Van Oord has been confirmed as balance of plant contractor for Eneco and Elicio’s 370MW Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium.
The developers selected the Dutch contractor following a tender in which a total of three companies were in the running, according to official documents.
The deal was first reported exclusively in subscriber-only newsletter reNEWS in September.
Workscope at the wind farm includes design, supply and installation of foundations, a substation and export cable to shore.
Van Oord is also expected to supply a turbine installation vessel to be used for erection of 44 MHI Vestas V164 8.4MW turbines.
Construction at Norther is due to kick off in 2017 and wrap up in 2019. Financial close is expected before the end of the year. The wind farm is located around 23km offshore.
Image: the Aeolus installation vessel tackled a range of work at Northland’s 600MW Gemini and is expected to feature at Norther (Van Oord)
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By EBS