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GENERAL FUNCTIONAL DETAILS AND EXPECTED CAPACITY

Cut-in wind speed: 3 m/s
Rated capacity:

6,15MW on 14m/s

5MW on 13 m/s
Cut-out wind speed: 31 m/s
Power control: Pitch control
   

Expected capacity Comparative wind force table
  Beaufort Description m/s km/hr
  0 Calm 0.45 1.6
  1 Light air 0.45 to 1.34

1.6-5
  2 light breeze 1.79 to 3.13 6-11
The wind turbines start turning from a wind speed of 3m/second 3 gentle breeze 3.58 to 5.36 13-19
  4 moderate breeze 5.81 to 8.05 21-29
  5 fresh breeze 8.49 to 10.73 31-39
  6 strong breeze 11.18 to 13.86 40-50
  7 near gale 14.30 to 16.99 51-61
  8 gale 17.43 to 20.56 63-74
  9 strong gale 21.01 to 24.14 76-87
The automatic braking mechanism stops the rotor from a wind speed of 31m/second 10 storm 24.59 to 28.16 89-101
  11 violent storm 28.61 to 33.53 103-121
  12 hurricane 33.97 to + 122+

CAPACITY PER TURBINE

8440 running hours/year (97%)


≈

3300 full operational hours/year

According to calculations by C-Power, based on over 1.2 million historic wind measurements on the coast since 1986, the wind turbines will run for 8440 hours per year, which is 96% of the time.


The number of hours when the wind turbines are running at full power (full operational hours) has been calculated to be approximately 3300 hrs/year.
PARC CAPACITY

(5MW*6*3300h)+(6,15MW*48*3300h)˜ 1TWh

≈
6% of the Belgian domestic consumption



The wind turbine park consisting of 54 turbines with an installed capacity of:

Phase1: 6*5MW, Phase2: 24*6,15MW and Phase3: 24*6,15MW

consequently has an expected power generation capacity of:

5MW*6*3300h + 6,15MW*48*3300h or 1 TWh.

The expected annual capacity thus matches the total renewable energy obligation (6%) of the total Belgian residential consumption.

 
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