DEME Offshore has been awarded a contract for the transport and installation of the jackets and topsides for two Hollandse Kust offshore substations in the Dutch North Sea.
DEME Offshore will also supply and install scour protection for both substations, which will be installed at the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind farms.
Both substations will be 700MW in size.
The contract was been awarded by the joint venture Engie Solutions-Lemants (a subsidiary of Smulders) that is responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction and offshore installation of the two substations.
Installation of the scour protection and jacket for Hollandse Kust Noord is planned for the second half of 2021, while the topside for Hollandse Kust Noord and jacket for West Alpha will be installed during the summer of 2022.
The topside for Hollandse Kust West Alpha will be installed in 2023.
Deme Offshore business unit director Bas Nekeman said: “We are very pleased with the trust one of the most experienced leaders in offshore substation construction has again placed in DEME Offshore.
“The combination of Engie Solutions-Lemants’ extensive know-how, combined with our expertise in tailored solutions for the offshore wind industry, has proven to be successful in the past few years when we have worked closely together to achieve challenging projects such as the SeaMade and Moray East offshore wind farms.”
The offshore platforms Hollandse Kust Noord and Hollandse Kust West Alpha will be operational by 2023 and 2024, respectively.