The Princess Amalia Wind Farm at the North Sea, which was put into operation by Eneco and Econcern in June of last year, has now had eight months of operation running at 100% of its expected performance in terms of availability and electricity generated: production peaked in early February when the highest level of production yet achieved was recorded. At an optimal wind force 6, the wind farm produced 2.6 million kWh per day. Eneco, which buys all the electricity generated by the facility, has in the period from the end of June until February this year obtained the precise amount of electricity from the wind farm as was foreseen before the start. In that period the 60 wind turbines have been optimised and operate at full power when the wind conditions are good. At optimal wind conditions, the daily electricity production reaches peaks which are over 2 times as high as the average yield. Eneco and Econcern are very happy with these results, which are important for the further development of wind farms at the North Sea.
The wind farm, the Netherlands’ largest offshore facility, is located 23 kilometres from the coast of IJmuiden. At the start it was expected that the wind farm would generate 435 GWh of power per year.
The owners say that the demonstrated high level of availability is due to the well prepared construction regime and optimal management and maintenance. At the recorded electricity production, CO2 emissions are reduced by 225 000 ton per year.
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