Pile driving, pile handling & lifting
Integrated solutions for your Offshore Wind project
IQIP has succesfully executed 190+ projects
Creating the high-quality equipment you need
IQIP is always investing in the development of innovative noise mitigation solutions that ensure an environmentally friendly installation of offshore wind projects. We have been a partner in creating renewable energy for many years, contributing to the energy transition, by installing foundations for offshore wind farms. Working safely and protecting marine life during pile driving are among our highest priorities.
IQIP offers proven technology for effective noise mitigation during pile driving, which complies the strictest regulations such as PULSE, the Integrated Monopile Installer and EQ-Piling Technology.
We are your trusted partner in laying the foundations for successful projects and a sustainable future.
The monopile is an increasingly popular foundation to support offshore wind turbines and will remain the dominant design for wind farms. At the moment, the largest size installed, known as ‘XL monopiles’, are approaching 10 m diameter. However, even larger wind turbines are now on the drawing board which would require the next generation of ‘XXL monopiles’ and the equipment to install and handle them.
The future is to go bigger in offshore wind and IQIP is keen to accommodate these developments. Our aim is to develop equipment that can facilitate the growth in monopiles. We will do this by supersizing current proven techniques and by developing new techniques, for example the Flange Pile Upending Tool (FPUT) XL, Hydrohammer IQ, XL Sleeves, Combi Lifting Spread (CLS) 3,000T and EQ-Piling Technology.
At IQIP, we recognise that people, the planet and profit are not mutually exclusive. Part of our philosophy is ‘No Hands on Deck®’, because we believe the safest way to work is to have as few people directly involved in potentially hazardous operations as possible. IQIP aims to achieve safer and more environmentally friendly operations, and we can do this through our products and our continuous improvement approach. Our work is never done because once we have developed the tools, we work on improving them, creating add-ons and integrating new solutions.
True to our philosophy of “No Hands on Deck”, we continue to work on our Combi Lifting Spread (CLS). By creating the CLS, we have not only reduced crane movements by over 50%, but also the workforce required for manually connecting the slings between the crane and the installation equipment. We made the whole operation safer by limiting human involvement – fewer hands on deck. Together with less wear and tear, this has a direct impact on the maintenance costs of the installation equipment.
A floating wind turbine is an offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the turbine to generate electricity in water depths where fixed foundation turbines are not feasible. Since 80 percent of the world’s potential offshore wind resources are at water depths beyond the monopiles limit, attention is shifting to the prospect of floating foundations for wind turbines. It opens the door to sites further offshore by allowing the deployment of wind turbines in larger and deeper offshore areas with higher wind potential. Building on a proven track record, IQIP offers attractive and cost-effective pile driving, handling and lifting equipment for floating offshore wind farms.
