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  • First SeaMade Offshore Substation Transition Piece Heads to Rotterdam

    18 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The first offshore substation transition piece and J-tube cage for the SeaMade offshore wind farm are on their way from Belgium to the Sif terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, DEME Group said. The transition piece was loaded out at Smulders’ yard in Hoboken. Together with the foundation, which is already in Rotterdam, the transition piece and […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Muehlhan Wind Service Team Up on SeaMade

    31 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has hired Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) to provide pre-assembly and ground logistics for the SeaMade offshore wind farm project in Belgium. Under the contract, MWS will pre-assemble 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW wind turbines prior to their transportation and installation at the site located 38-50 kilometres off the coast of Oostende. The turbine pre-assembly […]

  • First SeaMade Offshore Substation Topside Hits the Water

    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 […]

  • Huisman Monopile Installation Kit for Seaway7’s Next-Generation Jack-Up Vessel

    2 August 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Huisman has been awarded a contract by Seaway7, part of Subsea7 Group, for the delivery of the entire monopile installation spread for the jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus, which is currently being built by China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI). Under the contract, Huisman will deliver a monopile gripper, an upending frame, and two sets of monopile […]

  • First SeaMade Inter-Array Cables Linked to Mermaid OSS

    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 […]

  • Second Batch of SeaMade Turbine Towers En Route to Ostend

    6 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Deugro has completed loading the second shipment of wind turbine towers for the SeaMade offshore wind farm at the Port of Avilés in Spain.

  • Muehlhan Wind Service Wraps Up SeaMade Pre-Assembly Work

    2 November 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has completed the wind turbine pre-assembly work for SeaMade, Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm. Under the contract with Siemens Gamesa, MWS pre-assembled 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines in the Port of Oostende. From there, the wind turbines are transported and installed at the site located 38-50 kilometres off the […]

  • DEME Wraps Up SeaMade Inter-Array Cable Laying Work

    27 May 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group has completed inter-array cable laying works at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. DEME’s DP3 cable installation vessel Living Stone laid 64 inter-array cables with a total length of 71.2km. According to the company, the vessel operated at peak production levels, laying up to three cables per day. To remind, the inter-array […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Firms Belgian Combo Order

    3 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received the order for the 487MW SeaMade offshore wind power project in Belgium from Seamade NV.

  • 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 […]

  • Blade Crashes Into Apollo’s Gangway Offshore Belgium

    9 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    A blade from one of SeaMade’s wind turbines collided with the gangway on DEME Group’s jack-up Apollo, after which the gangway detached from the vessel and fell into the sea. The accident happened on 2 July in the morning and no injuries were reported as there were no employees on the gangway at the time of […]

  • DEME’s First SOV All Set for Belgian Offshore Wind Farms

    28 June 2021
    Vessels

    After taking the delivery of its first-ever service operations vessel (SOV) earlier this month, DEME has officially named Groenewind, which is now ready to start working at the Rentel and SeaMade offshore wind farms in Belgium. DEME held the naming ceremony on 25 June, with the Belgian Federal Minister of Energy, Tinne Van der Straeten […]

  • DEME Launches Its First SOV

    1 October 2020
    Vessels

    DEME has launched its first ever Service Operation Vessel (SOV) at the CEMRE shipyard in Yalova, Turkey. The vessel, named Groene Wind, is of the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) class and will be directly chartered to Siemens Gamesa for maintenance activities at the Rentel and SeaMade offshore wind farms in Belgium, once delivered […]

  • DEME Takes Delivery of Its First-Ever SOV

    8 June 2021
    Vessels

    Cemre Shipyard has delivered Groenewind, DEME’s first-ever service operations vessel (SOV), to its owner. “DEME’s first dedicated and world’s first SWATH type service operation vessel Groenewind that will serve 3 different windfarm sites is delivered to her client”, the Turkish shipbuilder said via social media on 6 June. Groenewind (green wind) features a Small Waterplane Area […]

  • Top News of the Week, 2 – 9 December 2018

    9 December 2018

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 2 to 9 December 2018.

  • Chemical Major to Run on Offshore Wind in Belgium

    15 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    International chemical company Borealis has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eneco to source renewable electricity from the Mermaid offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The agreement entails the purchase and supply of over 1,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of wind power over the next decade, with delivery to begin in January 2021. […]

  • Sif Bolts Into Action for DEME

    23 May 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has expanded its offering of services to cover bolting tests. Sif added the offering after a request from DEME Group to arrange all preparations for the test as part of the work scope for the Belgian SeaMade offshore wind project. During this test, the bolted flange connection between a monopile and […]

  • Photo of the Day: Innovation Gets Jacked

    28 August 2019
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Innovation is undergoing a final stage of a maintenance and repair program at the Damen Verolme yard in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The photo shows the vessel during full height jacking trials at the yard. Following the jacking trials and final tests, Innovation will head to ”a full schedule of work”, which […]

  • Belgium’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Officially Inaugurated

    20 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 487 MW SeaMade offshore wind farm was officially inaugurated at an event in the Hippodrome in Ostend, Belgium, on Wednesday, 20 October 2021. SeaMade NV, a joint venture between Otary, Ocean Winds, and Eneco, is responsible for the simultaneous development of both the Mermaid and Seastar offshore wind farms, resulting in the largest wind […]

  • Belgians Bundle Offshore Wind Projects

    20 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Developers of the Mermaid and the Seastar wind farms in the Belgian North Sea have merged the two projects into one – the 487.2MW Seamade.

  • INEOS Buys More Offshore Wind Power in Belgium

    12 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Chemical company INEOS has signed a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (cPPA) with Eneco to source renewable electricity from SeaMade, Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm. The agreement entails the purchase and supply of over 65.5 MW of wind power over the next decade, with delivery set to begin in January 2022. This is the largest […]

  • Highlights of the Month – December 2018

    4 January 2019

    Offshore WIND’s ten most read news in December 2018.

  • EIB Bankrolls Seamade Offshore Wind Farm

    3 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide an undisclosed amount of funding for the construction of the Seamade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Engie Signs Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement with Umicore

    3 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    Belgian materials technology and recycling group Umicore will buy electricity generated by 28 MW of offshore wind capacity at Engie’s offshore wind farm in the Belgian sector of the North Sea. Umicore informed on the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Engie on 3 February. Under the agreement, Engie will be providing Umicore […]

  • Groene Wind SWATH Touches Water – Video

    7 October 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Cemre Shipyard has shared the video of the recent launching of DEME’s Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) vessel Groene Wind in Yalova, Turkey. Once delivered in 2021, the 60-metre Groene Wind will start a charter with Siemens Gamesa to service the Rentel and the SeaMade wind farms in the Belgian North Sea. The vessel, […]

  • Belgian Offshore Wind Farms Generate 6.7 TWh in 2020

    4 January 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Belgian offshore wind farms generated 6.7 TWh of electricity in 2020, which represented 8.4 per cent of total electricity consumption in Belgium, or the electricity consumption of around 1.9 million families. Eight offshore wind farms are currently operational in the Belgian North Sea, with a total installed capacity of almost 2.3 GW. This includes Northwester […]