Rentel offshore wind farm
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 35 '28 " N , 2 ° 56' 38" E | ||
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 Belgium
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| Waters | North Sea | ||
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| Type | Wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 309 megawatts | ||
| owner | Otary RS NV | ||
| operator | Rentel NV | ||
| Start of operations | End of 2018 (planned) | ||
| founding | Monopile | ||
| turbine | 42 × Siemens SWT-7.0-154 | ||
| Website | www.rentel.be | ||
| was standing | July 2017 | ||
Rentel is an offshore wind farm under construction in the Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone in the southern North Sea . The wind park is to consist of 42 wind turbines , which together have an installed capacity of 309 megawatts . The wind farm was put into operation at the beginning of 2019. The investment volume amounts to 1.1 billion euros. Mathematically, it should be possible to supply around 285,000 households with electricity.
location
The wind farm is located about 34 kilometers off the coast of Zeebrugge and 40 kilometers off Ostend .
History and construction
In April 2016 Rentel NV and Siemens Wind Power signed the delivery and installation contract as well as a 17-year maintenance contract. In October 2016, the final investment decision for the project was made by the project developer Rentel NV . The installation of the first foundation began in July 2017. The upper structure of the transformer platform , also called topside , was installed on its monopile foundation at the end of January 2018.
All offshore foundations were installed in October 2017. The first turbine was installed in May 2018. All turbines were installed on September 3, 2018.
The wind farm was put into operation at the beginning of 2019.
Project development and financing
The project is being developed by Rentel NV , which is based in Ostend. Rentel NV is a consortium of eight Belgian shareholders such as Otary Offshore Energy, DEME Group and Elicio NV.
The project is being financed together with a consortium of banks from the European Investment Bank and eight other banks (AG Insurance, ASN Bank, Belfius, ING, KBC, KfW Ipex-Bank, Rabobank and Société Générale ). The European Investment Bank is granting a 250 million euro loan from the European Fund for Strategic Investments . A further 50 million euros will be provided by Ducroire and 208 million euros from the EKF.
Technology and operation
The 42 turbines come from the gearless Siemens D7 platform from Siemens Gamesa . Each turbine has a nominal output of 7.35 megawatts. The wind turbines have a rotor diameter of 154 m, the hub height is 106 m. This means that they have a total height of 183 m. The contract provides for Siemens Gamesa to maintain the systems for 17 years. The wind turbines are based on monopiles , the water depth here is 22–36 meters.
The inner park cabling for the dissipation of the generated electrical energy consists of a cable system at medium voltage level that connects the individual wind turbines with the transformer platform on the south-west side of the wind park. Here the power is transformed to high voltage and then a 220- kilovolt - submarine cable from ABB led to the country. In Zeebrugge, it will be fed into the Belgian national grid.
According to the DEME Group , the construction of the wind farm will create 1,400 jobs. Another 1400 passed indirectly through development and construction. 100 jobs are to be created during operation. The planned operations center is located in the port of Ostend .
See also
Web links
- Website of the operating company Rentel
- Rentel OWF Reaches Financial Close. In: offshorewind.biz. October 3, 2016, accessed November 25, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b RENTEL NV reaches Financial Close for its 309 MW Offshore wind project in the Belgian North Sea. deme-group.com, accessed on November 25, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Topside of the offshore substation successfully installed at Rentel Offshore Windfarm. In: rentel.be. January 26, 2018, accessed March 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Last Rentel Transition Pieces Leave Smulders Hoboken Yard . In: offshoreWIND.biz , September 8, 2017, accessed on September 8, 2017
- ^ First Rentel Turbines Up . In: offshoreWIND.biz , May 15, 2018, accessed on June 2, 2018
- ↑ A2Sea Installs Last Rentel Turbine . In: offshoreWIND.biz , September 3, 2018, accessed on September 3, 2018
- ↑ Belgium Blows Past 1GW Offshore Wind Mark as Rentel Goes Full Throttle . In: Offshore Windbiz , January 11, 2019. Accessed May 17, 2020.
- ↑ Peter Kleinort: First Siemens project in Belgium · 42 turbines for the “Rentel” wind farm in the Nodsee · Maintenance contract for 17 years . In: Daily port report of December 22, 2016, p. 13