3E, a Belgium-based expertise and SaaS firm for the wind, photo voltaic and power storage industries, has been awarded a contract for a strike worth examine for the offshore wind tender(s) within the Princess Elisabeth zone.
Beneath the contract signed on 20 October, 3E will analyse each the utmost strike worth and the strike worth vary for the upcoming name for tenders.
The Princess Elisabeth Zone, whose most important growth is the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first synthetic power island, will see as much as 3.5 GW of latest offshore wind farms connecting to the island’s infrastructure.
The development of the island, which might be constructed by the Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia, will begin in March subsequent yr and is anticipated to be accomplished in 2026.
In keeping with Belgium’s Marine Spatial Plan 2020-2026, the Princess Elisabeth zone consists of three areas: Noordhinder North, Noordhinder South, and Fairybank.
The zone covers 281 sq. kilometres and is situated no less than 32 kilometres from the Belgian coast and ten kilometres additional out to sea than the already developed offshore wind farms.
If developed to full capability, the Princess Elisabeth zone will improve Belgium’s working offshore wind capability from the present 2.26 GW to five.76 GW.
The publication of the tender for the primary, 700 MW space is anticipated in 2024. The opposite two websites, every with a possible capability of 1,225-1,400 MW, are anticipated to be auctioned off from 2026 to 2028.
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