2008 – AMSTELSTROOM

During its ‘working life’, the AMSTELSTROOM was involved in many projects concerning the construction of OWF’s / wind farms at sea. One of the first involved the project on the Belgian Thorntonbank, for which support was provided from Oostende. This was later followed by Walney 2 (47x 7.0 MW – support from Barrow-in-Furness) and London Array (175x 3.6 MW support from Ramsgate).

History
The Thorntonbank Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm, 30 kilometers off the Belgian coast, in water ranging from 12 to 27 meters deep. Electricity production started in early 2009, with a capacity of 30 MW. The capacity was increased to a total of 214 MW in 2012 and 325 MW in 2013. The first phase was built and consists of 6x 5.0 MW offshore windmills installed on concrete foundations on the Thornton sandbank. It was commissioned in June, 2009. A 37 kilometer / 150 kV undersea cable connects the Offshore Wind Farm to shore. In the second and third phase, a total of 48 additional wind turbines of 6.15 MW were installed. The first 30 turbines were installed on steel jacket foundations, the other 18 on monopiles.