Modular Offshore Grid 2
Elia
North Sea, Belgium
The EPCIC contract (Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Installation and Commissioning) includes the further design and construction of 4 high voltage AC substations (2 x 1050 megawatts, 2 x 700 megawatts) a facility module and a garage.
Engineering will be done from the Iv office in Papendrecht. For prefabrication works we will use our Belgian branches and HSM will use its Schiedam facilities. Final assembly of the modules will take place at the HSM Offshore Energy yard in Schiedam and our yard in Vlissingen.
The energy island will be located approximately 45 kilometers off the coast and will measure approximately 12 hectares above the waterline. Princess Elisabeth Island will be the first artificial energy island in the world that combines both direct current (HVDC) and alternating current (HVAC).
Construction of the substations starts in May 2025 and installation on the island will take place from 2027. Construction lasts until Q1 2029. Elia aims to have the installations ready to welcome the first offshore parks in 2030.
