Rentel Offshore Wind Farm

Rentel
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Country
  • Belgium
Coordinates51°35′28″N 2°56′38″E / 51.591°N 2.944°E / 51.591; 2.944
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • January 2019
Wind farm
Type
Max. water depth
  • 36 m (118 ft)
Distance from shore
  • 34 km (21 mi)
Site area
  • 22.72 km2 (8.77 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational42 × 7.35 MW
Make and modelSiemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 (42)
Nameplate capacity
  • 309 MW
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Wind farm layout

Rentel is an offshore wind farm located in the Belgian part of the North Sea. The wind farm consists of 42 Siemens wind turbines with a capacity of 7.35 MW each, giving the farm a total capacity of 309 MW. The wind farm was fully operational in late 2018. It is the fifth offshore wind project in the Belgian North Sea.[1][2] It has a cable to shore, but is also connected to the Modular Offshore Grid. After its shorecable was damaged in January 2024, it continued sending limited power via the MOG cable.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rentel". Belgian Offshore Platform. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  2. ^ "Rentel - Otary". www.otary.be. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  3. ^ Buljan, Adrijana (29 January 2024). "Belgian Meshed Grid to the Rescue as Rentel Export Cable Gets Damaged". Offshore Wind.