Posted On: 03-06-2020
The 252 MW Seastar offshore wind farm in Belgium has been connected to Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG). Seastar is part of the 487 MW SeaMade replicas de relojes panerai project which comprises 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. The connection of the wind farm marks the completion of the MOG located 40km off Belgium’s coast. The switching platform bundles together the export cables from the Rentel, Northwester 2, Mermaid and now the Seastar wind farms and transports the generated energy to the mainland via a shared transmission system. It has been operational since September 2019, when it was connected to the Rentel wind farm. Once all the projects are operational in late 2020, they will generate an estimated 8 TWh per year on average, equal to approximately 10% of Belgium’s total electricity demand.
“The connection of the last wind farm is a major milestone both for the Belgian offshore wind sector and for Elia. However, our work in the North Sea is far from over. We have started designing a new offshore power hub that will serve as a key link in the second generation area currently being developed,” said Chris Peeters, CEO of Elia Group.
(Credits: www.offshore-energy.biz)
