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Belgian offshore wind farm in the North Sea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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]

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Phases

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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]

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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]

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References

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