Bladt and Semco Maritime to supply substation for Bligh Bank II Offshore Wind Farm in Belgium

Wind farm developer Nobelwind has awarded a contract to Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime for manufacturing the Offshore Substation (OSS) for Bligh Bank II Offshore Wind Farm in Belgium.

Under the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract, the companies will deliver the substation to the offshore farm in the fourth quarter of 2016.

The 165MW offshore wind farm will be located 45km off the coast of Zeebrugge, Belgium and it will feature 50 wind turbines.

The 1,100 ton substation will convert the 33 kV voltage produced by the turbines into 220 kV voltage.

The power generated from the farm will be then transmitted through a sea cable wind field which the company shares with North Wind. Bladt/Semco-team had supplied a substation to North wind project last year.

Bladt Industries along with its partner Semco Maritime has been given the responsibility to construct the substation while Bladt will handle the steel construction work at the top side of the substation along with the EPCI of the substation.

ISC Consulting Engineers will be responsible for the entire structural design work.

Bladt Industries CEO Jan Kjaersgaard said: "We believe that the keywords for our success within this field are knowledge, experience and cooperation.

"Not only cooperation between Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime, but also a very strong cooperation with our client."