Belgium’s Transmission System Operator Elia has awarded a contract for the fabrication of an Offshore Switch Yard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project to Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG).
The contract scope includes procurement, fabrication and offshore hook-up and commissioning of the OSY platform. The topside will be fabricated at HFG’s Zwijndrecht yard, with jacket fabrication taking place at HFG’s specialised jacket yard in Vlissingen.
OSY Platform
The OSY platform will be located approximately 40 km from the coast of Zeebrugge in the Belgian part of the North Sea in water depths between 30-35 m. The OSY platform will connect four planned offshore wind farms to the Belgian onshore grid connection point in Zeebrugge.
The topside weight is approximately 2100 ton and the jacket weight is approximately 1400 ton. Construction of the OSY platform will start in March 2018. The jacket will be installed in November 2018 and the topside will be installed in March 2019.
