DEME Offshore has completed installation of 20 jacket foundations and two offshore substations at the 950MW Moray East wind farm off north-east Scotland.
The Belgian marine contractor hailed the progress as a “major milestone” for work on the 100-turbine project in the Moray Firth.
DEME said completion of two of three substations will allow Moray East to “swiftly proceed to the next phase and the follow-on activities such as the export cable works”.
Seajacks jack-up Scylla is installing the jacket foundations for the EPCI contractor out of the staging port of Nigg (pictured).
DEME Offshore business unit director Jan Klaassen said: “We are proud to have proven that combining the design, construction and installation of the offshore substation foundations and wind turbine foundations is clearly a workable solution for the industry, especially in an EPCI contract format.
“The fact that DEME Offshore is successfully installing both the substation platforms and jackets, despite the many exceptional complications brought by the Coronavirus pandemic and ongoing knock-on effects, highlights that we always do our utmost to fulfil the requirements of our customers, whatever circumstances we face.”
He added: “We have dedicated a specialist team and significant management resources to this mammoth project to ensure operations are conducted to the highest safety and quality standards and that every detail is thoroughly considered before the next stage of the wind farm’s development.”