Gallery: Gemini's jackets start journey to site

The jackets to support Gemini's substations are ready for installation
They were made by Smulders Foundations and contractor Van Oord
The jackets left the port of Vlissingen, Netherlands
They will be installed at the Gemini project site, 85 kilometres off the coast
Each jacket measures 32 metres by 32 metres and 58 meters high
Gemini is a 600MW offshore project using 4MW Siemens turbines
Gemini is expected online in 2017

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The jacket structures, measuring 32-metres wide, were loaded out of the Lements yard in Vlissingen, Netherlands this week.

They will support the 600MW project's two high-voltage substations, which will be exported from the Port of Antwerp in a few weeks, according to a Gemini spokesperson.

Project EPC contractor Van Oord and Dutch firm Smulders Foundations manufactured the jackets.

The project is located 85-kilometres off the Dutch coast and is expected online in 2017.

The project will use Siemens' 4MW turbine with a 130-metre rotor, with monopile foundations. Earlier this month, Van Oord installed the first of the 150 monopiles from its Aeolus vessel.

The 600MW project is owned by Northland Power (60%), Siemens (20%), Van Oord (10%) and HVC (10%).