12 & 13
MARCH 2025

 

 

Belgian Offshore Days - Programme 2025
09:30
Registration
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Conference by Belgian Offshore Cluster
10:00 - 10:30

Challenges for Offshore Grids

Offshore wind energy will bring a key contribution to reaching the objectives of the EU Green Deal. The integration of 300 GW offshore wind generation capacity into the energy system by 2050 raises new challenges for the European transmission system operators and more specifically for their offshore grids. Through the EU Grid Action Plan, ENTSO-E’s and national TSOs’ plans reveal an increasing focus on offshore grid expansion.

The following topics will be tackled by relevant speakers of offshore substation builders and transmission energy experts:

  • Security and intrusion warning systems (NIS2)
  • Regulation and standardization across borders
  • High Voltage Direct Current offshore grids
  • Energy islands and coordinated grid development
  • Governance and responsibilities
  • Digitization and data-driven asset management

In a concluding panel debate, TSOs of different European countries will discuss these operational challenges, best practices, and innovations in grid expansion and modernization.

14:00
Innovation Forum by Blue Cluster
14:00 - 15:30

Full Session Details:

  • 14:00 - Optimized prediction and decision support for rain erosion and lightning-driven degradation of blades (Rainbow) - Pieter Mathys (VKI)
  • 14:12 - Use of molecules hydrogen and methanol in maritime shipbuilding, retrofit and manufacturing of engines (CHyPS/ FASTWATER- Methathug) - Sebastian Verhelst (Ghent University)
  • 14:24 - Marine and River Cleaner for plastic waste (DeMArc) - Luca Barbetti (IMDC)
  • 14:36 - Installation and decommissioning of propeller anchors in the context of aquaculture within wind farms (UltFarms) - Phara Cockaert (Jan De Nul)
  • 14:48 - LCSA, LCC, S-LCA, material passport, decommissioning processes, BIM model in the context of Circular Transition of Offshore wind (CTO) - Chris Blommaert (Parkwind)
  • 15:00 - Flume tests, installation, LCA, ecology, and decommissioning research project on several NID innovations to replace scour protection (JIP SPREE) - Ann Stroobandt (RWE)
  • 15:12 - Optimisation model for spatial planning in the context of carbon impact - Timothy Vanagt (ORG)
  • 15:30 Closing - Piet Opstaele & Networking (booth 255)

More information about the Innovation Forum by Blue Cluster can be found here.

Belgian Offshore Night
17:00
Reception & Offshore Oscars
17:00 - 19:00 | Booth of Belgian Offshore Cluster
19:00
Belgian Offshore Night - Dinner
19:00 - 22:30 | Kursaal Oostende
Dinner is invitation only!
Fair
10:00
Fair Visit
10:00 - 17:00

Fair is free for every professional, but registration is required.

REGISTER HERE

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