DEME Offshore has landed a contract to install foundations at Ocean Winds’ 882MW Moray West wind farm off north-east Scotland.
The Belgian contractor’s deal is valued in the range of €50-150m, it said.
DEME Offshore’s scope includes the installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces, as first reported exclusively in the 4 August edition of subscriber-only reNEWS.
The project will be the first time XXL monopiles will be installed in the winter period, and DEME will deploy its double-staged, motion compensated pile gripper. Moray West will also be the first time a vibro-hammer is being utilised for the XXL monopiles to overcome weaker soil layers.
As well as the XXL monopiles and transition pieces, DEME will perform the bolting and grouting works for the monopile/transition piece connections.
The floating DP3 offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ will install the monopiles and jackup ‘Apollo’ will be deployed for the installation of transition pieces.
The installation campaign will take place between 2023-2024.