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SeaMade topside ready for installation

By: Tom Russell 28/02/2020 4C Offshore

General Windfarms

A 1,200-tonne offshore substation topside destined for the SeaMade offshore wind project in the Belgian North Sea has been loaded aboard a barge, ahead of installation. It is the first of two topsides prepared for installation the site.

A consortium of ENGIE Fabricom, Tractebel, Smulders and DEME is responsible for the full engineering, procurement, construction, transport, installation and commissioning of the two high voltage substations for the SeaMade project.

The SeaMade project comprises two wind farms, Mermaid and Seastar, and is located in Belgian waters. Installation of the project's monopile foundations was completed last month by marine contractor DEME Group using its jack-up installation vessel DP2 Innovation.

SeaMade is located approximately 40-50 km off the coast of Ostend, Belgium, in water depths ranging between 22 m and 38 m. SeaMade is being developed by project company SeaMade NV, a joint venture of the Otary group (70%), Electrabel (Engie) (17.5%), and Eneco Wind Belgium (12.5%).

The two projects will have a combined capacity of 487 MW and will comprise of 58 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD turbines each with an individual installed capacity of 8.4 MW mounted on monopile foundations. The wind turbines each have a hub height of 109 m and a rotor diameter of 167 m and are expected to power around 500,000 households annually. Once constructed and operational, it is expected to offset 700,000 t of CO2 emissions a year.

Video: Linkedin: SeaMadeNV

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