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Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farm

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Windpark Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ) is the first large scale offshore wind farm built off the Dutch North Sea coast. It consists of 36 turbines, each capable of producing a theoretical three MW. In total the farm has a capacity of 108 MW. Together these are scaled to provided energy for a maximum of 100,000 households.

Location and size

The wind farm is located 10 to 18 kilometres of the coasts of Egmond aan Zee and is visible from the shore. Size of the farm is a projected 27 km².

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