Northwester 2 Offshore Wind Farm

Northwester 2 is an offshore wind farm located in the Belgian part of the North Sea. The wind farm was commissioned in 2020 and is the seventh offshore wind farm in Belgium. The farm is located between the Mermaid wind farm in the north and Nobelwind wind farm in the south.[1]

Northwester 2
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Country
  • Belgium
Coordinates51°41′15″N 2°44′56″E / 51.6875°N 2.7488°E / 51.6875; 2.7488
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 2020
Wind farm
Type
Max. water depth
  • 40 m (130 ft)
Distance from shore
  • 51 km (32 mi)
Site area
  • 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational23 × 9.5 MW
Make and modelMHI Vestas V164-9.5MW (23)
Nameplate capacity
  • 219 MW
External links
Websiteparkwind.eu/projects/northwester-2
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Wind farm layout

The wind farm consists of 23 Vestas V164 wind turbines with a capacity of 9.5 MW each, giving the farm a total capacity of 219 MW.[2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Projects". Belgian Offshore Platform. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  2. ^ "Northwester 2". Belgian Offshore Platform. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  3. ^ "Northwester 2". Parkwind. Retrieved 2023-10-17.