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  • Belgium Blows Past 1GW Offshore Wind Mark as Rentel Goes Full Throttle

    11 January 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 309MW Rentel wind farm in the Belgian North Sea has become Belgium’s fifth fully operational offshore wind farm. Rentel has now joined the ranks of C-Power, Belwind, Northwind, and Nobelwind. The combined capacity of the five wind farms is 1,186MW provided by 274 wind turbines. With the addition of the capacity from Rentel, Belgium is now fifth […]

  • Photo of the Day: Nobelwind Offshore Substation Installed

    13 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The offshore high voltage substation (OHVS) for Belgian Nobelwind offshore wind project, also known as Belwind 2 or Bligh Bank II, has been installed at its destined location in the North Sea, according to Bladt Industries’ social media pages.  The company started working on the offshore substation in October 2015, following the financial close for the project. […]

  • Farm-Downs Lift Ørsted’s Numbers

    3 November 2022
    Business & Finance

    Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has recorded an operating profit (EBITDA) of DKK 25.4 billion (EUR 3.41 billion) for the first nine months of the year, of which DKK 10.9 billion related to the 50 per cent farm-downs of the Hornsea 2 and the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms. EBITDA excluding new partnerships increased […]

  • China Longyuan Power Plans 1,000MW of Offshore Wind Power by 2015

    26 November 2012

    Asia’s largest developer of wind farms, China Longyuan Power, plans to increase its offshore generating capacity from existing 182MW to 1,000MW by 2015, the company secretary Jia Nansong is cited by Power Engineering news portal as saying. Though this move is technically challenging and requires considerable amounts of financing, the company plans to use half […]

  • All Turbines Up at Northwester 2

    15 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the installation of MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines at the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Jan De Nul Installs Last Nobelwind Turbine

    3 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The last turbine at Belgian Nobelwind offshore wind farm was installed at 8:50am on 3 April, according to MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s social media pages.

  • NHV Completes First Sustainable Aviation Flight in Offshore Wind Industry

    7 October 2022
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Belgium’s NHV has become the first helicopter operator to carry out a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) flight in the offshore wind industry, in collaboration with partner TotalEnergies. This project marks the beginning of a long-term collaboration between the two companies to support their commitment to the energy transition, NHV said. The first helicopter flight using […]

  • Belgium: Offshore Wind Business Expands in Port of Oostende

    19 August 2013
    Ports & Logistics

    On Monday 19th August 2 new projects officially started at the Zeewezendok in the Port of Ostend: the erection of a new building and an extensive renovation to the existing Rebo building. Brand new locations for two important companies active in the wind energy business: Vestas Offshore and Parkwind. In presence of Mr. Johan Vande […]

  • Belgium: FoundOcean Awarded Haliade 150 Turbine Grouting Project

    1 July 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    FoundOcean continues to grow its market share in the offshore renewables industry with a contract award from Alstom to grout the foundations for the first offshore trial of its 6MW Haliade 150 turbine. The turbine will be located near Ostend, 45 km off the Belgian coast. The offshore tests will target specific marine operations and […]

  • JECS Offshore Supports SeaMade Cable Termination

    19 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    JECS Offshore Services has secured a contract to provide support to Hellenic Cables during termination works on the export cables at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. JECS Offshore will design, supply and erect the scaffolding access platforms required for technicians to prepare and position the cables and carry out the terminations of the […]

  • NKT Completes Rentel Cable Work

    1 October 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    NKT has delivered the 220kV AC high-voltage cable system for the Rentel offshore wind farm in Belgium.

  • Elia Hires NHV Chopper Squad

    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 […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on Northwester 2 Wind Farm

    19 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer Parkwind and marine contractor Jan De Nul have kicked off offshore seabed preparation works in the Belgian North Sea for the 219MW Northwester 2 wind farm. Jan De Nul has just finished the offshore scour protection works on the wind farm’s 23 turbine locations. At each location, the subsea rock installation vessel Simon […]

  • Tekmar Delivers for Kriegers Flak

    29 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based cable protection systems specialist Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply it’s Polyurethane J-tube bellmouths and cover disks for the HVAC transformer platforms on the 600MW Kriegers Flak project in the Danish Baltic Sea.

  • Ørsted Ups Full-Year Guidance on Operating Profit, Gross Investments

    11 August 2022
    Business & Finance

    The world’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has increased its full-year operating profit (EBITDA) guidance and gross investment guidance following the release of the results for the second quarter of the Fiscal Year 2022. The company’s EBITDA for the first half of the year amounted to DKK 13.044 billion (EUR 1.75 billion), in line with […]

  • Five Items on Why to Attend OWC

    26 August 2016
    Business & Finance

      The organisation of the Offshore WIND Conference is in full swing! As part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference the dedicated event for the offshore wind industry is a must attend for those wanting to know how the industry can reach its potential. 1. The program spans the full supply chain. From planning and […]

  • FlanSea (Flanders Electricity from the Sea) Starts ‘Blue Energy’ Research Project (Belgia)

    1 December 2010

    This morning, on the premises of the ‘AG Haven Oostende’ on Esplanadestraat in Ostend, a cooperative agreement is being signed by the University of Ghent and six Flemish enterprises, signalling the start of the FlanSea project – a so-called “blue energy” project that, in the future, is meant to ensure the sustainable and reliable production […]

  • Port of Zeebrugge: Zeebrugge modest place for offshore wind

    11 January 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Zeebrugge does not deny Ostend its place under the sun when it comes to positioning itself as the place to be for involvement in the offshore wind industry. Yet, it will wholeheartedly welcome the maritime contractor and towage company Jan de Nul, which will construct 16 concrete foundations for a wind farm […]

  • Europe’s Largest Copper Producer Buys SeaMade Power

    28 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Aurubis Olen, part of the Aurubis Group, has signed a ten-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Eneco to procure renewable energy from the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. The agreement entails the purchase and supply of 12 MW of wind power over the next decade, with delivery to begin in January 2023. Inge Hofkens, […]

  • Jan De Nul Names Second Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    25 October 2018
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has officially named its newest offshore installation vessel, Taillevent, in the Belgian port of Ostend.

  • Offshore grid gets EU Presidency boost (Belgium)

    8 October 2010
    R&D

    Today the Belgian EU Presidency brought together governments and industry to speed up the building of an integrated offshore electricity grid in the North Seas. At a high level conference in Ostend, jointly organised by the Belgium Presidency and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Energy Ministries and industry from North Sea and other EU […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference 2016: Review of the Day Two

    26 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The second day of the Offshore WIND Conference held in Amsterdam on 25 October kicked off with a presentation by Jasper Vis, Country Manager Netherlands at Dong Energy. Vis discussed the result of the Borssele 1 and 2 tender in the perspective of international cost reduction of offshore wind. “First the offshore wind industry needs […]

  • Belgium: OWA Names First Maintenance Vessels for Wind Farms

    9 November 2012

    Amongst great public interest, the vessels ‘Aquata’ and ‘Arista’ were named at the port of Ostend. Ms Evi Van Acker, Belgian sailor and bronze medal winner at the London 2012 Olympics, accepted to be godmother to the ‘Arista’. Mrs Sabine Cartrysse, spouse of Mr Kris Vanmassenhove, accepted to be godmother to the ‘Aquata’. The christening […]

  • 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 […]

  • Belgium: Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm Officially Inaugurated

    18 September 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Yesterday, the Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo officially inaugurated the Thornton Bank offshore wind farm. With a capacity of 325 megawatts (MW), the wind farm is the largest in the Belgian North Sea and will provide green electricity to 300,000 households each year. Eight European banks, the German and Danish export credit agencies and […]

  • UK: Vestas, GE Lead among Wind Turbine Manufacturers in 2012

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Press release: General Electric of the US and Vestas of Denmark were tied for pole position among turbine manufacturers in the world wind market in 2012 – a record year that saw 48.4GW of new capacity installed. Research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published for clients today, finds that a surge of development activity in […]