World's largest freshwater wind farm

The Fryslân Windpark farm can produce enough electricity to power 500,000 Dutch households with its 89 turbines.

Windpark Fryslân wind farm seen from space. Photo: Landsat 8

Windpark Fryslân, an offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, can produce enough electricity to power around 500,000 homes. With a long history of wind power, the Netherlands has built this world-leading state-of-the-art facility. Comprising 89 wind turbines, Windpark Fryslân is the largest freshwater wind farm in the world. The farm’s unique hexagonal shape is a testament to Dutch innovation, according to Sci Tech Daily .

In this July image taken by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite, the evenly spaced turbines of the Fryslân Windpark farm rise above the surface of Lake IJssel. The turbines are arranged in a hexagonal shape to minimize obstruction to the horizon. The 32-km-long Afsluitdijk Dam, which also controls flooding and separates the lake from the Wadden Sea, is also clearly visible.

The wind farm began operating in autumn 2021, with an annual capacity of 1.5 terawatt hours, accounting for about 1.2% of the Netherlands' total electricity consumption. In 2022, the facility will produce 1,236 terawatt hours of electricity.

Building Windpark Fryslân on the IJssel lake was fraught with difficulties, according to Van Oord, the consortium in charge of the project. A major constraint was the size of the ships that could be used to transport construction materials and turbine components to site. The ships had to pass through the locks while operating in the shallow waters of the lake. In addition, installing the 130-meter rotor required finding calm periods in the typically windy area.

Located next to one of Kornwerderzand’s locks, an artificial island that was originally used as a construction platform now serves as a nature reserve. Although the island is only 2 hectares in size, it is surrounded by 25 hectares of shallow water that provides a habitat for fish.

An Khang (According to Sci Tech Daily )

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