DEME vessel
A DEME vessel in the North Sea
EDF Renewables and Enbridge have awarded a contract to build the foundations of the Saint Nazaire offshore wind project to a consortium that includes French construction firm Eiffage and Belgian marine specialist DEME.
The contract, valued at over €500-million, calls for the design, construction and installation of 80 steel foundations for the 480 MW offshore wind farm. Design work is already underway on the foundations, with production scheduled to begin next spring.
Upon completion of the foundations, they will be transported to the site, between 12 and 20 km off the Guerande peninsula in western France.
Then, they will be installed into the rocky seabed at depths of between 12 and 25 metres. Installation is expected to be completed by the summer of 2022.
Saint Nazaire is expected generate 20% of the Loire-Atlantique region's total power requirements when it is complete.
Jan Vandenbroeck, general manager of French subsidiaries at DEME, said, “The contract highlights our technical expertise in providing innovative solutions for the offshore wind industry. The Saint-Nazaire project will deliver drilled monopiles, a new step forward in the offshore wind industry.”
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