Blades for Phase II and III of Thornton Bank offshore wind farm
06. December 2010
| Editorial staff Ship&Offshore
Thornton Bank is located around 28 km off the Belgian coast in waters between twelve and 27 meters deep and currently comprises six REpower 5M type wind turbines with a rated power of five megawatts each, carrying 61.5 meter blades from LM Wind Power. It was officially put into operation at the end of June 2009. In the first half-year of operation, it achieved a technical availability rate of 94%; in the second, this increased to 97%.
With phases II and III the Thornton Bank project represents the biggest ever project financing in the offshore wind industry as measured by the total investment volume of 1.3 billion Euro.
