This substation, designed by Atlantique Offshore Energy, a Chantiers de l’Atlantique division, arrived in Le Havre in June.
Its steel jacket foundation was provided by Navantia in Spain, and DEME conducted the sea installation using the vessel Gulliver.
The jacket stands nearly 54 meters tall and weighs about 1,900 tonnes, constructed at the Puerto Real shipyard.
“This precise phase concludes 24 months of construction of the Dieppe-Le Tréport topside at our Saint-Nazaire site,” said Frédéric Grizaud, Director of Marine Energies at Chantiers de l’Atlantique. “We thank Eoliennes en mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT) and all teams involved. Next, the mission continues with offshore works, testing, and energization of the substation.”
Once operational, the substation will collect electricity generated by Dieppe Le Tréport’s 62 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines and transmit it via infrastructure developed by the French transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE).
The project is led by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), with shareholders Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires.
“Following the first power of the EMYN project and progress on EFGL, the installation of the Dieppe – Le Tréport offshore substation marks a milestone for Ocean Winds,” said Marc Hirt, Country Manager for Ocean Winds in France.
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