ROCKMAT is an innovative and patented concept of offshore wind foundations adapted to rocky or uneven seabeds. With no site preparation or drilling, ROCKMAT is a lower cost solution that can be implemented using only the local industry and at no cost to the marine environment. ROCKMAT is a self-floating foundation, lowered by hydrodynamic ballast. Accurate leveling is achieved by a system of underwater jacks. Concrete is injected in flexible cofferdams bags to fill in seabed irregularities of 1 meter, eliminating the need for site preparation. BENEFITS * No seabed preparation * No costly lifting operation * No need to core boreholes, except in special cases * The construction can be performed by the local industry * Easy decommissioning by an air injection into the caisson * No environmental impact on the seabed * Structure can be reused/moved PARTNERS * CETEAL, Structure * CATHIE ASSOCIATES, Geotechnics * DV OFFSHORE, Marine Operations * BUSINESS CRESCENDO, Strategy and Bus! iness Development
