Subsea 7 Goes Offshore Wind

Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the Beatrice wind farm turbine foundations and array cables, offshore Scotland, UK.

The contract award was first announced on Friday, May 20, 2016, however, no details were revealed due to contractual obligations of the company.

Subsea 7, in alliance with Seaway Heavy Lifting, will project manage, design, engineer, fabricate and install jacket foundations and array cables for 84 wind turbines, and perform the transportation and installation of the offshore transmission modules.

Jean Cahuzac, Subsea 7 CEO, said: “This offshore wind farm project is our largest North Sea award to date. Subsea 7 and Seaway Heavy Lifting have a strong reputation in their respective areas of expertise. This contract recognises both companies’ capability to execute contracts safely, on time and within cost targets and is another major step forward in establishing Seaway Heavy Lifting as a leading EPCI contractor in the offshore renewables market.”