Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) has won a contract for the provision of its jack-up installation vessel the ‘Blue Tern’. The Blue Tern will be used for the transportation and installation of monopiles on RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm in tandem with DEME Offshore’s installation vessel ‘Neptune’.
The Kaskasi offshore wind farm is located in the North Sea, approximately 35km north of Helgoland, Germany. The wind farm will consist of 38 SG 8.0-167 DD Flex wind turbines and the monopile foundations will be installed on the seabed at water depths of up to 25m. The contract is included in FOWIC’s disclosed total backlog value of approx. EUR 355 million. The contract has been awarded by RWE Kaskasi GmbH.