Alstom collaborates with Belwind to test its new 6 MW direct drive offshore wind turbine at Belgian wind farm

摘要

Global leader in power generation equipment andservices Alstom has announced it will collaborate withBelgian wind farm developer Belwind with a view todemonstrating its next generation 6 MW direct driveoffshore wind turbine as part of a demonstrator project inBelgium of approximately 40 megawatt (MW).This innovative project, which is calling for EU fundingunder the NER300 scheme, would be developed over theperiod 2012-2015 at Phase 2 of the Belwind wind farmlocated on the Bligh Bank on the Belgian continentalshelf, near the Belgian port of Zeebrugge in Flanders.Belwind will provide an essential proving ground forAlstom’s new offshore wind turbine technology testing.