Fugro secures Rampion installation contract

UK: Dutch subsea services specialist Fugro will install inter-array cables at E.on's 400MW Rampion project off the UK's south coast.

by David Weston 8 September 2015

Fugro's Symphony vessel will help to install inter-array cables at Rampion

Rampion will deploy its Fugro Symphony and Fugro Saltire vessels to install the cables that connect the turbines to the project's substation. JDR Cables will the inter-array cables at its facility in Hartlepool, north-east England.

Installation will take place in 2016 and 2017, with commissioning expected in 2018.

Fugro has a long association with the project. The company's Seacore unit installed a met mast at Rampion in 2012.

E.on gave its on the £1.3 million (€1.8 billion) project in May. The UK's Green Investment Bank acquired a 19% share of the project.

MHI-Vestas will supply 116 V112-3.45MW to the site, located 13 kilometres off the UK's south coast.

Fugro previously installed cables at E.on's 219MW Humber Gateway project. The development off the coast of north-east England was completed in June.