Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm

Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm
	The Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm viewed from the coast
	location
	Netherlands
Coordinates	52 ° 36 '22 " N , 4 ° 25' 8" E Coordinates: 52 ° 36 '22 " N , 4 ° 25' 8" E
country	Netherlands
Waters	North Sea
	Data
Type	Offshore wind farm
Primary energy	Wind energy
power	108 MW
operator	NoordzeeWind
Start of operations	2007 (complete)
founding	Monopile
turbine	36 × Vestas V90-3.0 MW
Website	Operator side
was standing	August 2014

Egmond aan Zee is a Dutch offshore wind farm located in the North Sea near the town of Egmond aan Zee . It was the first large offshore wind farm off the Dutch coast and one of the first commercial offshore wind farms in the world.

General

The wind farm is located between 10 and 18 kilometers off the coast of the province of North Holland and officially started operations in January 2007. The area of the wind farm is about 27 km², the water depth there is between 15 and 18 meters. The wind farm is operated by NoordzeeWind , which was jointly formed by the energy companies Nuon and Royal Dutch Shell .

Nearby are the Princess Amalia offshore wind farm , which went into operation in 2008, and the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm , which started operating in 2015.

technology

For insert 36 come wind turbines of the type Vestas V90-3.0 with a nominal output of 3 MW , the m via a hub height of 70, and have a rotor diameter of 90 m. This results in a total height of the systems of approx. 115 m; the total output of the plants is 108 MW. Monopiles are used as the foundation structure . The inner park cabling is operated with a voltage of 34 kV .