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Bligh Bank Offshore Wind Farm
The Belwind Wind Farm is located on Bligh Bank, from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, and has been built in two phases. It has a 330 MW production capacity and an estimated annual output of 1.1 TWh. Phase 1 had a 165 MW production capacity.Van Oord has completed Belwind
''Van Oord'', 9 December 2010. Accessed: 10 December 2010.


Financing

Bligh Bank is the first stage of what is planned to be a 330 MW project. It was financed under a structure by Project Company ‘Belwind’, after a number of delays that included bankruptcy of developer

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