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As the number of offshore wind projects burgeons, Dutch engineering firm Kenc admits it’s ‘all hands on deck’ to keep up with demand – not least because of the increasing size of the wind turbines coming down the chain.

Kenc Engineering has just secured multiple projects for DEME in France, Taiwan and the UK, and indeed since issuing a press release about its fourth such project being awarded on March 24, it has now secured 15 projects in total.

Kenc Engineering

Kenc offers a range of equipment for the offshore industry, such as mooring pile seafastenings to secure equipment onto vessel decks; heavy-lift cranes; mobile monopile upending tools; pre-piling templates and fallpipe and pipe-lay equipment.

The difference with Kenc, says business development manager Vincent Vinkoert, is that Kenc will complete the entire process, from design to fabrication to ultimate delivery.

“We take the lead in the construction, in the logistics, and the commissioning of the seafastenings, and we are also the ones responsible if things go wrong,” he says. “We don’t just design and deliver the drawings to the client, which carries the risk that the drawings are not correct – we deliver the design.

“A lot of companies want to limit their risk but we deliver a turnkey solution. Some of the bigger firms might do the fabrication too but they are not a competitive.”

One of the issues facing engineers in the industry is the seemingly limitless size of wind turbines coming out of factories these days, as was a common theme at the recent WindEurope exhibition and conference in Bilbao, which Vinkoert attended.

“In my opinion it’s the developers who are forcing the manufacturers to increase the size of the turbines,” Vinkoert says. “On the business side we see that 15MW is the biggest currently but they will get bigger. A diameter of nine metres monopile is currently the limit but it’s a matter of time in the coming years that they will get bigger.”

Other than the locations of the wind farm projects awarded to Kenc, Vinkoert did not give further details.

“We are pleased to be working with DEME on these projects,” said lead engineer Cor Hilbrink. “I am confident that our team’s dedication and expertise will meet all expectations, delivering our solutions on time and helping to shape the future of sustainable offshore energy.”