Generating green electricity

The Luminus turbines have an installed capacity of 3.45 MW each, producing around 17,100 MWh each year which is enough to power more than 4,500 households.

“If we want to achieve the climate targets of 2050, we have to put all our efforts into electrification,” commented Grégoire Dallemagne, chief executive of Luminus.

“Electricity is the only energy that can be mass-produced in a CO2 neutral way or with limited CO2 emissions.

“To meet this challenge, we need support and a strong regulatory framework as it becomes increasingly difficult to get permits for our wind projects.”

Pioneers in energy transition

Over the past ten years, Luminus has invested more than €1 billion in renewable energy projects, primarily in wind energy. With 273 onshore wind turbines by the end of this year, the company has doubled the installed capacity in five years and now produces 1,300 GWh of green energy.

This latest installation helps further Jan De Nul’s Code Zero programme which aims to eliminate emissions, accidents, breaches and waste. Best known for its role in the construction industry, the company is focusing ever more on sustainability and now specialises in interconnector installation, submarine cabling and supplying wind farm installation vessels.

“The energy transition today is first and foremost an electricity transition,” said Julie De Nul, chief executive Jan De Nul Dredging.

“We are proud that with our worldwide activities we can contribute to this further up-scaling. Not only do we install the necessary infrastructure at sea, we also offer space on land for generating green electricity on our permanent sites and on our projects.”

Belgium is sixth in the world in terms of the number of wind turbines and hopes to triple this capacity by 2030 and even quadruple it by 2040.