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Meet Voltaire: World’s tallest wind turbine installation ship that’s greater than Eiffel Tower

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It will play a key role in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm.

Belgian contractor Jan De Nul’s massive Voltaire wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) is on its way to help build the world’s biggest wind farm, the 3.6GW Dogger Bank in the UK North Sea, according to a press release by the company published last week.

Building a wind farm.


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“This vessel will be the second and largest jack-up vessel in Jan De Nul’s fleet, and able to support the renewable energy industry to build next generation offshore wind farms,” noted the statement.