First foundation of offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 installed off Belgium

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First foundation of offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 installed off Belgium

The first foundation of the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 has been successfully installed off the coast of Belgium. The around 50 metre high and 550 ton steel foundation (a so-called jacket foundation) was manufactured in Hoboken near Antwerp, and in the past few days it was transported via pontoons through the Scheldt estuary to its final destination around 30 kilometres off the Belgian coast.

Using a heavy duty crane, the foundation was then placed on top of the foundation piles that were already installed on the seabed and attached to them. This summer, all 25 foundations of the

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