SeaMade and DEME are proud to announce that today the DP2 offshore installation vessel “Innovation” started with the first load out of the first 3 of the 58 wind turbine foundations and transition pieces for offshore installation, as support structure of the 8.4MW turbines. These foundations are the first to be hammered into the seabed for the SeaMade offshore wind farm.In addition, 2 foundations and transition pieces supporting the 2 substations will be installed in the coming months.
The “Innovation” is sailing out of the “Maasvlakte 2” harbor area in the port of Rotterdam to the SeaMade concession areas for installation in the North Sea. The SeaMade project is the 8th and largest offshore wind turbine park in Belgium.
The substation topsides and inter-array cables will be installed in spring of 2020 and the towers and nacelles will be mounted onto the foundations in the summer of 2020.
SeaMade combines 2 offshore wind farms Seastar (252MW) and Mermaid (235MW) in the Belgian North Sea, 40-50 km from Ostend, encompassing 58 turbines of 8.4 MW. With a total aggregate capacity of 487 MW, it is the largest wind farm ever built in Belgium and the Belgian North Sea.
From 2020, SeaMade will supply renewable energy for 500,000 households. A reduction of more than 600,000 tons of CO2 emissions is achieved with this.
