DORIS Group units get jobs on 992 MW of French offshore wind

Offshore services providers DORIS Engineering and Offshore Design Engineering Ltd (ODE) will serve as Owner’s Engineer for two French offshore wind projects totalling 992 MW.

The two firms, both part of the DORIS Group, said on Thursday they have been awarded two separate contracts covering turbine installation and marine construction management for the Dieppe and Le Treport and the Islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier wind farms off the French coast, each with a capacity of 496 MW. Construction works on the projects is slated to begin in 2019, while commissioning is expected in 2021.

The schemes were developed by French energy group Engie (EPA:ENGI), EDP Renewables and institutional fund manager Caisse de depot.

The Dieppe and Le Treport wind farm will be constructed near the coasts of Dieppe and Treport in the English Channel in water depths of up to 25 metres (82 ft), while the second plant will be situated in proximity to the islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier in western France at depths of up to 35 metres. Each of them will be powered by 62 turbines supplied by Adwen.

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