German utility RWE has awarded Danish contractor Semco Maritime with an offshore services agreement for the maintenance of offshore substations in Germany.

The agreement covers scheduled and unscheduled maintenance above water, as well as troubleshooting services for auxiliary equipment at offshore substations, and will remain in effect until the end of 2027, with an option for a two-year extension.

The project scope currently encompasses the offshore wind farms in the North Sea, including Amrumbank West, Nordsee Ost, and Kaskasi near the island of Heligoland, as well as Arkona in the Baltic Sea.

When the Nordseecluster projects are fully commissioned, those can be covered under the frame agreement in the same way.

As the balance of plant service works are planned and executed by one dedicated project team, significant optimisations can be realised through the combined project management and utilisation of multi-skilled technicians, reducing operational risks and costs for RWE’s offshore wind operations.

“Following our already successful collaboration from 2023, we are excited to intensify our business relations with RWE with this long-term frame agreement,” said Klaus Iversen Grau, senior manager service projects at Semco Maritime.