Decommissioned: | 2023 |
Location: | The wind farm was located on the Eemmeerdijk dyke, near Zeewolde, in the province of Flevoland |
Commissioned: | 1998 |
Owner: | Vattenfall |
Production capacity: | 19 MW (based on original number of turbines) |
Turbines: | 19 two-bladed NedWind 55, 60-metre tall tower and a 55-metre rotor diameter, of which 17 were still standing at the start of 2023 |
Turbine power: | 1 MW |
Decommissioned by: | FairWind as the main contractor, with Mammoet for the lifting work, and Danish Kingo for the removal of civil work items such as foundation, roads and cables. |
Remarks: |
Not only is this wind farm unique, for being the only wind farm left in the Netherlands with NedWind 55 turbines, it is also unique for its multi-coloured towers. The tower of each of units by Dutch design was painted in a different colour, representing the colours of the surrounding countryside or, some would say, of the rainbow. In January 2023, one turbine collapsed due to a vibrated pitch cylinder, this resulted in the dismantling being brought forward. |
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