Rentel Offshore Wind Farm

Belgian offshore wind farm in the North Sea

51°35′28″N 2°56′38″E / 51.591°N 2.944°E / 51.591; 2.944StatusOperationalCommission date

January 2019

Wind farm Type

Offshore

Max. water depth

36 m (118 ft)

Distance from shore

34 km (21 mi)

Site area

22.72 km² (8.77 sq mi)

Power generation Units operational42 × 7.35 MWMake and modelSiemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 (42)Nameplate capacity

309 MW

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Wind farm layout

Rentel is an offshore wind farm located in the Belgian part of the North Sea. The wind farm consists of 42 Siemens wind turbines with a capacity of 7.35 MW each, giving the farm a total capacity of 309 MW. The wind farm was fully operational in late 2018. It is the fifth offshore wind project in the Belgian North Sea.^[1]^[2] It has a cable to shore, but is also connected to the Modular Offshore Grid. After its shorecable was damaged in January 2024, it continued sending limited power via the MOG cable.^[3]

References

^ "Rentel". Belgian Offshore Platform. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
^ "Rentel - Otary". www.otary.be. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
^ Buljan, Adrijana (29 January 2024). "Belgian Meshed Grid to the Rescue as Rentel Export Cable Gets Damaged". Offshore Wind.