Belwind Offshore Wind Farm

Coordinates: 51°40′N 2°48′E

The Belwind Wind Farm is located on Bligh

Bank, 46 kilometres (29 mi) from the Belgian port
Belwind
of Zeebrugge, and has been built in two phases. It
has a 330 MW production capacity and an
estimated annual output of 1.1 TWh.[1] Phase 1
had a 165 MW production capacity.[2]

Financing
Bligh Bank is the first stage of what is planned to
be a 330 MW project. It was financed under a
Project Finance structure by Project Company
‘Belwind’, after a number of delays[3] that
included bankruptcy of developer Econcern.[4]
Financial close was eventually reached on July 27,
2009. Bligh Bank is only the third offshore wind
farm to be Project Financed, following Q7 and
Thornton Bank. The €614 million deal sees
Colruyt Group, the Colruyt family, SHV,
ParticipatieMaatschappij Vlaanderen, Meewind
and Rabo Project Equity, come together to invest
in the construction of the 165 MW first stage of the
Project.[5] For the first time the European
Investment Bank will assume project finance risk Country Belgium
for an offshore wind farm, by granting
Location Ostend, Zeebrugge region,
€300 million towards financing the Project.[6][7]
North Sea
In January 2011 SHV sold its 20,7 % equity-share Coordinates 51°40′N 2°48′E
to the other Belgian shareholders Colruyt Group,
Status Operational
the Colruyt family and ParticipatieMaatschappij
Vlaanderen.[8] The financial close of the Second Commission date 9 December 2010
Phase of the project was on 6 October 2015. Owner(s) Belwind NV
Wind farm
First phase Type Offshore

Construction of the first phase commenced in Max. water depth 37 m (121 ft)
August 2009 and was completed on 9 December Distance from shore 46 km (29 mi)
2010.[9][10] The wind farm includes an Offshore
High Voltage Station which converts the infield Hub height 72 m (236 ft)
33kV to the export cable (150kV). This export Rotor diameter 90 m (300 ft)
cable is connected to the second high-voltage
station, (the Booster Transformer Station) in Rated wind speed 15 m/s (49 ft/s)
Zeebrugge.[11][12] In 2012 Alstom planned to Site area 17 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
install a wind turbine of 6 MW Haliade as a
Power generation
test,[8][13] which happened in November
2013.[14][15][16] Units operational 55 × 3 MW
1 × 6 MW
Second phase Make and model GE Renewable Energy
Haliade 150-6MW (1)
The construction of the second phase was mostly Vestas V90/3000 (55)
in 2016, with the first foundation on 12 May, first
turbine on 27 of October and first electricity Nameplate capacity 171 MW
production 9 January 2017. The park has been External links
fully commissioned as of 24 May 2017.
Website belwind.eu/en/home (http://b
elwind.eu/en/home)
Revenue
Commons Related media on Commons
The Belwind Wind Farm has a green certificate,
meaning it will receive a set minimum price through
Elia, €107 per MWh for the first 216 MW, the
remaining 114 MW will receive €90 per MWh.[17] In
2011 it received €49,51 per MWh through the sale of
the generated electricity to Electrabel.[8][18]

See also
Renewable
energy portal
Belgium portal

Weather portal

Thorntonbank Wind Farm (Belgium)

Wind power in Belgium
List of offshore wind farms
List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea
Lists of offshore wind farms by country

Wind farm layout

References
1. "Zeewind 1" (http://meewind.nl/zeewind-1/).
 2. Van Oord has completed Belwind (http://www.vanoord.com/gb-en/our_newsroom/archive_ne
ws_releases/news_archive_2010/completion_belwind_and_new_installation_vessel/index.
php) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20110717010907/http://www.vanoord.com/gb-en/
our_newsroom/archive_news_releases/news_archive_2010/completion_belwind_and_new
_installation_vessel/index.php) July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Van Oord, 9
December 2010. Accessed: 10 December 2010.
3. "Background to Belwind Financing" (http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/5608#more).
Retrieved 2009-08-03.
4. "Econcern file for bankruptcy" (https://www.reuters.com/article/bankruptcyNews/idUSLQ2328
9420090526?sp=true). Reuters. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
5. "Belwind Press Release" (http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160118141207/http://www.belwind.e
u/files/604739_belwind%20persdossier_ENG.pdf) (PDF). Archived from the original (http://b
elwind.eu/files/604739_belwind%20persdossier_ENG.pdf) (PDF) on 2016-01-18. Retrieved
2012-12-20.
6. "EIB Press Release" (https://web.archive.org/web/20090910200751/http://www.eib.org/proje
cts/press/2009/2009-156-eib-financing-of-eur-300mio-for-belwind-offshore-windfarm.htm).
Archived from the original (http://www.eib.org/projects/press/2009/2009-156-eib-financing-of-
eur-300mio-for-belwind-offshore-windfarm.htm) on 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
7. "EIB Financing details" (http://www.eib.org/attachments/press/090724-belwind-amounts-deta
iled.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-20.
8. "Meewind Participants meeting May 2012" (https://meewind.nl/wp-content/uploads/VERSLA
G_PARTICIPANTENVERGADERING_MEEWIND_mei_2012_def.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved
2012-12-20.
9. Toespraak van Eerste Minister Yves Leterme bij de inhuldiging van het Belwind
windturbinepark op de Blighbank (Noordzee) (http://www.yvesleterme.be/nl/toespraak-van-e
erste-minister-yves-leterme-bij-de-inhuldiging-van-het-belwind-windturbinepark-op-de-)
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20110706142629/http://www.yvesleterme.be/nl/toespr
aak-van-eerste-minister-yves-leterme-bij-de-inhuldiging-van-het-belwind-windturbinepark-op
-de-) 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, 9 December 2010. Accessed: 10 December
2010.
10. "Belwind - Nieuws" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110720153339/http://belwind.eu/nl/nieuw
s/4). Archived from the original (http://belwind.eu/nl/nieuws/4) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved
2010-12-10.
11. "Van Oord - EPC Contractor" (https://web.archive.org/web/20121021005021/http://www.vano
ord.com/activities/belwind-phase-1-offshore-wind-farm). Archived from the original (http://ww
w.vanoord.com/activities/belwind-phase-1-offshore-wind-farm) on 2012-10-21. Retrieved
2012-12-20.
12. "Belwind – 4C Offshore" (http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/belwind--belgium-be03.htm
l). Retrieved 28 March 2016.
13. "Alstom 6 MW Haliade 150" (http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2012/3/alstom-inaugurates
-the-largest-offshore-wind-turbine-in-the-world-near-saint-nazaire-/). Retrieved 2012-12-20.
14. "First offshore installation of Alstom's Haliade 150" (http://www.modernpowersystems.com/n
ews/newsfirst-offshore-installation-of-alstoms-haliade-150),
www.modernpowersystems.com, 22 November 2013
15. De MonicaultMis, Frédéric (21 November 2013), "Alstom installe sa première éolienne en
mer" (http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2013/11/20/20005-20131120ARTFIG00541-alstom-insta
lle-sa-premiere-eolienne-en-mer.php), www.lefigaro.fr (in French)
16. "Belwind Alstom Haliade Demonstration - 4C Offshore" (http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarm
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17. "Minimum price and legal fram" (http://www.elia.be/en/products-and-services/green-certificat
es/Minimumprice-legalframe). Retrieved 2012-12-20.
18. "Meewind participating in Belwind" (https://meewind.nl/wp-content/uploads/Nadere-toelichtin
g-belegging-d-d-29-februari-2012.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-20.

External links
Official website (http://www.belwind.eu/)
LORC - Belwind Datasheet (http://www.lorc.dk/Knowledge/Offshore-renewables-map/Offsho
re-site-datasheet/Belwind-Offshore-Wind-Farm/000045)

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