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| Norther offshore wind farm reaches financial close, Belgium The €1.2 billion Norther offshore wind farm, situated on the Belgian continental shelf, has successfully achieved financial close. Mott MacDonald is lenders' technical advisor (LTA) on the project and will now provide construction and operational monitoring in an ongoing role. Consisting of 44 turbines, Norther will have a total installed capacity of 370MW. The turbines will be connected to an offshore substation by a series of inter-array cables before linking to the onshore transmission grid network via a 25.8km, 220 kV subsea cable. Once complete, Norther will be capable of providing sustainable energy to the equivalent of approximately 400,000 households. Having initially provided technical support at an earlier stage of development, Mott MacDonald transitioned to a LTA role in late 2015, delivering due diligence services until financial close. During this time, the consultancy provided technical advice on several important aspects of the scheme, including the project schedule, timeline, export cable design and turbine technology. The Norther offshore wind farm is expected to be fully operational by summer 2019. write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Construction News :: home page |