Engie Fabricom is spending €5m to revamp its Hoboken facility in Belgium to expand services for the offshore wind sector.
Offshore substations are built and assembled at the site, where a new office is being constructed as the company looks to add 48 staff to its existing 100-plus employees.
The office will have a total area of 3300 square metres and will be ready by the summer of 2020.
Engie Fabricom said it is also extending services to include maintenance and monitoring, with all knowledge related to offshore wind energy centralised in a centre of expertise.
The company said it offers integrated solutions and services covering engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of modules for large-scale applications, mainly high-voltage stations for offshore wind farms.
It is currently building two high-voltage substations and substructure for the 487MW Seamade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.
Since 2012, €12m has been invested, mainly for the expansion of the production hall, a new supply building and the expansion of the on-site work area, the company said.
Engie Fabricom chief executive Mark Dirckx said: “Offshore wind energy has a very strong potential in the current energy and climate challenges and will undoubtedly grow strongly by 2030.
“With this new investment of €5m from Engie Fabricom in the Hoboken site, 48 new employees and the expansion of its services , we remain committed to the development of offshore wind and we contribute to Engie’s ambition to be the leader of the ‘zero carbon’ transition ‘as a service’.
“Also in the context of offshore wind energy we want to offer our customers the “zero carbon” transition “as a service”: manage the complexity of the transition for them and develop integrated solutions that offer them satisfaction and comfort.”