Silence is Golden

Following the news of the completion of the installation of the 60 monopiles and transition pieces at E.ON’s Arkona Becken Südost windfarm project ahead of schedule, Cathie Associates now inform that they have performed a study which enabled the reduction of noise in the water column created by monopile driving.

The study was performed for E.ON by leading offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy during the planning of the monopile installation operations. It enabled the development of a hammer energy profile which allowed monopiles to be driven at reduced energy levels while still achieving required target penetration depth within the driving pile time restrictions applicable in Germany. This successfully contributed to the reduction of the noise in the... ... More: Official Press Release Cathie Associates

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Cathie Associates, Arkona, wind farm, E.ON, noise mitigation, monopile, driving, hammer