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DEME, a subsidiary of CFE, wins a major contract in the United States

DEME is awarded a major contract. When completed in 2026, the wind farm will be the largest ever built in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

DO NOT SAY, subsidiary of the listed group CFE, concluded, in consortium with Prysmian, a contract worth more than $ 1.1 billion for the construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm in the United States, announced Friday the Belgian group specializing in particular in solutions for the offshore energy industry.

This park should supply 660,000 homes with energy and reduce carbon emissions by more than two million tonnes per year, according to DEME.

According to DEME, this is the largest offshore wind turbine installation contract ever awarded in the United States. It “provides for the transport and installation of 176 monopile foundations with transition pieces, three offshore substations, scour protection, as well as the supply and installation of export submarine cable systems. and interconnection “.

Operational for 2026

The park should be operational in 2026 and would then be the largest in the country. The 2.6 GW offshore wind farm will be located approximately 43 kilometers off the coast of Virginia Beach.

In early October, DEME had already announced that it was participating in the first large-scale offshore wind project in the United States, the Vineyard Wind 1 located in the Atlantic.

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