Offshore staff
ZWIJNDRECHT, The Netherlands — DEME Offshore has successfully installed the offshore substation of the Fécamp offshore wind farm, deploying Orion, the newest member of the DEME fleet.
Orion has now installed the 1,300-tonne jacket and the 2,200-tonne topside, completing the project on schedule on Aug. 11.
Four months ago, DEME carried out the pre-installation of the offshore substation’s foundations utilizing another member of the fleet, the Sea Installer DP2 jackup vessel. DEME Offshore said its subsea template facilitated a seamless installation, although in challenging environmental and soil conditions.
In August 2021, DEME installed the first offshore substation in France at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, deploying Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit heavy-lift vessel.
Three offshore substation installation projects in France Fécamp’s electrical substation were constructed by a consortium including Atlantique Offshore Energy, the business unit of Chantiers de l’Atlantique dedicated to renewable marine energies, GE Grid Solutions and DEME Group’s French subsidiary SDI.
The same consortium has been selected to design, manufacture and install the electrical substations for the Saint-Nazaire and Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farms in France.
08.12.2022
