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  • Lamprell Secures Norfolk Vanguard Transition Piece Job

    22 December 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    UK-headquartered Lamprell has signed a reservation agreement for the supply of transition pieces for the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farms in the UK. The reservation agreement secures capacity in Lamprell’s Hamriyah yard in the UAE. The base scope of work entails the supply of 2 x 92 transition pieces for the Norfolk Vanguard West and […]

  • Californian Floating Wind Tech Company Unveils Aikido One Project, Awards Platform Fabrication Contract

    17 April 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Innovation, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology

    Californian floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, will test a scaled prototype of its technology, said to be the world’s first upending semi-submersible platform, through a project named Aikido One. Aikido Technologies has awarded a contract for the fabrication of a 1:4 scale, 100 kW floating wind platform to Chet Morrison Contractors (Morrison), a Louisiana-based […]

  • First Siemens Gamesa 14.7 MW Turbine Stands at Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    22 April 2024

    Moray West, an offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth, Scotland, has installed the first of 60 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines. Supplied with “Power Boost”, each turbine can generate up to 14.7 MW output. The 882 MW wind farm is being developed by Ocean Winds. The pre-assembly activity of the 60 […]

  • Aquaterra Energy: What Are the Key Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Global Hydrogen Sector Today? 

    6 October 2023
    Green Hydrogen, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Power-to-X

    This is a guest article by Anne Haase, Renewables Director at Aquaterra Energy.  Europe is currently driving plans forward to significantly decarbonise industry and accelerate its journey to a low carbon economy. Hydrogen is core to that decarbonisation strategy, with infrastructure projects being developed conceptually to support transmission and distribution across Europe, the UK and wider. […]

  • ZF Wind Power Sends Off First Vestas V236-15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Powertrain

    29 September 2023
    R&D, Technology

    ZF Wind Power has sent off the first powertrain for Vestas’s V236-15 MW offshore wind turbine, ahead of serial production starting next year. The Vesta’s powertrain is transported from Belgium to Denmark via inland waterways and seas. The Vestas V236-15 MW wind turbine features 115.5-long blades and, with a swept area of 43,742 m2, it […]

  • Elia Seeks Offshore SwitchYard Installation Contractor

    20 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology

    Elia Asset N.V., part of the Elia Group, has invited tenders for the installation of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) Platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea. The contract includes, but is not limited to, installation, engineering, providing cargo barge, transport to the offshore location and demobilisation of the installation […]

  • Elia Seeks Offshore SwitchYard Platform Fabricator

    2 May 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has invited tenders for the fabrication of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting to Install Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard Platform

    6 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has secured a contract to install the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Ramboll Wins Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard Platform Design Contract

    22 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Ramboll Danmark A/S has won a contract to provide a detailed design of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid project being developed by Belgian transmission system operator Elia.  The OSY platform will be situated up to 45 kilometres off Belgian North Sea coast, in water depths between 30m-35m. The detailed design scope comprises but is […]

  • Heerema Lifts Elia’s OSY Platform Jacket

    6 August 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Heerema Fabrication Group has conducted roll-up operations of the jacket foundation for the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform, part of Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project.

  • OSY Platform Topside Leaves Construction Site

    5 April 2019
    Grid Connection

    The topside of Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform has left Heerema Fabrication Group’s construction site in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, and was loaded onto a barge. According to Elia, the topside left the construction site this morning, which represents the first step in the journey towards its final destination in the Belgian North Sea. The topside will […]

  • Northwester 2 Substation Reaches Oostende

    30 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 962-ton Northwester 2 offshore high voltage station has completed its journey from Aalborg, Denmark to the Port of Oostende in Belgium. The Port of Oostende will be a temporary home to the substation prior to the installation at the site some 48 kilometres north-west of Oostende. The substation’s journey from the Bladt Industries’ facilities […]

  • Northwester 2 Substation Touches Down

    11 September 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 962t Northwester 2 offshore high voltage substation has been installed at the project site off the Belgian coast. According to Parkwind, Scaldis’ crane vessel Gulliver installed the topside onto its monopile foundation yesterday morning at the site some 50km off the coast. The offshore substation will be connected to Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform, […]

  • Heerema Loads Out OSY Platform Jacket

    24 October 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics

    Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has loaded the jacket foundation for Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform onto a barge at the Vlissingen yard.

  • Elia Picks LOC France for MOG Cable and Platform Surveys

    6 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has appointed London Offshore Consultants (France) SARL as the marine warranty surveyor for submarine cables and the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • EDS HV Wraps Up Work on Elia’s MOG

    27 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    EDS HV Group has completed testing, jointing and termination work at Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the Belgian North Sea. EDS worked to establish a connection between the MOG’s offshore submarine cables and the onshore cables at Elia’s Stevin 380kV onshore substation in Zeebrugge. Sub-contracted by cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables, EDS said it completed the preparation […]

  • Elia Gives MOG Construction Update

    29 March 2019
    Grid Connection

    The topside of Elia’s OffshoreSwitchYard (OSY) platform is expected to be installed on its jacket foundation in the Belgian North Sea in mid-April, the Belgian energy company said. The OSY platform, constructed by Heerema Fabrication Group, is the centerpiece of Elia’s EUR 400 million Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project through which Rentel, Northwester 2, and SeaMade offshore […]

  • Heerema Starts Building Elia’s OSY Platform

    12 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has awarded Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) with a contract for the fabrication of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Elia Issues UXO Call

    14 June 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has invited tenders for unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route of the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian sector of the North Sea.

  • DEME Completes SeaMade Export Cable Pull-In

    18 December 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group has completed the pull-in of two export cables of the SeaMade offshore wind project into Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform.  DEME’s cable-laying vessel Living Stone picked up the export cables for the 487MW project from Hellenic Cables’ facility in Soussaki, Greece, in mid-November. SeaMade will have two offshore substations, which will collect the […]

  • EDS HV Wraps Up Export Cable Work at SeaMade Offshore Wind Farm

    14 May 2020
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group has completed the termination and testing of the export cables at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. The first phase of the work was completed at the Mermaid concession 54 kilometers off the coast on behalf of Hellenic Cables. EDS HV said it had secured the contract prior to the coronavirus […]

  • DEME Installs MOG Export Cable

    1 August 2019
    Grid Connection

    DEME Group’s cable laying and multipurpose vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of 85km of subsea export cable at Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG). Living Stone collected the cable at the manufacturer Hellenic Cable in Greece, transported it to the project site in Belgium and carried out cable installation, offshore jointing and four pull-ins. The cable now connects […]

  • Elia Inaugurates Its Modular Offshore Grid

    11 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    Elia has inaugurated its Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the presence of His Majesty the King of Belgium. MOG is expected to begin gathering the electricity generated by the Rentel, Northwester 2 and SeaMade offshore wind farms and transmitting it to the mainland via joint subsea cables in 2020. It features the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform, constructed by Heerema Fabrication […]

  • SeaMade Export Cables Ready to Deliver

    20 May 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore and Hellenic Cables have completed the testing and energization of the export cable connections at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. DEME said it is currently carrying out the inter-array cable installation and preparing for the turbine installation campaign, set to begin in mid-June. “Another important milestone for the SeaMade offshore wind […]

  • KCI Designs Offshore Power Socket for Elia

    1 August 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    KCI The Engineers has completed a basic design of a so-called Offshore Switch Yard (OSY), a concept commissioned by Belgian transmission system operator Elia to create a central offshore socket which would bring power from several offshore wind farms to shore. One major long-term objective of the offshore power socket is to concentrate all the available […]

  • Ramboll Prepares Detailed OSY Design for Tenders

    30 June 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    A detailed design of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid project being developed by Belgian transmission system operator Elia will soon be open for construction tendering, Ramboll informed.