The Anonymous Widower

Electron Beam Welded Foundation To Debut At Dogger Bank In Late 2023

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

A collaboration between SSE Renewables, Sif Group, Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE), and TWI, has resulted in the first-ever electron beam welded section to be incorporated in an offshore wind turbine monopile foundation.

This is the first paragraph.

The resulting can was incorporated into a monopile transition piece in January 2023 and is scheduled to be installed offshore as part of a foundation in the second phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, located more than 130 kilometres off the Northeast coast of England, in late 2023.

And this paragraph details the advantages.

The technology – developed by CVE – has been shown to weld monopiles at least 25 times faster than current methods, whilst using 90 per cent less energy, costing 88 per cent less, and producing 97 per cent less CO2 emissions than SAW methods, the partners said.

Everybody thinks of biotech and electronics, when they think of Cambridge, but this is two Cambridge companies; Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE) and The Welding Institute (TWI) innovating at the heaviest end of mechanical engineering.

Note.

1. Cambridge Vacuum Engineering has a comprehensive web site.
2. The technology is called Ebflow and is described on this web page.
3. The Welding Institute has a comprehensive web site.

When I lived near Cambridge, I used to play real tennis at the Cambridge University Real Tennis Club. One of the guys I played against was a cousin of JRR Tolkien and he sold vacuum engineering machines to the world. He had some fascinating tales about dealing with the Russians, where signed copies of his cousin’s books made excellent bribes.

May 11, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Cambridge Vacuum Engineering, Dogger Bank Wind Farms, Offshore Wind Power, The Welding Institute, Welding, Wind Power