DEME has been awarded two contracts from cable options supplier Prysmian for the engineering and set up works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid techniques within the Netherlands, whose mixed price is over $315 million.
This is probably the most in depth cabling award in DEME’s historical past and marks the corporate’s first undertaking involving Prysmian’s 525 kV HVDC cable know-how, that includes elevated transmission capability, in line with the corporate.
The contracts embody cable set up, landfall and rock placement, dredging, and infrastructure works.
This consists of the engineering and the set up works of two 12-km lengthy 525 kV HVDC cable techniques inside the lake Veerse Meer and 126 km of 525 kV HVDC cable system offshore.
Additionally, the Belgian offshore contractor will perform preparation and supporting works for IJmuiden Ver Alpha, comprising route preparation, surveys, landfalls and rock placement, in addition to pre-sweeping and rock placement works for the Nederwiek 1 undertaking.
DEME will deploy a wide range of vessels from its fleet, together with cable set up vessels, hopper dredgers and a fallpipe vessel. In addition, the undertaking will cowl the seaside works and cofferdam buildings on the cable touchdown places.
The works are scheduled to start in levels from 2025.
IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 are offshore grid connection techniques operated by TenneT that can hyperlink two future offshore wind farms within the Dutch North Sea to the province of Zeeland within the southwestern a part of the Netherlands.
The first connection will likely be operational in 2029, and the second in 2030.
“We are proud to be working with Prysmian on this landmark project in the Netherlands, which will ultimately deliver 4 GW of clean energy,” mentioned Philip Scheers, Business Unit Director at DEME Offshore.
