RWE has installed the last turbine at the Thornton Bank offshore wind park in Belgium, completing the installation of all 48 wind turbines off the Belgian coast, with a combined capacity of 325 MW. With the generated electricity the power plant can supply some 600,000 Belgian households every year. In the third and final phase of the wind farm, 24 x 6.15 MW turbines have been erected, which together have an installed capacity of 148 MW. Six of these had already been connected to the grid in 2012. The in spring installed 18 turbines are planned to be commissioned in the upcoming weeks. Thornton Bank offshore wind farm is situated 30 kilometres off the Belgian coast in waters up to 30 metres deep. The first phase of the wind farm, comprising six 5 MW turbines (30 MW), first came into operation in 2009.
Thornton Bank wind farm is one of the largest project-financed offshore wind farms in Europe. The total investment amounts to approximately €1.3bn. With 27%, RWE Innogy is the biggest shareholder of the Thornton Bank Wind Farm.
Interested in Power Plants?
Enerdata has developed a market research service to screen, monitor and analyse the development of power generation assets.
Power Plant Tracker offers an interactive database and a powerful search engine covering power plants worldwide – including both installed and planned capacities for renewables and fossil fuels.