Fabricator Iemants has completed the load-out of the jacket foundation for the offshore substation for the 396MW Merkur wind farm, which will be located in the German North Sea.
The 1700-tonne jacket was loaded at Vlissingen in the Netherlands and will be shipped to Eemshaven before being transported to the project site “in the coming weeks”, Iemants said.
The company added that final assembly of the substation topside is currently ongoing at the Hoboken yard of its joint venture partner Engie Fabricom.
The topside will be ready for load-out and sail-away in December after which it will be installed offshore, Iemants added.
Merkur will consist of 66 GE Haliade 150 6MW turbines that are slated for commissioning in 2019.
Image: Iemants/Smulders
Iemants loads Merkur jacket
Foundation for substation will sail to site of 396MW project in 'coming weeks'
By EBS