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Orion successfully installs the Fécamp ofshore substation jacket and topside

DEME Ofshore has successfully installed the ofshore substation of the Fécamp ofshore wind farm, deploying Orion. Orion has now installed the 1,300t jacket and the 2,200t topside, completing the project on schedule on 11 August.

Just four months previously, DEME carried out the preinstallation of the ofshore substation’s foundations utilising another member of the feet, the DP2 jack-up vessel Sea Installer. DEME Ofshore’s subsea template facilitated a seamless installation, although in challenging environmental and soil conditions. In August 2021, DEME installed the very frst ofshore substation in France at the Saint-Nazaire ofshore wind farm, deploying Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit.

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Miros wins trio of sensor contracts

Miros Group has secured a trio of three-year agreements with Subsea 7 to install its internet of things (IoT) dry-sensor WaveSystem. As part of project requirements for the monitoring of wave and current to a water depth of 10m, WaveSystem will be installed on three of Subsea 7’s pipelay support vessels – Seven Waves, Seven Rio and Seven Sun – alongside access to Miros Cloud services delivering real-time sea state data. The award for Miros follows an agreement between Subsea 7 and Petrobras in Brazil for new long-term, day-rate vessel contracts. Each contract comprises a three-year period plus a subsequent one-year option. The contracts are due to commence between Q1 and Q3 2022.

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Steerprop to supply propulsion package for frst-of-its-kind wind installation vessel

Steerprop has been awarded a major order to supply the complete propulsion package for a state-of-the-art Wind Installation Vessel (WIV). The order builds upon Steerprop’s extensive support and successful track record in delivering ft-for-purpose solutions to the ofshore renewables sector. The order was placed in May 2022 by Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine who has secured a contract for the construction of the vessel for Maersk Supply Service. The company’s scope includes six of Steerprop’s ducted L-drive azimuth propulsors with an output power of 4,500kW and two 900kW Steerprop Tunnel Thrusters for dynamic positioning, maneuvering, and transit operations. To support safe and reliable operations with low lifecycle costs, Steerprop Care condition monitoring is also included as part of the package. The jack-up type WIV features a frst-of-its-kind design with a load transfer system patented by Maersk Supply Service. The design also takes into consideration the need to operate safely and efciently in the harsh sea conditions the vessel is likely to face while serving the Empire Ofshore Wind project of the eastern coast of the USA.

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RWE and SolarDuck accelerate ofshore foating solar at scale

RWE and the Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck signed a collaboration agreement to develop the use of foating solar parks at sea. To accelerate the learnings on SolarDuck’s foating solar technology, RWE will invest in a frst ofshore pilot in the North Sea. The project is a frst step in the collaboration and lays the foundation for a larger demonstration project at the Dutch ofshore wind farm Hollandse Kust West (HKW). RWE is tendering for this project and has included SolarDuck into its bid with a highly innovative combination of ofshore foating solar with integrated storage solutions. The ofshore foating solar technology, as developed by SolarDuck, establishes a new frontier for solar energy and provides an answer to increasing land scarcity for the generation of renewable energy.

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Inno’vent, made in France CTV

As the installation of the wind turbines on the SaintNazaire ofshore wind farm is underway, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit Limited are pleased to announce the delivery to GE Renewable Energy of Inno’vent, the frst Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) dedicated to the transfer of technicians and their equipment between the coast and the wind farm for turbine maintenance. Louis Dreyfus Armateurs paid particular attention to the choice of local partners and ensured that the most virtuous solutions were implemented. The innovative design of this new unit was created by Mauric, a naval architecture frm based in Nantes and a member of Neopolia, while the construction is being carried out by the French shipyard OCEA, a leader in the design, construction and maintenance of aluminium ships, with production sites in La Rochelle, Les Sables d’Olonne, Fontenay-le-Comte, and Saint-Nazaire. Inno’vent is the frst of two CTVs ordered by GE Renewable energy entirely designed and built in France. They will sail under the French fag, 1st register.

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Fugro assists Vattenfall with Norfolk ofshore wind development

Fugro has been awarded a new marine site investigation contract by Vattenfall for their Norfolk Boreas ofshore wind farm located of England’s east coast. The 1.4GW wind farm forms part of Vattenfall’s Norfolk Zone and will generate enough clean energy to power 1.5 million UK homes while ofsetting 2.3t million of carbon emissions a year. This investigation follows on from a four-month marine site characterisation campaign in 2020. From August 2022, Fugro will mobilise multiple geophysical and geotechnical vessels from local ports to complete full coverage surveys across the Norfolk Boreas wind farm, inter-array cables and export cable routes. These operations will include the use of Fugro’s SEACALF Mk V DeepDrive system for seabed cone penetration tests (CPTs) and Fugro’s innovative Blue Snake geotechnical system. The Blue Snake integrates CPT and sampling technology to enable safe, efcient, and high-quality data acquisition along the cable route. These assets will ensure high rates of operability while also meeting Fugro’s standards for safety and sustainability.