The HC1100 can hold a suspended load of 1100 tonnes, the equivalent of approximately twenty HGVs with fully loaded trailers, still against the motions of the vessel, thus facilitating the lifting and installation of the largest wind farm components from a floating vessel. The heave compensator has been extensively tested and can compensate for the vessels' motions at sea due to swell, making installation safer, faster, and more straightforward. Not only does its operation require relatively little power, but it is also controlled, without large impact loads and without the load landing multiple times on the vessel. The HC1100 has an 'active tracking mode' that, in effect, copies every motion of a heaving vessel up to a wave height of 3.5 metres. By mimicking the motions, the HC1100 makes the same movements, preventing the suspended object from striking the vessel.