General – Cable Installation
The second cable installation vessel in the DEME fleet, Viking Neptun, recently arrived at the DEME Base in Vlissingen for the first time!
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Carousel system for DEME’s Viking Neptun
General – Cable Installation Vessel
Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract to design, supply and commission an 8,000 tonne capacity, deck mounted cable carousel system for DEME’s new high-tech cable installation vessel Viking Neptun.
[Read more…] about Carousel system for DEME’s Viking NeptunThistle Wind Partners announces first supplier contracts
Wind Energy – ScotWind
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a partnership between DEME, Qair and Aspiravi, enters the new year with a series of new supplier contracts for its two ScotWind projects.
[Read more…] about Thistle Wind Partners announces first supplier contractsDEME secures substantial inter-array cable contract in US
Wind Energy – DEME Offshore
Offshore installation services company DEME Offshore has won a ‘substantial contract for the transportation and installation of the inter-array cables for the Empire Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms being developed in the U.S. by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP.
[Read more…] about DEME secures substantial inter-array cable contract in USDEME award Tekmar CPS contract for Dogger Bank C
Wind Energy – CPS
Tekmar Group announced that DEME Offshore has awarded the contract to supply Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the third phase of Dogger Bank C Wind Farm.
[Read more…] about DEME award Tekmar CPS contract for Dogger Bank CBlue Innovation Award for DEME Offshore
General – Awards
Tonight in Antwerp, Belgium, DEME Offshore was honoured with the Blue Innovation Award for the ground-breaking drilling solution to install foundations for wind farms in a rocky seabed and the successful completion of the Saint-Nazaire wind farm.
[Read more…] about Blue Innovation Award for DEME OffshoreMoray West awards foundation installation contract to DEME Offshore
Wind Energy – Moray West
After the successful completion of Moray East for Ocean Winds in 2020, DEME is pleased to announce that it will be back in the Moray Firth installing the foundations for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland.
[Read more…] about Moray West awards foundation installation contract to DEME OffshoreConsortium awarded export cable contract Norfolk Vanguard Wind Farm
Wind Energy – Cable Installation
Vattenfall has awarded the export cable contract for the Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm in the UK to preferred bidders, DEME Offshore and LS Cable & System.
[Read more…] about Consortium awarded export cable contract Norfolk Vanguard Wind FarmUnveiling ceremony of DEME’s Sea Challenger in Tokyo
General – Japan
On December 6, the scale model of the DP2 turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger was unveiled in Tokyo, Japan, featuring an upgraded 1,600-tonne crane.
[Read more…] about Unveiling ceremony of DEME’s Sea Challenger in TokyoFrance’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm starts full operations
Wind Energy – Saint-Nazaire
France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm Saint-Nazaire started full operations on Wednesday, adding 480 megawatts of capacity to the grid.
Guests attending the grand opening ceremony included Hugo Bouvy, Managing Director DEME Offshore. He stated that drilling of monopiles in solid rock was a novelty for DEME Offshore and will likely soon be followed by more challenging projects in France.
The Saint-Nazaire wind farm, located between 12 and 20 km off France’s west coast, consists of 80 turbines and will provide clean energy to power the equivalent of 400,000 homes annually, or 20% of the Loire-Atlantique region’s electricity consumption.
The Saint-Nazaire project took 10 years to complete. In September, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the site and vowed to cut red tape to halve the time it takes in France to get renewable projects off the ground.
France is aiming to produce a third of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and earlier this year. Macron said he wants France to have about 50 offshore wind farms by 2050.
