DEME Offshore installs offshore substation of 500 MW Fecamp offshore wind project

DEME Offshore has completed the installation of the offshore substation of the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm project located about 13 km off the coast of Fecamp in Normandy, France. 

The installation of the 1,300-tonne jacket and the 2,200-tonne topside was carried out by 'Orion’, the newest member of the DEME fleet which includes the DP2 jack-up vessel ‘Sea Installer’ and Allseas’ heavy lift vessel ‘Pioneering Spirit’ which were deployed in the previous construction operations. 

The project's electrical substation was constructed by a consortium of companies composed of Atlantique Offshore Energy, the business unit of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, GE Grid Solutions, and DEME Group’s French subsidiary SDI.