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GENERAL INFORMATION
| wind turbines | Phase I: 6*5MW - Phase II: 30*6,15MW - PhaseIII: 18*6,15MW |
| total capacity | 326 MW |
| water depth | 12 to 27,5 m |
| distance to the coast | 27 to 30 km |
| construction (phase I) | May 2007 to June 2009 |
| start construction (phase II & III) | November 2010 |
| start production (phase I) | beginning 2009 |
| expected start production (phase II) | October 2012 |
| expected start production (phase III) | September 2013 |
| annual generation | 1.000.000.000 kWh or 1000 GWh = Enough energy for the annual consumption of 600.000 inhabitants |
| avoided CO2 emission | 450,000 tonnes/year (compared with the environmentally most friendly gas power stations) |
| = the annual CO2 absorption of a forested area of 87,668
ha = a strip of forest 15km wide along the entire Belgian coastline = 4 x the area of public forest within the Flemish Region |
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