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HOCHTIEF AG: New jack-up platform THOR

The HOCHTIEF jack-up platform THOR is one of the biggest platforms for installing wind energy facilities offshore. It can set 
up wind energy facilities of the latest generation. The fixed 500-ton crane has been designed for safe and efficient work 
from the sea.

The legs are 82 meters long and enable set-up in water depths of up to 50 meters. Each weighs 550 tons. The jack-up platform, on which a 500-ton crane has been installed, also offers accommodation for 48 people.

Another HOCHTIEF jack-up platform Odin was used for the alpha ventus wind farm, 45 kilometers off the island of Borkum. For Germany's first offshore wind farm, Odin anchored the entire transformer station, a multi-element structure, in the sea bed at a water depth of more than 30 meters ... and was also used for installing six of the twelve wind energy facilities for the alpha ventus wind farm. Since its conversion in 2009, Odin features a 300-ton crane and offers accommodation units for 40 people. 

For more information please visit www.hochtief-construction.de

Posted May 25, 2010

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