― 2016-2018

Norther Offshore Wind Farm

Norther is an offshore wind farm with a maximum capacity of 370 MW. Upon completion, it will be the largest offshore wind farm in Belgium. Each year, it will generate around 1,394 GWh of sustainable energy, equal to the energy use of almost 400,000 families.

― Key Responsibilities

As the lead engineer for CG, I managed an in-house engineering team from initial design stage, through detailed design, construction, commissioning and energization of the 220 kV offshore high voltage substation (OHVS). The OHVS collects all the electrical energy produced by the wind turbines and transforms it from 33 kV to 220 kV for export into the Belgian high voltage grid.

― 2013-2016

Gemini Offshore Wind Farm

The Gemini offshore wind farm consists of two 300 MW offshore substations (220 kV) and one 600 MW onshore substation (380 kV). The Gemini wind farm produces about 2.6 TWh of renewable electricity, sufficient for approximately 1.5 million people in the Netherlands.

With two export cables of about 100 km, the Gemini high voltage grid connection pushed the boundaries of what is considered technically feasible with AC technology.

― Key Responsibilities

As the lead engineer for CG, I managed all technical aspects of the project, from initial design stage, through detailed design, construction, commissioning and energization of the three substations.

I was responsible for the following technical scope:

― 2012-2013

Northwind Offshore Wind Farm

Northwind is an offshore wind farm with an installed power of 216 MW, located on the Lodewijk Bank in the Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone of the North Sea, about 37 km away from the coast. It provides green energy to about 230 000 families.

― Key Responsibilities

As electrical project engineer for CG, I performed transient energizing simulations and dynamic stability simulations to demonstrate the compliance of the wind farm to the grid code of the Belgian TSO, Elia.

To assess the future connection of the 165 MW Nobelwind offshore wind farm to the Northwind offshore substation, an equivalent model of the Nobelwind wind farm was developed.

― 2012

Zuidlob Onshore Wind Farm

The 122.4 MW Zuidlob (Princess Alexia) wind farm is one of the largest onshore wind farms in the Netherlands. It supplies renewable energy to about 88 000 families.

― Key Responsibilities

As electrical project engineer for CG, I analysed the energizing transients of the wind farm export cable. This analysis included both transient simulations and on-site measurements.