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    1. Field Development

    SeaMade substations installed offshore Belgium

    March 19, 2020
    Scaldis’ heavy-lift vessel Gulliver has installed the two 1,200-metric ton (1,323-ton) substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.
    (Courtesy DEME)
    The heavy-lift vessel Gulliver installing one of two substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgium North Sea.
    The heavy-lift vessel Gulliver installing one of two substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgium North Sea.

    Offshore staff

    ZWIJNDRECHT, Belgium – Scaldis’ heavy-lift vessel Gulliver has installed the two 1,200-metric ton (1,323-ton) substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.

    The substations transform the wind energy that is produced to 225 kV, which in turn allows the electricity to be brought to shore via Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid. DEME’s cable installation vessel Living Stone installed the export cable which transmits the electricity to shore.

    (Courtesy DEME)
    One of two 1,200-metric ton substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm.
    One of two 1,200-metric ton substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm.

    Earlier DEME’s offshore installation vessel Innovation installed all the foundations, including those for the two substations.

    This spring the company’s vessel Apollo will start installing 58 turbines. This will be the vessel’s first turbine installation project.

    In April, the Living Stone will start installing the inter array cables.

    03/19/2020