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By mid-February 2016, installation of all 72 monopile foundations for Vattenfall’s 288 MW Sandbank offshore wind farm had been completed. A reNews report dated 12 February 2016 states that the final monopile foundation was laid that week at the construction site around 90 km off the island of Sylt. The jack-up vessel Pacific Orca carried out the campaign, completing the works about two weeks later than scheduled due to unfavourable weather. The first EEW-fabricated monopile had been installed in July 2015, so the completed installation marked the end of the dedicated monopile foundation phase and prepared the site for subsequent turbine tower and nacelle installation.