ENGIE to invest in Hoboken site, offshore energy production
ENGIE Fabricom, an affiliate of the ENGIE Group, has decided to invest heavily in its site in Hoboken, where Offshore High Voltage Stations (OHVS) are being built and assembled for offshore wind farms.
From its Hoboken site, ENGIE Fabricom offers integrated solutions and services in the field of engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of modules for large-scale applications, mainly high-voltage stations for offshore wind farms. ENGIE Fabricom is currently building two high-voltage substations and their substructure for SeaMade, with 487 MW the largest Belgian offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
An Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS) forms the link between the individual wind turbines. It converts the energy produced (under a voltage of 33 or 66 kV) to a voltage of 220 kV and transports it via an export cable to the transmission network on land. In recent years, ENGIE Fabricom has won many major projects for the construction of offshore wind farms in the North Sea, including the construction of high-voltage substations for Norther, Merkur and Hohe See.
A new office building is currently under construction and 48 new jobs will be added. On top of that, the services and competences for offshore wind farms are being extended to maintenance and monitoring and all knowledge related to offshore wind energy is being centralized in a center of expertise.
Source: ENGIE Press Release
Photo (for illustrative purposes): Goto Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (Sakiyama) / mmatsuura / Flickr / CC0 1.0
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