Status: | Commissioned in 2007 |
Location: | 10-18 km off the coast of Egmond aan Zee |
Owner: | Shell |
Production Capacity: | 108 MW (demonstration project) |
Annual yield: | 400.000.000 kWh |
Turbines: | 36 x V90-3MW |
Turbine power: | 3 MW |
Hub height: | 70 m |
Tip height: | 115 m |
Rotor diameter: | 90 m |
Foundation piles: | Monopile, 45m long on average with a diameter of 4,6m and a wall thickness of 40 to 60mm. Weight: approx. 230 t. Produced by Bladt industries (DK). |
Transition pieces: | Weight: 147 ton, 27m length. Produced by Bladt Industries (DK) |
Export cables: | 3 x 34kV |
Main vessels used: | Svanen (foundations), SEA ENERGY (turbines), Team Oman (kabels) |
Substation onshore: | Wijk aan Zee |
Maintenance port: | IJmuiden |
Contractors: | Bouw Combinatie Egmond (BCE), a project joint venture of Ballast Nedam & Vestas (EPC) |
Project website | Click here |