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Wind-energy in Belgium
Facts en future plans
Catholic Institute of Higher Education in South – West- FlandersBelgium
12% consumption EU produced with turbinesSource: greenpeace and EWEA
Wind force 12
Wind-energy
• Onshore • Offshore
Wind-energy
• Offshore
Situation in Belgium
Offshore project C-power
• 60 wind turbines of min. 3.6 MW to max. 5 MW• Annual generation of 710 GWh to 1000 GWh• Enough energy for the annual consumption of 200,000 to 300,000
families• Enough energy to provide all the families in Belgium with electricity
for three weeks• Avoided CO2 emission: 450,000 tonnes/year (compared with the
environmentally most friendly gas power stations) • = the annual CO2 absorption of a forested area of 87,668 ha
= a strip of forest 15km wide along the entire Belgian coastline= 4 x the area of public forest within the Flemish Region
• 1/3rd of the Belgian renewable energy target by 2010
renewable energy
Target 2010: 6%
Wind-energy
• Onshore • Offshore
Windturbines in Flanders
Turbine
Enercon 112
• 4500 KW• 124 m hight• 114 m rotor diameter • Gearless system
Wind-energy in Belgium
DVD visit Turbine
Catholic Institute of Higher Education in South – West- FlandersBelgium
• Info:
– Pedro LigneelKATHO
• Links: • www.ewea.org• www.c-power.be