Seatrium secures S$500 million contract to build substation platforms at two offshore wind farms

Offshore and marine engineering company Seatrium, which was formerly known as Sembcorp Marine before the merge with Keppel Offshore and Marine, has secured a contract worth more than S$500 million to develop platforms for two offshore wind farms located off the coast of Long Island, United States.

Seatrium’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms will be involved in activities which include the engineering and construction of two offshore substation platforms for the offshore wind farms.

The project will power more than one million homes in New York and is expected to be a major contributor in supporting the US’ energy transition goals for a low-carbon future, said Seatrium in a bourse filing on Friday (May 5).

Construction of the 810 megawatt platform at Empire Wind 1 is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year, and the 1,260 megawatt platform at Empire Wind 2 will likely begin construction in the second half of next year.

Construction will take place at Seatrium’s Singapore and Indonesia yards.