Posted on July 24, 2015
Merkur Offshore has signed with respectively
Additionally, Alstom has signed a long term service and maintenance contract. The turbines will be supplied by Alstom and installed by DEME in one of the biggest German wind farms, the 400 MW Merkur Offshore wind farm, located 45 km north of
The construction will start in 2016 and will be undertaken by GeoSea, member of the DEME Group.
Developed for the industry´s most challenging offshore conditions, Alstom Haliade 150-6MW direct drive wind turbine combines proven technology and innovation. With its high energy yield – thanks to its 150 m diameter rotor – Haliade can supply clean wind power to the equivalent of about 5,000 households. The first prototype of Haliade was installed onshore in 2012 in Le Carnet (France), followed by the first offshore pilot-installation in the wind park of
The DEME Group has participated in the construction of many large-scale European offshore wind farms including
About Alstom
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 88,000 people in around 100 countries. In Germany, Alstom has a workforce of 7,600 people who are working on 23 sites in power generation, energy transmission and rail infrastructure.
About DEME
The Belgian dredging, hydraulic engineering and environmental group DEME has earned itself a prominent position on the world market in a few highly specialist and complex hydraulic disciplines. Having its core-business in dredging operations and land reclamation, the group diversified into hydraulic projects at sea, services to oil and gas companies, the installation of offshore wind farms, environmental activities such as soil remediation and sediment recycling, and revalidation of brownfields and wreck clearance. Its multi-disciplinary know-how and experience, project synergies and integrated business structure allowed DEME to grow into a global solutions provider. The Group owns one of the most modern, high-tech and versatile fleets for dredging and hydraulic engineering activities. Active since 1852, the Group’s solutions have never been more relevant than today, and this is reflected in its key figures: DEME employs 4,600 people worldwide and realised a turnover of EUR 2.58 billion in 2014.
About Merkur
In June 2015, DEME and the Windreich Group of companies announced the close of a joint venture between DEME Concessions Wind and Windreich. Under the terms of the joint venture Windreich contributed the MEG I project rights into Merkur Offshore GmbH, the new project company that will build and operate the project, and which is held by the partners DEME and Windreich. DEME and Windreich also agreed that the project will be renamed and further referred to as Merkur Offshore.
