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GENERAL INFORMATION
| wind turbines | Phase I: 6*5MW - Phase II: 24*5,25MW - PhaseIII: 24*6MW |
| total capacity | 300 MW |
| water depth | 12 to 27,5 m |
| distance to the coast | 27 to 30 km |
| start construction | May 2007 |
| start production | start 2009 |
| Annual generation | 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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| = 1/3rd of the Belgian renewable energy target by 2010 | |
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