DEME to Install Monopiles, Cables at Ocean Winds’ Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

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Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has contracted DEME for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. While the value of the three contracts was not disclosed, DEME noted in a press release on 10 December that they are worth between EUR 150 million and EUR 300 million, combined.

For the foundation installation, DEME will deploy its offshore installation vessel Orion , which will install 26 monopiles for the wind turbines and one foundation for the offshore substation (OSS).

The inter-array and export cable contracts cover the full scope from engineering through to installation, with the export cable contract to be carried out in a consortium with Hellenic Cables. DEME will deploy its cable installation vessels , Living Stone and Viking Neptun, for the cable installation works scheduled for 2027 and 2028.

For DEME, this is the second offshore wind project in Poland, following Baltic Power , where the company is delivering both export and inter-array cable scopes.

Ocean Winds recently secured around EUR 2 billion in project finance and reached financial close for the 390 MW BC-Wind offshore wind farm. The project finance is supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB), contributing to close to one-third of the entire amount, ICO (Instituto de Crédito Oficial Español) and 13 commercial banks.

A couple of days ago, Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, announced that it had won what the group described as “a sizeable contract” for the BC-Wind offshore wind project.