Joint Research Project: Guidance for Grouted Connections in Pre-Piled and Lightweight Jacket Structures

Joint Industry Project by innogy SE, SPR/Iberdrola, SSE, EnBW, ORE Catapult, Ørsted, Statkraft and the Carbon Trust investigates Grouted OPC Connections with Annuli of Large Dimension (GOAL) / Study report written by Arup is anticipated by spring 2018 / Test series were carried out at KIT Karlsruhe / Project was part of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator / Environmental footprint of offshore foundation significantly reduced by use of seawater mixed grout

In the dynamic offshore wind industry, the materials used are playing a major role in reducing costs and shortening construction and maintenance times. That is why a group of developers and operators of offshore wind farms – innogy SE, SPR/Iberdrola, SSE, EnBW, Ørsted, Statkraft andORE Catapult –... ... More: Official Press Release innogy

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offshore, research, KIT, innogy, jacket, grouted connection, design