Boskalis awarded Hornsea 2 offshore export cable installation contract
April 29 2019 - 2:00AM
Papendrecht, 29 April 2019
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.
(Boskalis) has been awarded the offshore export cable installation
contract for the Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm.
The contract with a value greater than EUR 100 million was awarded
by Ørsted Wind Power A/S and consists of three export cable
circuits with a total length of approximately 380
kilometers.
The project scope includes the preparation of the
offshore export cable route (geophysical survey, boulder clearance
and seabed leveling through dredging), and the installation and
protection of the cables. The three 130 kilometer long export
cables will connect the offshore substation to the onshore
substation by means of a 300 meter long horizontal directional
drilling, crossing the sea defense of Horseshoe Point, UK. The
project is expected to commence later this year with a planned
completion late 2021.
Boskalis aims to maximize UK local content for its scope of
work.
Boskalis will deploy a wide variety of its
in-house specialist services and assets including a trailing
suction hopper dredger, a geophysical survey vessel and multiple
cable-laying vessels. Furthermore, Boskalis has invested in a new
multi-mode plough for both the pre-lay trenching and backfilling.
The plough can withstand 200 tons continuous pull, is capable of
trenching at various depths and in a wide range of soil
circumstances and was designed to minimize the environmental
impact. The plough will be pulled by the recently added high-end
construction vessel Boka Falcon.
The Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm will consist of
up to 165 turbines with a maximum capacity of 1.4GW and is located
approximately 90 kilometers off the Yorkshire coast. When complete,
it will be able to serve the needs of up to 1.6 million homes with
clean electricity.
Boskalis' strategy is aimed at benefitting from
key macro-economic factors which drive worldwide demand in our
markets: expansion of the global economy, increase in energy
consumption, global population growth and the challenges that go
hand in hand with climate change. This project is related to the
development of generating renewable energy due to climate change
and increasing energy consumption.
Investor relations:
Martijn L.D. Schuttevâer
ir@boskalis.com
Press:
Arno Schikker
press@boskalis.com
T +31 78 6969310
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.
is a leading global services provider operating in the dredging,
maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors. The company
provides creative and innovative all-round solutions to
infrastructural challenges in the maritime, coastal and delta
regions of the world. With core activities such as coastal defense,
riverbank protection and land reclamation Boskalis is able to
provide adaptive and mitigating solutions to combat the effects of
climate change, such as extreme weather conditions and rising sea
levels, as well as delivering solutions for the increasing need for
space in coastal and delta regions across the world. The company
facilitates the development of offshore energy infrastructure,
including renewable wind energy. Boskalis is furthermore active in
the construction and maintenance of ports, waterways, access
channels and civil infrastructure, thus helping to facilitate trade
flows and regional socio-economic development. In addition,
Boskalis is a global marine salvage expert and has a number of
strategic partnerships in harbor towage and terminal services
(Kotug Smit Towage, Keppel Smit Towage, Saam Smit Towage and Smit
Lamnalco). With a versatile fleet of more than 900 vessels and
floating equipment and 11,300 employees, including associates,
Boskalis is creating new horizons around the world.
This press release can also be found on our
website www.boskalis.com.
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