First power has been delivered to the grid from MHI Vestas turbines at the 370MW Norther offshore wind farm off the coast Belgium.
The first of 44 V164-8.4MW machines was installed by Van Oord jack-up Aeolus at the start of February.
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A total of 12 units have so far been installed at the project. Four of these are powered up.
Norther is expected to be fully operational by the summer.
The Dutch balance of plant contractor is meanwhile on course to wrap up installation of array cables at the project.
Cable-lay vessel Nexus is on the job.
Norther is being developed by Elicio, Eneco, and Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary DGE.
The wind farm is located about 23 kilometres off the coast and is due online in the summer.