Menck has signed a contract with Van Oord to deliver the hammer spread for the installation of the Taranto offshore wind farm.The installation of 10 monopiles, each supporting a 3MW turbine, will begin in Q3 2021 using the installation vessel MPI Resolution and is expected to take 16 days. Menck will supply one MHU 800S hydraulic hammer spread, including service technicians. The 30MW Taranto project will be Italy’s first offshore wind farm and the first to be built in the Mediterranean Sea. The project is being run by Italian company Renexia.
