A2SEA has signed an agreement to install 66 transition pieces (TPs) on the 396MW Merkur Offshore Wind Farm for GeoSea. Sea Challenger will transport and help install the TPs with mobilisation for the project starting in the beginning of October in Eesmhaven, The Netherlands.
Sea Challenger can carry six TPs at a time. Employer of the Merkur Offshore Windfarm is Merkur Offshore GmbH, (a joint venture between its shareholders Partners Group, InfraRed Capital Partners, DEME Concessions and Coriolis) and with GeoSea as main contractor for the Balance of Plant scope (EPCI). GE will supply 66 Haliade 150-6 megawatt offshore turbines and the wind farm is located approximately 45 kilometres north of the is-lands of Borkum.
