Wind Energy – Yeu and Noirmoutier
Allseas will install the offshore substation for the Yeu and Noirmoutier islands’ offshore wind farm development off France’s Pays-de-la-Loire coast.
DEME Offshore has contracted Pioneering Spirit to install the substation jacket and topside in the first half of 2024.
The ‘lift and set down’ job is very similar to the Saint-Nazaire installation job Pioneering Spirit performed for DEME in the Bay of Biscay in August 2021 – Allseas’ first assignment for the fast-growing offshore wind industry.
The wind farm is being developed by Éoliennes en Mer des Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN), a consortium including Ocean Winds (an ENGIE and EDPR joint venture), Sumitomo Corporation, La Banque des Territoires and Vendée Energie.
DEME, the main offshore contractor, has hired Allseas to execute the jacket and topside installation works. DEME will perform the installation of the pin piles for the substation foundations and transport the jacket and topside, to the installation site.
The jacket and topside structures will be transferred to Pioneering Spirit in the field and installed directly with the vessel’s 5000-t crane.
