Last Parts for Nobelwind Offshore Wind Farm
The last ten pieces for the foundations of the Nobelwind project have arrived with the vessel Drago J in the port of Ostend. The REBO terminal at Energy Port Oostende is in full operation. It has become the heart of the installation of the Nobelwind offshore wind park, preparing the different components of the windmills for their life at sea. The project is managed by Parkwind and executed by Jan De Nul. With the handling of the foundations and transition pieces, Energy Port Oostende proves to be an efficient marshalling port for the construction of wind parks at sea.
Nobelwind is not the first project for the REBO-terminal and the Energy Port Oostende. It all started with the construction of the first six concrete foundations (2,700t each) that have been built and efficiently handled at the port in order to launch the first Belgian offshore wind park, C-Power. Also the following C-Power phases (2012-2013) were built from the REBO terminal; 48 tower sections, 48 hubs and 144 blades were pre-assembled and installed at sea. Meanwhile, the Alstom Haliade 6MW offshore wind turbine, was installed from the REBO-terminal using jack up vessel Bold Tern. The Haliade is now operational at the Belwind wind farm. After finalising the Nobelwind project, four out of nine planned Belgian offshore wind parks are built, representing an installed capacity of 877MW. Total capacity of the nine farms will be 2,251MW.