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  • Vattenfall Stops Developing Major Wind Farm Offshore UK, Will Review Entire 4.2 GW Zone

    20 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has stopped the development of the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind power project in the UK and will review the way forward for the entire 4.2 GW Norfolk Zone, the Swedish energy company revealed in its interim report. The developer said that the decision to stop the project was made due to ”challenging market conditions”, […]

  • DemoSATH Floating Wind Platform In Position – Video

    11 August 2023
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Technology

    The 2 MW DemoSATH floating offshore wind platform demonstrator has been installed at the BiMEP test area offshore Spain in the Cantabrian Sea. Windstaller Alliance carried out the operation and the company used their anchor handling vessel, the Normand Sapphire, along with local tugboats, to tow DemoSATH from the construction site in the Port of Bilbao to […]

  • 500 MW Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

    18 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in Normandy, France, has started producing the first electricity and feeding it into the grid after the first wind turbine was installed at the beginning of this month. Following the load-out of the first four wind turbines from the port of Cherbourg, DEME Offshore’s Innovation proceeded with the installation of […]

  • Vattenfall Granted Electricity Production Permits for Danish Offshore Wind Farms

    12 July 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has granted Vattenfall an electricity production permit for the Vesterhav Syd and Nord offshore wind farms. The electricity production licence, which is granted before a wind farm is put into operation, is issued in accordance with Section 29 of the Act on the Promotion of Renewable Energy, said DEA. The […]

  • Norwegian Floating Wind Consortium Teams Up with Smulders & Eiffage for Serial Production of Foundations

    22 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Wind Farm Update

    Siravind, a consortium established by RES and Zephyr with an aim to build a floating wind farm in Norway, has already partnered with several companies for the project, including Smulders and Eiffage Métal for the serial production of floating wind foundations. In June, RES announced the consortium’s plans to bid for one of the three […]

  • Orion Installs First Monopile at Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    8 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore works have begun at the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US with the first of 62 foundations installed by DEME’s specialised floating installation vessel Orion. Vineyard Wind 1 is the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the country and the first of several US wind farm projects in DEME’s […]

  • DEME Group to See CEO Switch in 2019

    8 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    DEME Group has selected Luc Vandenbulcke to succeed Alain Bernard as CEO, effective from 1 January 2019.

  • DEME’s Trio Starts Saint-Nazaire OWF Work

    31 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s vessels Neptune, D’Artagnan, and Bonny River have been deployed on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project, with some of the work now underway at the site located some 12 kilometres off the coast of the Guérande peninsula in France. The company’s cutter suction dredger D’Artagnan and trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River are currently on […]

  • SMST Gangway for DEME’s First SOV

    23 October 2020
    Vessels

    SMST will deliver its next-generation gangway system for Groene Wind, DEME’s first dedicated service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farm maintenance. The gangway, the so-called Telescopic Access Bridge L-Series (TAB-L), is currently under construction and will be installed on the vessel at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey later this year. Groene Wind features a Small […]

  • Sea Installer Undergoing Crane Replacement, Next Stop USA

    22 February 2023
    Vessels

    DEME’s wind farm installation vessel, Sea Installer, is currently at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam being fitted with a new and upgraded main crane. Heavy lift vessel Gulliver has lifted the 1,600t Huisman crane onto Sea Installer at the Maasvlakte. ”Marking an important moment in DEME’s history, ‘Sea Installer’ will be one of the first vessels […]

  • Orion Gets First LNG Supply

    23 January 2020
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion has undergone the first liquid natural gas (LNG) bunkering. The world’s largest LNG bunker vessel Kairos, operated by Nauticor, supplied Orion with LNG at the Port of Rostock in Germany. According to DEME, this marks only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany and […]

  • First Wind Turbine Stands Offshore France’s Normandy

    4 July 2023

    The first wind turbine has been installed at the Fécamp wind farm offshore Normandy, France. The 71-turbine Fécamp offshore wind farm is being jointly developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a joint venture between the French company EDF Renouvelables; EIH S.à.rl, owned by Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments; and Skyborn. Following the load-out of the […]

  • DEME and Barge Master Develop Feeder Solution for US Offshore Wind Projects

    5 May 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore US and Barge Master have entered into a long-term agreement to jointly develop a Jones Act compliant feeder solution for the upcoming offshore wind projects in the USA. The two companies said they will work closely together to develop motion compensation technology which will be deployed in a pioneering feeder concept on the […]

  • DEME’s Living Stone Catches Fire in Santurtzi

    16 February 2018
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s advanced cable lay vessel Living Stone caught fire while under construction in a shipyard in Santurtzi, Spain.

  • Seajacks Scylla Installs First Moray East Jacket

    7 July 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first jacket foundation is now in place at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. DEME Offshore, in charge of the installation works, is currently using the Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel to install the jackets. The 950 MW offshore wind project will comprise 100 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbines and three offshore substations, […]

  • DEME’s Living Stone Hits the Water (Gallery)

    19 September 2016
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s new multi-purpose vessel Living Stone was launched yesterday at the LaNaval shipyard in Spain by Sarah Tommelein, wife of Bart Tommelein, Vice-Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Energy. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of 2017 and will head to its first project at the Merkur offshore wind farm […]

  • DEME’s First Service Operation Vessel Starts Sea Trials

    5 May 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    DEME’s first service operation vessel (SOV), Groene Wind, is currently undergoing sea trials in Turkey. Built by Cemre Shipyard, the 60-metre SOV has already been signed up for a multi-year contract with Siemens Gamesa. She will be deployed for the maintenance of the 487 MW SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. Groene Wind features a […]

  • Japanese Utility Comes Onboard DemoSATH Floating Offshore Wind Project

    1 August 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has joined the DemoSATH floating offshore wind turbine project, located in Spain, as a strategic partner and co-investor. “Our partnership with KEPCO marks a significant milestone for the DemoSATH project. KEPCO’s vast experience and considerable resources amplify our capabilities, bringing a new level of expertise to our collective […]

  • DEME Picks Bremen as German HQ

    12 May 2015

    The DEME group has decided to concentrate all its German activities at the Bremen headquarters. This operation has already started with the move of the Baltic 2 Project Team from Rostock to Bremen. DEME will have up to 100 people in the Bremen offices as from the next months. For almost 50 years, different companies […]

  • DEME Looking Into Drones

    15 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    DEME Group’s offshore wind division is looking into the possibility of using drones to inspect the foundations of the offshore wind turbines for corrosion.

  • CHC Helicopter to Back DEME at Saint-Nazaire

    15 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    CHC Helicopter has secured a contract to provide crew change services to DEME Offshore throughout the construction phase of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. CHC will operate its flights from Saint-Nazaire Montoir Airport and will service three offshore support vessels during the various construction phases. CHC has appointed DHSS to be the helicopter […]

  • Goliath En Route to China

    31 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has sent off its DP2 jack-up vessel Goliath to COSCO’s shipyard near Shanghai, where the vessel will undergo some last modifications before embarking on the installation of offshore wind farms off the eastern coast of China.

  • DEME in 2010 – Nearshore and Offshore Marine Works (Belgium)

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    DEME is one of the largest marine engineering companies in the world. From its core activities, dredging and civil marine engineering, the group has developed complementary activities such as environmental engineering (treatment of soil and sludge), services for the oil and gas sector and extraction of construction aggregates from the sea. Financial overview 2010 For DEME, 2010 can rightly be called […]

  • DEME Orders New Multi-Purpose Vessel

    16 January 2015
    Vessels

    DEME has ordered another vessel serving the offshore energy market. Following the recent order for the self-propelled jack-up vessel Apollo, DEME has also signed a contract with the La Naval shipyard in Spain for a multi-purpose vessel to be named Living Stone. Both vessels will be delivered in 2017. Living Stone will join DEME’s fleet of […]

  • DEME Counts to 2200

    23 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The first turbines, with a capacity of 1.5MW, were installed in 2000 at the 10.5MW Utgrunden offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in Sweden.

  • DEME and iPS Sign Personnel Supply Deal

    28 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    DEME Group has selected iPS Powerful People as the preferred supplier for the provision of marine and project personnel. Under the Tier 1 Personnel Service agreement, iPS will provide a full range of technical personnel and administrative specialists for both temporary and permanent positions on DEME’s projects. The contract begins on 28 May and will continue for […]