Belgium- based overseas installment company DEME Offshore has actually mounted the overseas substation of the Fécamp overseas wind ranch, offshore France, utilizing its brand-new front runner vessel ‘Orion’
The DP3 installment vessel Orion is outfitted with a 5,000-tonne crane, constructed to manage the future generation of overseas wind ranch parts.
‘Orion’ has actually currently mounted the 1,300-tonne coat and also the 2,200-tonne topside, finishing the job on time on August 11.
Four months earlier, DEME likewise performed the pre-installation of the overseas substation’s structures utilizing the DP2 jack-up vessel ‘Sea Installer.’
Fécamp’s substation was built by a consortium consisting of Atlantique Offshore Energy, business device of Chantiers de l’Atlantique committed to sustainable aquatic powers, GE Grid Solutions, and also DEME Group’s French subsidiary SDI.
The very same consortium has actually likewise been picked to create, produce and also mount the electric substations for the Saint-Nazaire and also Courseulles- sur-Mer overseas wind ranches in France.
As for the 500 MW Fecamp wind ranch, it will certainly include 71 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) wind generators situated in between 13km and also 22km from the coastline of northwest France.
The power created by the wind ranch will certainly offer sufficient yearly power to fulfill the power requires for 770,000 individuals, or over 60% of the Seine-Maritime division’s populace.
Credit: DEME- ©Kloet
