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VAN OORD “By integrating carbon capture into an FPSO, we are with vibration inside the monopile to fuidize surround- not only reducing emissions from operations, but also ing soil and reduce resistance during installation, allowing building understanding of how such systems perform off- piles to sink with lower force.

shore,” Yinson Production said. Van Oord said the method was deployed from its in-

Yinson Production added the deployment refects on- stallation vessel Boreas and applied across the project’s going collaboration with partners to introduce new tech- monopile installation campaign, with all 52 foundations nologies on operating offshore assets. installed at the site.

According to GBM Works, the system allows precise operational control through its Fluidfow prediction

VibroJet Technology Cuts Noise in Monopile In- stallation for Ofshore Wind model, which assesses soil behavior and optimizes water

Van Oord has installed monopile foundations using a jetting performance in varying seabed conditions.

combined jetting and vibration method at commercial The system was used in dense sand conditions in the scale for the frst time, aiming to reduce underwater noise Dutch North Sea, where vertical vibration technology during offshore wind construction. helps temporarily reduce soil resistance to enable instal-

The installation used GBM Works VibroJet technology lation.

together with CAPE Holland equipment at the Hollandse Data collected during installation will be used to vali-

Kust West wind farm offshore the Netherlands. date models for underwater sound and pile behavior to

The VibroJet system combines controlled water jets support wider adoption of low-noise installation methods.

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