DEME’s subsidiary GeoSea to design, manufacture and install turbine foundations for EnBW offshore wind farm Hohe See in Germany
DEME Group’s offshore marine engineering subsidiary GeoSea will design, manufacture and install 71 turbine foundations for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm, for which GeoSea is Siemens’ EPCI partner, the company said in its press release. This partnership enables Siemens to provide offshore wind turbines including foundations to EnBW.
The design certification for the monopile and transition piece foundations was obtained end of 2016, the fabrication is foreseen in 2017 whilst offshore installation will take place in 2018. The EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm is situated approx. 90 km north of the island of Borkum in the German North Sea.
The project will cover an area of around 40 square kilometres with water depths of up to 40 m. Hohe See will have a total installed capacity of 497MW and feature 71 Siemens SWT-7.0-154 turbines. The wind farm will supply energy to about 560,000 households and save around 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year. Financial close for Hohe See was announced on February 17, 2017.
DEME has a long track record as marine infrastructure solutions provider in Germany and was an early mover in the development of offshore wind in most of Europe.
After successful participation in a series of other offshore wind farms in Germany including Nordsee One, Godewind, EnBW Baltic II, Borkum Riffgrund I, Amrumbank, Butendiek, Alpha Ventus and Borkum West II, the Hohe See contract is an important demonstration of clients’ trust in GeoSea’s expertise based on a combination of know-how, entrepreneurship and high tech capabilities.
About GeoSea
GeoSea is DEME’s specialist in complex offshore marine engineering projects. GeoSea offers a wide variety of services to owners of offshore assets, marine consultants and marine contractors in the sectors of offshore Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy and Civil Engineering. These services consist of the hammering and drilling of large diameter piles for offshore constructions such as jetties, mooring facilities, bridges, offshore wind farms, the installation of offshore structures, platforms and geotechnical investigations at large depths.
About DEME
The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME is an international market leader for complex marine engineering works. Building on more than 140 years of experience and know-how, DEME has organically moved into several related sectors, such as the financing of marine engineering and environmental projects, executing complex EPC related marine engineering projects including civil engineering works, the development and construction of renewable energy projects, providing services for the oil, gas and energy sector, the decontaminating and recycling of polluted soils and silts, the harvesting of marine resources, etc. DEME has the most modern, high-tech and versatile fleet. DEME Group has 4,600 employees worldwide and achieved a turnover of 2.35 billion euros in 2015.
