Commissioned: | August 2022 |
Location: | East of Almere, province of Flevoland. 300 km2 area. It concerns a repowering project whereby 220 single wind turbines are replaced by 83 new, more powerful turbines in 6 line positions |
Owner: | Windpark Zeewolde B.V., a unique collaboration of more than 200 farmers, residents and entrepreneurs |
Production capacity: | 320 MW |
Annual yield: | 870,000 MWh |
Turbines: | 83 turbines from Vestas |
Turbine power: | 4.3, 3.8, 4.3, and 2.2 MW |
Hub height: | 152, 97, 92, and 101 m |
Tip height: | 220, 160, 150, and 156 m |
Rotor diameter: | 126, 126, 117 and 110 m |
Cables: | 338 km of 33kV cables & 7 km of 150kV cables |
Substation: | Private station at Vogelweg. 2 x 240 MVA transformers transform the electricity from 33 kV to 150 kV |
Connected to the grid at: | TenneT’s station on Bloesemlaan |
Contractors: | Vestas (turbines & 20-year service contract), WDG (combination Dura Vermeer – GMB) (civil works), Hitachi ABB (substation), Outsmart (Assetmanagement) |
Power purchasers | Vattenfall |
Additional info: | A smart detection camera system was installed on a selection of wind turbines to detect White-tailed eagles in time to stop the necessary wind turbines. The number of nesting White-tailed eagles in the neighbouring nature area has increased over the years. |
A battery park with a 65 MWh energy storage system is currently being constructed next to the wind farm’s transformer station. There is also a plan for a 15 MW hydrogen plant where incoming power from Wind Farm Zeewolde’s wind turbines will be converted into green hydrogen. |