Design of the FINO3
FINO3 consists of the following main components:
- lightning rod
- three-sided lattice tower with booms between 30 and 105 m high
- helicopter deck
- bridge for oceanographic measurements
- work deck
- transition piece with jetty design
- six diagonal supports for the platform corners and the base points of the mast
- monopile (foundation pipe) with an anchoring depth of approx. 30 m and a total length of 55 m
Technical specifications:
| Total height of structure | 172 m |
| Height of platform deck | 22 m |
| Water depth | 22 m |
| Anchoring depth in seabed | 30 m |
| Diameter of monopile | 3.0 – 4.7m |
| Edge length of mast | 1.8 – 6 m |
| Boom length | 3.1 – 8.8 m |
| Area of platform deck | 13 m x 13 m |
| Diameter of helicopter deck | 14 m |
| Total mass | 600 t |