The substation for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind project off Belgium is expected to sail away from the STX shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, on Friday, with offshore installation scheduled for mid-January.
The 1,200 tonnes substation will collect and export the power from 42 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 turbines at the wind farm currently being built off the coast of Zeebrugge.
Belgium’s DEME Group has been working closely with STX France and General Electric on the substation that will be carried to its location with Scaldis’ heavy lift crane vessel Rambiz.
