Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farm

Windpark Egmond aan Zee
Wind turbine components in an assembly area onshore before installation at sea
Country	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°36′N 4°25′E
Status	Active
Construction began	2006
Commission date	18 April 2007
Owner(s)	Shell plc
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Distance from shore	10 km (6.2 mi)
Hub height	70 m (230 ft)
Rotor diameter	90 m (300 ft)
Rated wind speed	15 m/s (49 ft/s)
Site area	27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational	36 × 3 MW
Make and model	Vestas V90/3000 (36)
Nameplate capacity	108 MW
External links
Commons	Related media on Commons

Windpark Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ) is the first large scale offshore wind farm built off the Dutch North Sea coast. It consists of 36 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines, each with nameplate capacity of 3 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 km (6.2 mi) to 18 km (11 mi) of the coasts of Egmond aan Zee and is visible from the shore. Size of the farm is a projected 27 square kilometres (10 sq mi). It was built by a consortium of Ballast Nedam and wind turbine manufacturers Vestas.

Gallery

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  View of the distant wind turbines from shore at Bergen aan Zee, North Holland
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  Another view from shore

See also

• List of Offshore Wind Farms
• List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea
• Princess Amalia Wind Farm

External links

• Windpark Egmond aan Zee / NoordZeeWind Official website
• Offshore Wind Farm Egmond aan Zee on YouTube, showing the construction
• LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Egmond Aan Zee