Belgium to open offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in 2023

The Danish steel contractor Bladt is currently building the platform for the first international offshore wind farm of Belgian high-voltage grid public operator Elia jointly with the Belgian energy company Parkwind. The project costs 800 million euros, most of which will be paid by Parkwind, and it is scheduled to be operational in the first quarter of 2023. 

"You have to dare to be a little more chauvinistic. It's a project that brings together several Belgian companies in Denmark to supply electricity to Germany. It's not nothing!", said Pierre-Yves Dermagne to the Belgian newspaper La Libre.

On 14 April, the staff of Elia welcomed the Federal Minister of Economy and Work, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, to the construction site of Arcadis Ost platform by Bladt in Aalborg, Denmark. 

German coast

Arcadis Ost will be located 19 km off the German coast, in the Baltic Sea. Its 27 wind turbines will produce 247 megawatts of offshore wind energy and generate enough green energy to power around 300,000 homes.

The new platform will be 35 meters long and 23 meters wide. "It will rise 32 meters above sea level thanks to a mono-pillar which is among the widest in the world," says Elia Group in a press release.

Arcadis Ost intends to transform the energy from the wind turbines (33 kV) into 220 kV and bring it to the mainland via an undersea cable which will join the 50Hertz high voltage station located in Lubmin. 

With water depths up to 45 m and challenging soil conditions, Parkwind will be using a floating turbine installation method. "This is one of the most significant innovations in offshore wind energy and creates opens new offshore development opportunities throughout the world", states the company in their website.

(VIV)

© Belga Photo (RUBEN HAELS) The site where the 'Arcadis Ost 1' offshore wind park is being constructed in Aalborg, Denmark on Thursday 14 April 2022.