Project details
Water depth | 12 to 27,5 m |
Distance to the coast | 27 to 30 km |
Area | 19,84 km2 (Area A = 10,68 km2 + Area B = 9,16 km2) |
Total capacity | 325,20 MW |
Annual generation | 1.050.000.000 kWh or 1050 GWh = Enough energy for the annual consumption of 300.000 families |
Avoided CO2 emission | 415,000 tonnes/year (compared with the environmentally most friendly gas power stations) |
= the annual CO2 absorption of a forested area of 65,000 ha = 1/3 of the forests within Flemish region |
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Wind turbines | Phase 1: 6 x 5 MW each Phase 2: 30 x 6,15 MW each Phase 3: 18 x 6,15 MW each |
Project phasing | |
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6 x 5 MW each, construction from May 2007 to June 2009 and production started beginning 2009 |
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30 x 6,15 MW each, construction started in November 2010, production started in October 2012 |
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18 x 6,15 MW each, construction started in November 2010, production started in September 2013 |