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.
Final wind turbine for Kaskasi wind farm
Wind Energy – Kaskasi
The final wind turbine for the RWE 342-megawatt wind farm, Kaskasi, off the German coast has now been installed.
[Read more…] about Final wind turbine for Kaskasi wind farmDEME secures contracts representing 1 GW for Hai Long OWFs Taiwan
Wind Energy – Taiwan
DEME has secured contracts representing 1 GW for the Hai Long wind farms in Taiwan.
[Read more…] about DEME secures contracts representing 1 GW for Hai Long OWFs TaiwanSecondary steel installation completed at 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 OWF
Wind Energy – Arcadis Ost 1
Parkwind and DEME Offshore have completed the secondary steel installation work at the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany.
[Read more…] about Secondary steel installation completed at 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 OWFVattenfall signs agreement with LS Cable & System and DEME Group
Wind Energy – Norfolk Boreas Wind Farm
Vattenfall has taken a big step forward to delivering the Norfolk Boreas Wind Farm and has today signed a contract with LS Cable System and DEME Group to deliver the export cables that will connect the wind farm to National Grid.
[Read more…] about Vattenfall signs agreement with LS Cable & System and DEME GroupFirst Hollandse Kust Noord monopile in place
Wind Energy – Hollandse Kust Noord
Van Oord kicked off the construction of the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Noord by installing the first monopile.
[Read more…] about First Hollandse Kust Noord monopile in placeDEME Offshore contracts Seaqualize for first offshore wind feeder barge operations
Wind Energy – USA
Dutch heave compensation specialist Seaqualize has signed its first contract for their newly developed offshore lifting device: the Heave Chief 1100.
[Read more…] about DEME Offshore contracts Seaqualize for first offshore wind feeder barge operationsTopside Hollandse Kust (north) successfully installed on jacket
General – Heavy Lift
Installation vessel Orion of DEME Offshore has successfully installed the topside for the offshore transformer station Hollandse Kust (north).
[Read more…] about Topside Hollandse Kust (north) successfully installed on jacketDEME upgrades DP fallpipe vessel fleet
General – DEME Offshore
In light of upgrading its fallpipe vessel fleet, DEME has taken the decision to invest in a new DP fallpipe vessel by purchasing and converting a bulk carrier.
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