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On 17 June 2013, the 40th tripod foundation was installed at the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, marking completion of the project’s first foundation installation stage after 14 trips to the construction site. The work was carried out using the jack-up vessel INNOVATION in cooperation with HOCHTIEF Solutions. Each tripod foundation weighs around 900 tonnes and is installed in approximately 40m water depth. Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH’s Technical Director, Arjen Schampers, highlighted the achievement as proof that the chosen installation technology performs well under these deep-water conditions. Following this milestone, the project moved ahead with transferring additional foundations from the Nordseewerke fabrication facilities in Emden, to be towed by the pontoon Louis for further installation campaigns, maintaining a high installation rate with loading of three foundations and nine piles on INNOVATION completed in up to 1.5 days.