Introduction to Modern Wind Turbines - Wind Turbine Technology: Fundamental Concepts of Wind Turbine Engineering - page 51

A relatively new but growing application of large-scale wind turbines is as units in off-
shore wind power stations . Figure 2-4 shows the irst wind turbines in a planned 300-MW
offshore power station 30 km off the Belgium coast. These REpower Model 5M wind tur-
bines, each of which has a rated power of 5.0 MW and a rotor diameter of 126 m, are installed
in water 25 m deep.
Figure 2-4. An example of off-shore wind power stations in Europe is this installation
of REpower Model 5M wind turbines off the Belgium coast. Speciically designed for
the marine environment, these 5.0-MW turbines have 3-bladed rotors 126 m in diameter
mounted upwind of tubular towers. ( Courtesy of REpower Systems )