Windfarm layout
The wind farm consists of 54 wind turbines,
Within the concession area, two sub-areas are separated by a channel defined around the Interconnector gas conduct and the Concerto South 1 telecommunication cable:
• Sub area A (southwestern part of the concession) consists of 30 turbines
• Sub area B (northeastern part of the concession) consists of 24 turbines
The project was build in 3 phases:
Infield electrical cables to the transformer station connect the wind turbines in strings, and each string to the transformer station situated in the south-eastern corner of sub area A.
The transformer station transforms the capacity from 33.000 volt to 150.000 volt.
Two 150 kV high-voltage cables link the wind farm area to the high voltage grid of Elia onshore in Bredene.
Specifications
| 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) |
| Distance between turbines | 700 m |
| 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 a recent gas power station) = the annual CO2 absorption capacity of a forested area of 65,000 ha = 1/3 of the forests within Flanders |
| 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 |