Doubling down | giant DEME and Fred Olsen vessels in 'tandem' Kaskasi wind foundation drive
Contractors have already installed 22 out of 39 monopiles at 342MW project in German North Sea
Belgium’s DEME Offshore and Norway’s Fred Olsen have been operating ‘tandem transport and installation operations’ at RWE’s 342MW Kaskasi offshore wind project.
DEME’s Neptune installation vessel has been working in synch with Fred Olsen Windcarrier’s Blue Tern to so far install 22 out of 39 monopiles at the site in the German North Sea. It is the commercial debut in the form of a first turbine foundation installation contract for Fred Olsen.
DEME Offshore is managing the operations and is providing all the seafastening, handling and hammering equipment, the company said.
“In a very short time, a great team comprising RWE, DEME, IQIP and Fred Olsen professionals joined forces to prepare and launch the installation capabilities required,” DEME renewables business unit director Bas Nekeman said.
The contractor is also in charge of installing all transition pieces, Siemens Gamesa turbines and inter-array cables, while a substation has already been erected, using the DP2 heavy lift vessel Gulliver, operated by DEME’s joint venture company Scaldis.
Kaskasi is due to be online by the end of this year when it will generate enough power for 400,000 German homes, RWE has said earlier.
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