Offshore Wind
References

Merkur Offshore Wind Farm | OHVS
North Sea, Germany
2018
Merkur Offshore Wind Farm | OHVS

Joint venture ENGIE Fabricom-Tractebel and Smulders was responsible for the construction of one of the most important offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

 

In the framework of Merkur Offshore, one of the largest wind farms (396 MW) in the North Sea representing a major step in Germany’s Energy Transition, the joint venture ENGIE Fabricom-Tractebel and Iemants has been awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of the offshore substation and associated jacket.

 

Smulders was responsible for the basic and detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication and corrosion protection of the steel constructions for the topside and the jacket.

 

Press release

Offshore installation

 

Project data:

 

  • Client: DEME
  • Utility: Merkur Offshore Gmbh
  • Weight topside: 1,600 tons
  • Weight jacket: 2,600 tons