The company will install 80 wind turbine generators, each with a capacity of 5MW, in an area where the water depth is about 40mt, resulting in a total capacity for the park of 400MW.
The project is in an advanced stage, with the sea-cable already being laid and the transformer station operating. The first generators are expected to feed electricity into the grid by July 2010.
Daniel Christnach, head of renewable energies at Enovos Luxembourg, said: “The technical aspects of this project are impressive – the turbine housings will be placed 90m above sea level and the surface covered by the rotor blades has a diameter of 126m. The wind park’s annual production is 1,600GWh.”
Jean Lucius, CEO of Enovos Luxembourg, said: “Our share of the farm’s total annual production corresponds to the energy used by about 30,000 households.
“Moreover, this project should foster future bilateral agreements between Germany and Luxembourg and help the Grand Duchy reach its target of 11% share of renewable energy sources of the final consumption by 2020.”
