Thorntonbank Wind Farm

Thorntonbank Wind Farm
Wind turbines D4 (nearest) to D1 on the Thornton Bank
Country
  • Belgium
Location28 km north off the Belgian coast
Coordinates51°33′06″N 2°58′01″E / 51.5516°N 2.9669°E / 51.5516; 2.9669
StatusOperational
Construction began
  • February 2008
Commission date
  • 18 September 2013
Construction cost€ 1.3 billion
Wind farm
Type
Max. water depth
  • 28 m (92 ft)
Distance from shore
  • 27 km (17 mi)
Rotor diameter
  • 126 m (413 ft)
Site area
  • 19.84 km2 (7.66 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational6 × 5 MW
48 × 6.15 MW
Make and modelSenvion 6.2M126 (48)
Senvion REpower 5M (6)
Nameplate capacity
  • 325 MW
External links
Websitec-power.be
CommonsRelated media on Commons

The Thorntonbank Wind Farm (also known as C-Power) is an offshore wind farm. It is the first offshore wind farm in Belgium.

Electricity production started in early 2009, with a capacity of 30 MW. The capacity was increased to a total of 214 MW in 2012 and 325 MW in 2013.[1]

Phases

First phase

The first phase was built by C-Power, at a cost of €153 million.[2] It was commissioned in June 2009.[3][4]

The first phase of what will ultimately be a 325 MW wind farm was completed in September 2008. The six REpower 5 MW turbines, which were installed on concrete gravity foundations, were linked to the Belgian power grid, giving a total rated capacity of 30 MW for the first stage.[5] The full story of the design, engineering, construction and installation of the Thorntonbank Wind Farm (first phase) is told in an illustrated book that was published in November 2010.[6][7]

Second and third phase

In these phases, a total of 48 additional wind turbines of 6.15MWp were installed.[8]

Phase 2, completed in October 2012, comprises the installation of 30 of the 48 wind turbines.[1] These wind turbines have been installed on steel jacket foundations designed by OWEC Tower AS and assembled at the Smulders shipyard in Hoboken, Antwerp.[9]

In the third and last phase, completed in September 2013, the remaining 18 wind turbines were installed, bringing the total capacity to around 325 MW.[1][10]

Environmental assessment

Research was by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO[11]) and the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO [12])

Financing

Thorntonbank was only the second offshore wind farm to be project financed.[13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Project Details". c-power.be. C-Power. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  2. ↑ Thorntonbank (Belgium) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  3. ↑ REpower turbines to Thornton Bank offshore wind farm expansion Renewable Energy Focus, 26 November 2010. Accessed: 13 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Thornton Bank Offshore Project Officially Commissioned Renewable Energy World, 2 July 2009. Accessed: 13 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Renewable Energy World Article". Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  6. ↑ Jan Strubbe, "Reuzen in de Wind - Het windmolenpark op de Thorntonbank", Tielt (Belgium), 2009, ISBN 978-90-209-8349-4
  7. ↑ "Presentation - c-power". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-20. C-Power phase I
  8. ↑ "REpower: C-Power's offshore wind farm Thornton Bank II installed" (PDF). REpower. 2012-07-27. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "OWEC Tower: Supplying foundations for 48 turbines and one OTS". OWEC Tower. 2013-05-20. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  10. ↑ Phase 2 complete Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ INBO
  12. ↑ ILVO
  13. ↑ "C-Power Financing Article Article" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
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