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Ostend was host of the third edition of the Belgian Offshore Days. The exhibition brought together more than 500 key players in the Offshore Wind Industry and will took place on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th March 2017.

Thursday January 5th, REBO NV and SIEMENS Wind Power signed a concession agreement for the use of the port facilities during 1 year for the pre-assembly of the 42 wind turbines for the fifth Belgian offshore wind farm, Rentel. From the REBO-terminal in the Port of the Ostend, the different parts of the wind turbines: blades, nacelles and tower elements will be pre-assembled and prepared. Next step is the loading on the installation vessel and the installation of the turbines on the monopiles at sea.

The construction of a new maritime research center In the industrial port area Plassendale 1 starts early next year. The center will house a wave pool and a towing tank. This will allow groundbreaking research into the impact of waves, tides and wind on ships and objects at sea.

Rebo-terminal in Port of Oostende candidate as marshalling harbor for Borssele 1 & 2 The offshore wind industry is, after Belgium, now also booming business in the Netherlands. The Dutch wind farm Borssele is almost the mirror image of the Belgian parks. If you look at the map, you, can immediately see that the Port of Oostende is strategically located in relation to Borssele. The originally Danish energy company Dong was awarded the construction of Borssele 1 & 2 (2 x 380 MW). Dong is now putting the puzzle together in order to be able to build both parks at a price of € 72.7 MW / h...