The world’s largest wind farm is on the homestretch

Set up of the ultimate wind generators on the Netherlands’ Hollandse Kust Zuid 1.5 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm is sort of full.

Hollandse Kust Zuid is positioned 18-35 kilometers (11-22 miles) off the Dutch coast within the North Sea. It’s collectively owned by Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz.

On June 2, Vattenfall posted on social media that the final turbine parts had been loaded onto wind set up vessel Wind Osprey, they usually’ve now arrived on the web site.

The offshore wind farm consists of 140 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD wind generators – the largest-ever generators to be put in at scale. They’ve a rotor diameter of 200 meters (656 toes) and a swept space of 31,400 sq. meters (337,987 sq. toes).

Not solely will Hollandse Kust Zuid turn into the world’s largest offshore wind farm – stealing the title from the UK’s 1.3 GW Hornsea 2 – it’s additionally the world’s first offshore wind farm to be constructed with out subsidy.

Hollandse Kust Zuid may have a renewable electrical energy output equal to the annual consumption of an astounding 1.5 million Dutch households. It’s anticipated to return on-line this summer time.

Learn extra: Siemens Gamesa debuts a wind turbine tower made of sustainable steel

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