Yet
quietly
and
diligently,
Belgium
has
built
one
of
the
most
advanced,
stable
offshore
wind
markets
in
the
world
—
and
few
companies
have
benefited
more
than
DEME,
a
collection
of
offshore
engineering
firms
based
on
the
outskirts
of
Antwerp.
On
a
gusty
day
in
the
Belgian
North
Sea,
30km
from
the
coast,
DEME
chief
executive
Alain
Bernard
proudly
describes
the
hubbub
of
construction
under
way
at
the
185MW
second
phase
of
Thornton
Bank,
owned
by
the
developer
C-Power
.
In
2009,
DEME
commissioned
the
first
30MW…