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‘VISSKA’ is the German acronym for a research project aimed at exploring the use of vibratory pile driving at the Kaskasi II offshore wind farm, in terms of installation, noise emissions and the impact on the behaviour of porpoises. RWE Renewables, itap GmbH, BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG as well as the University of Stuttgart (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering) and Technische Universität Berlin (Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics) signed a corresponding co-operation agreement. The German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy is funding the research project, which is being co-ordinated by RWE.
In 2021, RWE will start constructing the Kaskasi offshore wind farm (342 MW) off the German island of Heligoland. It will be one of the first commercial offshore wind farms in the world to use the improved installation method for driving the wind turbine foundations into the seabed to target penetration depth. The innovative vibro pile driving technology
RWE is leading an academic-industrial consortium that is researching quieter pile driving technology that will be piloted at its 342MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm project.
The VISSKA project, is aimed at exploring the use of vibratory pile driving at the Kaskasi offshore wind project, in terms of installation, noise emissions and the impact on the behaviour of porpoises.
The other partners are Itap GmbH, BioConsult SH, the University of Stuttgart (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering) and Technische Universitut Berlin (Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics).
Kaskasi offshore wind farm is to be constructed 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland and is expected to be commissioned in the summer of 2022.