Houston-headquartered Friede & Goldman Ltd (F&G), long a leader in jack-up technology, has partnered with Rotterdam-headquartered Tetrahedron B.V. to offer an interesting new wind turbine installation solution for the U.S. offshore wind market.
Called NewWindShape, it is not based on the use of a large conventional WTIV (wind turbine installation vessel) designed to transport turbine components as well as install them. Instead, the turbines are installed using a relatively small F&G designed jack-up, fitted with a Tetrahedron leg-encircling crane…
