Northwind Offshore Wind Farm

Belgian offshore wind farm in the North Sea

Northwind

Country	Belgium
Coordinates	51°37′00″N 2°54′00″E / 51.6167°N 2.9°E / 51.6167; 2.9
Status	Operational
Commission date	2014
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Max. water depth	29 m (95 ft)
Distance from shore	37 km (23 mi)
Rotor diameter	112 m (367 ft)
Site area	14.5 km (5.6 sq mi)
Power generation


Units operational	72 × 3 MW
Make and model	Vestas V112-3.0MW (72)
Nameplate capacity	216 MW
External links
Website	parkwind.eu/projects/northwind
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Wind farm layout

Northwind is an offshore wind farm located on the Lodewijkbank [nl] in the Belgian part of the North Sea. The wind farm was commissioned in 2014 and is the third offshore wind project in the Belgian North Sea after the Thorntonbank and Belwind wind farms.

The wind farm consists of 72 Vestas V112 wind turbines with a capacity of 3 MW each, giving the farm a total capacity of 216 MW.

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