Thornton Bank, Belgium
Customer: REpower
Blade type: LM 61.5 P2
Number of wind turbines: 6
Capacity: 30 MW
Year of delivery: 2008
30 kilometers from Zeebrugge 18 LM 61.5 P2 blades are contributing to the production of power in the initial phase of Belgium’s first offshore wind farm, Thornton Bank.
Once the third and final phase of the project is completed the annual power production is expected to be at about 1.000 million kWh, corresponding to the annual electricity consumption of 600,000 people.
Lightning as a lesson
There are many ways to tackle lightning. One is simply to hide – but that doesn’t really cut it with the MW blades of today. So we make sure to catch the lightning and control its path.
> More about our research into lightning protection
Small fibres – big importance
Our blade researchers examine new laminates
right from nano level to full-scale testing
to ensure perfect interaction between
fibre and resin.
> More about fibre technology