Posted on October 14, 2026
ENGIE is starting civil engineering work this month for the construction of eight wind turbines in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. The machines have a combined capacity of 42.6 MW (megawatts). According to the partners, they will produce around 115 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of renewable electricity a year from the start of 2028, equivalent to the average consumption of about 33,000 Belgian households, a rounded figure. The project brings together ENGIE, Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Portfineco, a company owned equally by Zefier and Port of Antwerp-Bruges.
Three port sites and two turbine models
Three of the eight turbines will be installed on the grounds of the Wallenius Wilhelmsen RoRo (roll-on/roll-off) terminal. The other five will be located on the grounds of International Car Operators (ICO), where ENGIE already commissioned in 2020, with ICO and Portfineco, a wind farm of 11 turbines (44 MW). Manufacturer Vestas, which is also due to supply 16 V163 turbines for two PDP8 wind farms in Vietnam, is equipping all three port sites. In other markets, India is targeting 100 GW of wind capacity by 2030 after record installations.
At the Wallenius Wilhelmsen site, located on Alfred Ronsestraat (N350), three Vestas V150-6.0 MW turbines will be erected, with a rotor diameter of 150 meters and a tip height of 200 meters. At the ICO site at Zuidelijk Insteekdok, two V150-6.0 MW turbines of the same dimensions are planned. At Noordelijk Insteekdok, three V136-4.2 MW turbines will be installed, with a rotor diameter of 136 meters and a tip height of 180 meters.
Timeline and investment structure
The turbines will appear on the Zeebrugge skyline during the second half of 2027, once the towers are erected and the nacelles and blades are assembled. Production is due to begin at the start of 2028. The press release does not specify the amount of the investment.
The project rests on a joint investment by ENGIE, Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Portfineco. ENGIE handles the operational management of the turbines on behalf of the joint project company Seagull I. Vincent Verbeke, CEO of ENGIE Belgium, says the group has 217 operational wind turbines in Belgium, with a total capacity of 611 MW.
The partners’ ambitions
According to Vincent Verbeke, ENGIE is focusing primarily on large-scale projects in suitable areas, such as port and industrial zones, to expand its renewable capacity. He says the project strengthens Zeebrugge’s role as an energy hub for the region.
Dirk De fauw, vice-chairman of Port of Antwerp-Bruges and mayor of Bruges, says the additional wind capacity is being delivered across three port terminals. He estimates that the port is on track to pass, by 2030, the half-gigawatt mark of installed wind capacity on its platforms. Henk Kindt, chairman of Zefier, says the organization is committing on behalf of its 160 shareholder municipalities.
