Bladt Industries has shipped the substation for the 219MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.
The topside left Bladt’s site in Aalborg, Denmark, following load-out on the 21 August, and will be installed at the wind farm, which is being built 46km from shore.
Parkwind is developing Northwester 2 and signed the contract with Blade for the offshore substation project 16 months ago.
As engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contractor Bladt will also install the substation.
Bladt worked with Semco Maritime, which was responsible for the project’s electrical systems and ISC Engineering, which carried out the structural design of the substation.
Northwester 2 is the third time Bladt Industries has worked with these two partners to deliver a complete substation to the developer Parkwind.
Late last month Jan De Nul jack-up vessel Vole au Vent began monopile foundation installation at the Northwester 2 offshore wind project.
Both monopiles and transition pieces were produced and assembled at Bladt Industries yard in Aalborg, Denmark.