A consortium of Atlantique Offshore Energy, GE Grid Solutions and Deme Offshore has been selected to deliver offshore substations to two EDF Renewables projects off France.
The group will provide the hardware for the 450MW Courseulles and 498MW Fecamp projects, Atlantique Offshore said.
The Fecamp unit will be delivered in 2022, while components for Courseulles will be installed the following year.
Atlantique Offshore is responsible for the design, fabrication and commissioning of both topside platforms and associated jacket foundations.
GE Grid Solutions will provide and commission platform HV electrical and safety systems. Deme Offshore will tackle the transport and installation of the units, including pre-piling works.
“This choice allows us to strengthen the French industrial sector of offshore wind power, which is facing a particularly competitive market dynamic,” Atlantique Offshore Energy Director Frédéric Grizaud said.
“After our first successes in Europe, we are proud to consolidate our industrial know-how on these projects. This strategy gives us the needed visibility to address in parallel other projects being developed in France and worldwide”.
The same consortium has meanwhile kicked-off fabrication work on the offshore substation for EDF’s 480MW Saint-Nazaire project, which is due to be installed in 2021.
EDF is developing all three projects as part of the EMF consortium, which also includes Enbridge and WPD.