Lifecycle overview | Guide to a floating offshore wind farm

Development & project management

Development &
project management

P.4.2.1 Geotechnical survey vessel

P.2.1.1 Ornithological and mammal surveying

P.4.1 Geophysical survey

P.4.2 Geotechnical survey

P.3 Resource and metocean assessment

P.4.1.1 Geophysical survey vessel

P.6 Project management

B.4.5 Foundation

Manufacturing

B.2 Floating substructure

B.3.2 Mooring lines

B.4 Offshore substation

B.2.1 Primary structure

Turbine assembly

Turbine assembly

I.5.1 Heavy lifting and moving equipment

I.8 Construction port

I.7 Inbound transport

I.5 Floating offshore wind turbine assembly

Pre-installation

Pre-installation

I.4.1 Anchor-handling vessel

I.2.3 Cable-laying vessel

I.1 Offshore substation installation

I.1.1 Substation installation vessel

I.2 Offshore cable installation

I.4 Anchor pre-installation

Floating offshore wind turbine installation

Floating offshore
wind turbine installation

I.6.2 Mooring line hook-up

I.6.3 Array cable hook-up

Operation & maintenance

Operations & maintenance
(offshore)

O.3.1 In-situ repair

O.2.2.1 Monitoring, inspection and repair

O.2.1.2 Unmanned aerial vehicle

O.2.2.2 Anchors and mooring system inspection and minor repair

Operations & maintenance (at port)

Operations & maintenance
(port)

O.4.2 Service operation vessels

O.3.2 Tow-to-port

O.4.1 Crew transfer vessels

Decommissioning

Decommissioning

D.1 Turbine decommissioning

D.3 Cable decommissioning

D.2 Anchor decommissioning

D.4 Offshore substation decommissioning

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