The Global Tech 1 transformer platform is designed by OVERDICK GmbH Co. KG (OV) according to Overdick’s self installing platform concept Mobile Offshore Application Barge ‘MOAB®’. The hull of the MOAB is designed to be self-floating with the substructure attached. The foundation is accomplished by suction cans. The platform is installed in the German sector of the North Sea in a water depth of approximately 40m.