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Transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d Électricité (RTE) has awarded DEME’s French subsidiary SDI an EPCI contract for the export cable that will connect the Leucate Floating Offshore Wind Farm to the power grid, in a consortium with JDR Cables. Once completed, Leucate will be one of the largest offshore floating wind farms in France.
The 30 MW wind farm is currently being developed by Les Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL), a consortium comprising Ocean Winds and Caisse de Dépôts, and is located 16 km off the South East coast of France in the Mediterranean Sea.
DEME Group vessel Living Stone . Courtesy of DEME Group.
SDI will operate in a consortium with JDR Cables. Once completed, Leucate will be one of the largest offshore floating wind farms in France.
The 30 MW wind farm is currently being developed by Les Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL), a consortium comprising Ocean Winds and Caisse de Dépôts, and is located 16 km off the South East coast of France in the Mediterranean Sea.
The export cable will include a submarine cable and an onshore cable section, connecting into the onshore substation near Le Barcarès. Construction activities are set to start in 2022.
DEME wins export cable EPCI contract for French floater April 20, 2021, by Nadja Skopljak
DEME’s French subsidiary SDI has secured an EPCI contract in a consortium with JDR Cables for the export cable that will connect the Leucate floating offshore wind project to the power grid.
The contract awarded by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) represents DEME’s first floating offshore wind EPCI contract.
The export cable will include a submarine cable and an onshore cable section, connecting into the onshore substation near Le Barcarès.
Construction activities are set to start in 2022.
“We are delighted to be awarded this important EPCI contract for one of the first floating wind farms in the world,” said
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