Pioneering purpose-built wind turbine installation vessels under test
AuthorsWillemijn Pauw & Arjen Koop
Conference/JournalMARIN Report 100
Date26 Aug 2010
Reading time6 minutes
For large offshore wind farms significant time and therefore, cost can be reduced by using a purpose-built installation vessel. MARIN carried out a series of tests on BELUGA HOCHTIEF
Offshore's installation vessel design.
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