310 results found for 'modular offshore grid'

310 results found for 'modular offshore grid'
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  • 13 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors is currently preparing for the installation of the second offshore substation at the SeaMade wind farm in Belgium. The 487MW SeaMade wind farm is a combination of the 235MW Mermaid and the 252MW Seastar offshore wind projects. This second topside, which recently arrived in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, will be installed at the Seastar […]

  • 26 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    Cable laying operations have begun on the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in Belgium, according to Elia’s latest report. The construction of the switchyard platform is now in its final phase, with commissioning scheduled for the end of September. The first cable to connect the MOG plug to the grid made landfall in early May, with […]

  • 5 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of two offshore substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm has been installed at the project site in the Belgian North Sea. The 487MW SeaMade wind farm is a combination of the 235MW Mermaid and the 252MW Seastar offshore wind projects. The 1,200t topside, which has four decks and is 14m tall, has been installed […]

  • 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.

  • 10 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second offshore substation for the SeaMade wind farm has arrived in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, from where it will leave for installation off Belgium. The substation destined for the Seastar offshore wind concession completed its trip from Engie Fabricom’s construction yard in Hoboken, Belgium, to the Netherlands yesterday, Otary said. According to the company, the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 7 November 2018
    Grid Connection

    Belgian utility Elia has shared a video showing the installation of the jacket foundation for the Offshore Switchyard Platform (OSY) in the Belgian North Sea.

  • 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.

  • 12 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Belgium’s Elia has selected NHV NV and GEOxyz BV to provide the transmission system operator with transport services between Ostend and offshore platforms in the North Sea. NHV NV will provide crew transfer services by a helicopter, including light luggage, between an onshore heliport in Ostend and offshore platforms situated some 40 kilometres offshore. GEOxyz […]

  • 6 November 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s Oleg Strashnov has started installing the jacket foundation for Elia’s Offshore Switchyard Platform (OSY) in the Belgian North Sea.

  • 24 February 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of ENGIE Fabricom, Smulders and DEME Offshore has loaded out the offshore substation destined for the Mermaid offshore wind project in Belgium.

  • 28 February 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the two offshore substation topsides to be installed on the SeaMade wind farm in the Belgian North Sea has been loaded onto a barge at ENGIE Fabricom’s yard in Hoboken, Belgium. The 487MW SeaMade is a combination of two offshore wind projects previously known as Mermaid and Seastar. The 1,200-tonne topside will now be […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 22 November 2017
    Grid Connection

    On 21 November, Belgian transmission system operator Elia officially inaugurated the Stevin high-voltage line which will, i.a., transport the wind energy generated offshore to the mainland via the connection to the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG).

  • 10 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The European Commission has approved the restructuring of ownership over the Seastar and Mermaid offshore wind farms to be built in the Belgian North Sea.

  • 29 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The first inter-array cables at the SeaMade offshore wind farm have been connected to the Mermaid offshore substation (OSS). Cable burial works will commence in the coming days, Otary states on social media. DEME’s cable installation vessel Living Stone started the inter-array works in mid-April. The Mermaid OSS, one of the two offshore substations the […]

  • 19 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Belgian offshore wind developer Parkwind has applied for funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.

  • 8 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Belgian offshore wind developer Northwester 2 has selected the French cable specialist Nexans to provide an export cable system for the 219MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm.

  • 24 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The NHV Group has won a contract with Elia to provide helicopter services in support of the construction of a high voltage electricity grid in the Belgian part of the North Sea. The operations are expected to start in April 2019 with the flights departing from NHV’s base in Ostend. NHV will support this project […]

  • 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.

  • 18 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has issued a contract notice seeking the delivery of four HVAC substation modules for the Modular Offshore Grid 2 (MOG2) energy island project in the North Sea. The MOG2 project aims at developing new offshore grid infrastructure to connect new wind farms in the up to 3.5 GW Princess Elisabeth […]

  • 3 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    SeaMade NV has awarded the consortium of ENGIE Fabricom, Tractebel, Smulders and GeoSea an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for the two substations of the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium.

  • 3 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of two offshore substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm has left Engie Fabricom’s construction yard in Hoboken and is on its way towards the project site in the Belgian North Sea. The 487MW SeaMade wind farm is a combination of the 235MW Mermaid and the 252MW Seastar offshore wind projects. The 1,200t topside, […]

  • 27 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has issued a contract notice covering the delivery of a submarine cable system for the Modular Offshore Grid II (MOG II) grid connection system in the North Sea. The MOG II project includes the construction of a new offshore grid infrastructure to connect new wind farms in the up to […]