Steel cut on hybrid-electric SOV for EnBW
North Star and shipbuilding partner Cochin Shipyard have cut steel on a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) that will head to the German offshore wind farm He Dreiht.
The Vard-designed vessel has a new hull form to mitigate sea state and wave height challenges, said North Star, without giving details.
“To drive high performance and efficiencies, the high specification SOV includes Electric Voith Schneider propulsion (eVSP) and is designed to use methanol as a fuel in future,” says North Star. “The ship is also fully equipped with a height adjustable motion compensated gangway and 3D compensated crane. It also uses the best available technology to support decarbonisation, including North Star’s Decision Support system, designed to optimise real-time systems and solutions onboard.”
The He Dreiht offshore wind farm, owned by utility EnBW, is Germany’s largest so far, comprising 64 turbines with an output capacity of 960MW. This will double EnBW’s current offshore portfolio and is being installed next to the Albatros and Hohe See farms.
The Vestas turbines each have a diameter of 236 metres with a hub height of 142 metres.
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