Antwerp
He's a real metal monster.
1,740 tons, 25 meters high, 50 long, four levels.
Several dozen workers are busy in the passageways of this strange ship, currently under construction on the banks of the Scheldt, in Hoboken, in the Belgian town of Antwerp.
It looks like an oil rig, but it is an electrical substation for an offshore wind farm.
More precisely, that of the bay of Saint-Brieuc, which will include 62 wind turbines.
Ailes Marines, a subsidiary of the Spanish Iberdrola, won the tender in 2011. The company is building and will operate the field for twenty-five years after its commissioning, now scheduled for the end of 2023.
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The electricity produced by each wind turbine will be transmitted via an undersea cable to the substation, installed in the middle of the park.
A huge transformer will then bring the electricity to a voltage of 220,000 volts, allowing a more efficient transmission of energy.
A high voltage cable
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