​BASF launches MasterFlow 9000^® series ultra-high strength grout solutions for cost-efficient, durable wind turbines in Japan

• Increases wind farm reliability while significantly reducing installation and operation costs
  
• Proven track record in wind energy projects globally
  
• Achieved DNV GL Type Approval Certificate for offshore wind turbine grouts
  

Tokyo, Japan – July 4, 2017 – BASF today launched in Japan the MasterFlow 9000 series, a range of specially formulated grouts to deliver ultra-high strength structural stabilization and provide superior strength and precision alignment, in the most demanding environments for both on- and offshore wind turbine installations.

Compared to conventional grouting, the MasterFlow 9000 series shows excellent fatigue durability and resistance to repeated dynamic loads caused by rotational, bending and axial loads from the wind turbine. 

Takahiro Ikeda, Director, Construction Chemicals, BASF Japan Ltd. said, "Wind energy is an important alternative energy source and has received great attention as a renewable energy in Japan recently. We have been working closely with wind energy specialists to make the installation and system operation of wind turbines faster, more secure and more cost-effective. Our MasterFlow 9000 series effectively handles rotational, bending, torsional and axial loads. These products are designed to withstand extremely demanding conditions, providing security, stability and alignment for a long service-life.” 

With excellent physical properties and a high modulus of elasticity, MasterFlow 9000 series grouts not only develop high early strength even at low temperatures but also have splendid flow properties at high temperatures. As premixed products, they are easy to handle on site, and can be prepared by adding a predetermined amount of mixing water during use. When evenly mixed, the grouts maintain flowability, are pumpable and exhibit high early strength, which shortens the overall project construction period.

Three grout solutions were introduced today in Japan: 

MasterFlow 9500:  An ultra-high strength grout for grouted connections used in offshore installations such as monopile / transition piece foundations, jackets, tripods and tripiles or gravity based concrete foundations. 

The Type Approval Certification from DNV GL (Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd) for offshore concrete structures demonstrates high reliability for the installation and operation of an offshore wind farm.

Monopile transition piece foundations grouted with MasterFlow 9500 at the offshore windfarm at West of Duddon Sands, UK.

MasterFlow 9300: an ultra-high strength wind turbine grout, based on a special cement and metallic aggregate, developed for grouting onshore wind power installations.

MasterFlow 9300 grout used to connect the wind turbine towers to the concrete foundations at the onshore Clyde Windfarm, Scotland.

MasterFlow 9200: a special ultra-high strength grout exclusively developed and customized for use in onshore wind turbines manufactured by Vestas Wind Systems A/S Denmark. This product is highly compatible with the unique design and requirements of Vestas’s onshore wind turbine installations.

MasterFlow 9200 grout, exclusively developed for onshore wind turbines manufactured by Vestas Wind Systems A/S  Denmark, used to connect the towers to the foundations at Belen, Turkey.

BASF has a proven track record with the MasterFlow 9000 series wind turbine grouts, which have been installed at wind farms in Europe, Australia, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, China, Philippines and Thailand.

“With MasterFlow 9000 series, we can help solve the current challenge facing the construction industry and facilitate the growth of sustainable energy in Japan,” continued Mr. Ikeda.

BASF will showcase the MasterFlow 9000 series as sustainable solution in future at Concrete Techno Plaza, held by Japan Concrete Institute in Sendai from July 12 to July 14, 2017.