Seatrium’s Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms has been contracted to construct two offshore substation platforms for Empire Offshore Wind.
Singapore-headquartered Seatrium Limited studies that its Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms Pte. Ltd. (SMOP) subsidiary has been awarded a contract by Empire Offshore Wind LLC price greater than SGD 500 million (about US$378 million). It covers the engineering, procurement, building, offshore hook-up and commissioning of two offshore substation (OSS) platforms for the Empire Wind 1 and a couple of offshore wind farms positioned about 20 miles south of Long Island, N.Y.
Empire Offshore Wind is a three way partnership of Equinor and BP and following completion the OSS platforms will likely be operated by Equinor.
Construction works on the 810 MW Empire Wind 1 platform and the 1,260 MW Empire Wind 2 platform are anticipated to start in fourth quarter 2023 and second half 2024 respectively at Seatrium’s Singapore and Indonesia yards.
Seatrium can also be establishing the subsequent era wind turbine set up vessel (WTIV) ordered at Sembcorp Marine by Maersk Supply for deployment on the Empire Wind farms (in partnership with Kirby Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of Kirby Corporation, which can present the feeder barge unfold in compliance with the Jones Act). Seatrium’s Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, meantime, is establishing the primary (and to this point solely) Jones Act compliant WTIV to be ordered at a U.S. shipyard.
“We are heartened to be chosen by Empire Wind as a trusted partner for the engineering, procurement, construction, offshore hook-up and commissioning of the Empire Wind 1 and 2 wind farm OSS platforms, which will contribute towards advancing sustainability and decarbonization through their U.S. operations,” stated Seatrium CEO Chris Ong. “The contract win is an endorsement of Seatrium’s proven expertise in delivering a diverse suite of turnkey solutions for the offshore renewables and wind energy sector.”
