Siem Offshore Contractors to Deliver Veja Mate’s Inner Array Grid

Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the 400 MW Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm.

The contract is estimated to be worth more than EUR 100 million.

Veja Mate’s 67 Siemens 6MW wind turbines will be interconnected by an inner array grid of 33 kV medium voltage alternating current (MVAC) submarine composite cables with a total length of up to 97 km.

In addition to the submarine cable installation works, SOC will also provide associated materials and services including the supply of the submarine composite cables, cable protection systems and related accessories as well as post-installation termination, trenching and testing services.

Offshore works for the inner array grid cable system are due to begin in 2016, whereby the project is scheduled to be brought online before the end of 2017.

The project is located 115km off the German coast, within the German Bight sector of the North Sea.

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