• Welcome
  • Project
  • General info
  • Digital animation
  • Production simulation
  • Execution phase I
  • C-Power in the press
• Partners
• Objective
  • Objective
  • European directive
  • C-Power contribution
• Location
  • Geographical location
    • Introduction
    • BCS
    • Location
    • Shipping routes
  • Choice of location
    • Possible location within BCS
    • The various mile zones
    • Sand reclamation areas
    • The military zones
    • Gas pipes and telecom cables
    • Wildlife preservation areas
    • Shipping routes
    • Radar range
    • The Flemish sandbanks
    • The area for wind turbines
    • Wind farm applications
  • Layout of the WEP
    • Layout Wind Energy Park
    • Detail of the Thornton Bank
    • C-Power land area concession
    • The wind turbine configuration
  • Comparison
    • Comparison
    • Initial trial projects
    • Multi-megawatt projects
• Wind turbines
  • Wind turbines
  • Repower Systems
  • Dimensions
  • Rotor
  • Functional details and capacity
• Construction
  • Construction phases
  • Up till present
  • Innovation Thorntonbank
    • Construction of the foundations
    • Preparation of the seabed level
    • Transport and installation GBF
    • Installation of the windturbine
  • Digital animation
• Energy transport
  • Energy transport
  • In the wind turbine
  • Between turbines
  • Transformer
  • The submarine cables
  • The Cable landing
  • The land cables
  • Grid connection
• Environmental Impact
  • Environmental Impact
  • Avifauna
  • Landscape
  • Sea fishing
  • Marine traffic
  • Radar chain
  • Oil dispersal
• Timing
  • Timing
  • Preparation
    • Preparation
    • Permits
    • Soil investigation
    • Design and engineering
  • General planning
  • Execution phase I
• Investment
  • Investment
  • Nearshore/farshore
  • Employment
• Activities
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
• Links
  • Links
  • Regulating Bodies
  • Other Offshore Wind Farms
  • WE associations
  • Wind power
  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturers
  • Magazines
  • Scientifique Surveys
  • Database

TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION OF THE GBF ON THE THORNTONBANK

Load out of prefabricated concrete foundations	Transport & installation of the gravity foundations

Backfill of the foundation pit	Infill of the GBF

Scour Protection filter layer 60cm	Scour protection armour layer 60cm