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Princess Amalia (Q7) Offshore Windfarm
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We are lender's engineer on a number of European offshore windfarm projects including the unique Princess Amalia farm, which exported its first power to the Dutch grid in December 2007
Generating 435GWhs of electricity yearly the Princess Amalia
Windfarm will reduce The Netherlands’ dependency on fossil fuel
imports and avoid around 225,000 tons of CO2 emissions.
Princess Amalia Windfarm is named after a Dutch royal family member and is the world’s first project financed offshore farm. It descends between 19 and 24m and is the world's deepest farm. Sitting 23km from IJmuiden, Holland, it is also the furthest farm from shore. The depth and distance were chosen to minimise impact on migrating birds as well as to help keep the wind farm invisible from the Dutch coast.
Mott MacDonald’s appointment on the project started in 2005 during the pre-financial stage as Lender's Engineer for Rabobank, Dexia and EKF. Following successful financing of the project we were re-appointed to monitor the construction phase.
The wind park has an overall capacity of 120MW, comprising 60 Vestas V80 2MW wind turbines. The rotor weighs 37 tons and has a diameter of 80m. This project posed major technical challenges being the furthest offshore and in the deepest water. With our colleagues from James Ingram & Associates, we played a significant role in seeking appropriate solutions, giving us the opportunity to demonstrate our unique combination of marine, wind and project finance expertise.
Operational since June 2008 the Princess Amalia Windfarm will supply the energy sufficient for 125,000 Dutch homes. The farm's development has set precedence for new offshore farm projects elsewhere. Therefore, its positive contribution to environmental sustainability will grow more pronounced in years to come.
Princess Amalia Windfarm is named after a Dutch royal family member and is the world’s first project financed offshore farm. It descends between 19 and 24m and is the world's deepest farm. Sitting 23km from IJmuiden, Holland, it is also the furthest farm from shore. The depth and distance were chosen to minimise impact on migrating birds as well as to help keep the wind farm invisible from the Dutch coast.
Mott MacDonald’s appointment on the project started in 2005 during the pre-financial stage as Lender's Engineer for Rabobank, Dexia and EKF. Following successful financing of the project we were re-appointed to monitor the construction phase.
The wind park has an overall capacity of 120MW, comprising 60 Vestas V80 2MW wind turbines. The rotor weighs 37 tons and has a diameter of 80m. This project posed major technical challenges being the furthest offshore and in the deepest water. With our colleagues from James Ingram & Associates, we played a significant role in seeking appropriate solutions, giving us the opportunity to demonstrate our unique combination of marine, wind and project finance expertise.
Operational since June 2008 the Princess Amalia Windfarm will supply the energy sufficient for 125,000 Dutch homes. The farm's development has set precedence for new offshore farm projects elsewhere. Therefore, its positive contribution to environmental sustainability will grow more pronounced in years to come.