• Welcome
  • Project
  • General info
  • Digital animation
  • Production simulation
  • Execution phase I
  • C-Power in the press
• Partners
• Objective
  • Objective
  • European directive
  • C-Power contribution
• Location
  • Geographical location
    • Introduction
    • BCS
    • Location
    • Shipping routes
  • Choice of location
    • Possible location within BCS
    • The various mile zones
    • Sand reclamation areas
    • The military zones
    • Gas pipes and telecom cables
    • Wildlife preservation areas
    • Shipping routes
    • Radar range
    • The Flemish sandbanks
    • The area for wind turbines
    • Wind farm applications
  • Layout of the WEP
    • Layout Wind Energy Park
    • Detail of the Thornton Bank
    • C-Power land area concession
    • The wind turbine configuration
  • Comparison
    • Comparison
    • Initial trial projects
    • Multi-megawatt projects
• Wind turbines
  • Wind turbines
  • Repower Systems
  • Dimensions
  • Rotor
  • Functional details and capacity
• Construction
  • Construction phases
  • Up till present
  • Innovation Thorntonbank
    • Construction of the foundations
    • Preparation of the seabed level
    • Transport and installation GBF
    • Installation of the windturbine
  • Digital animation
• Energy transport
  • Energy transport
  • In the wind turbine
  • Between turbines
  • Transformer
  • The submarine cables
  • The Cable landing
  • The land cables
  • Grid connection
• Environmental Impact
  • Environmental Impact
  • Avifauna
  • Landscape
  • Sea fishing
  • Marine traffic
  • Radar chain
  • Oil dispersal
• Timing
  • Timing
  • Preparation
    • Preparation
    • Permits
    • Soil investigation
    • Design and engineering
  • General planning
  • Execution phase I
• Investment
  • Investment
  • Nearshore/farshore
  • Employment
• Activities
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
• Links
  • Links
  • Regulating Bodies
  • Other Offshore Wind Farms
  • WE associations
  • Wind power
  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturers
  • Magazines
  • Scientifique Surveys
  • Database

PREPARATION

1. In order to build this wind farm C-Power needed to carry out a number of legal procedures in order to obtain the necessary permits.
2. In view of the complexity of construction 30km out at sea, the condition of the soil of each of the locations of the wind turbines first needed to be subjected to a meticulous inspection.
3. The results of the soil investigation were used to work out the correct foundation and the exact dimensioning in first the basic design, then the integrated design and finally the detailed design.