The partnership behind the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, consisting of Eneco and Mitsubishi Corporation, has placed an order with Vestas for 43 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines with a total capacity of 129MW. The order includes supply, installation and commissioning of the turbines along with a 15-year full-scope AOM 5000 service and maintenance agreement.
The wind farm will be located 23 kilometres off the Dutch coast between the cities of Zandvoort and Noordwijk and construction will begin in summer 2014 with completion scheduled for 2015. It will generate electricity for almost 150,000 households when complete.
“Eneco was among the first customers to acknowledge the documented reliability and strong business case of the new V112-3.0 MW turbine for offshore deployment” said Uffe Vinther-Schou, Senior Vice President at Vestas Offshore. “A turbine that since its introduction in 2010 has become a bestseller for Vestas with firm orders for both off- and onshore versions now totalling more than 4,500 MW.”
The project will also utilise Vestas innovative pre-assembly concept in which the turbines will be assembled at the port of Esbjerg, Denmark, where they will also be pre-commissioned onshore. They will then be shipped directly to the offshore wind farm. The process significantly lowers the cost of offshore wind energy as it reduces unnecessary transport of turbine components overland and avoids commissioning hours at sea.
This is the second time the company has worked with Eneco. The Prinses Amalia offshore wind farm, inaugurated in 2008, consists of 60 V80-2.0 MW turbines, providing power for 125,000 households. Earlier this year the two companies signed a 10-year extension of the service contract for this facility incorporating Vestas latest service option, the AOM 5000.
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