the US, continues to move forward. German EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC), which manufactures for the power plants here, produced the heaviest monopile ever.weighs 4 planes
German monopile manufacturer EEW SPC has produced a full 1,895 tons of steel masts for the US’s Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. Monopiles, which are steel pipes driven into the seabed, are the carriers of other parts of the wind turbines. Each steel pipe produced by EEW SPC will be 9.6 meters in diameter and 85 meters in length.
For perspective: A Boeing 747-8 aircraft weighs 447 tons when fully loaded with fuel, cargo and passengers. Therefore, we can say that the steel pipe produced by EEW SPC weighs 4 fully loaded Boeing 747-8s.On the other hand, the USA’s Vineyard Wind 1 farm will cost 3.5 billion dollars. His farm, which will be supported by Haliade-X turbines, will produce 800 MW of energy when it reaches full capacity. This will generate clean energy and reduce carbon emissions by over 1.6 million tons per year for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts.
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