REpower’s latest generation of turbines have an output of 6.15MW, giving Thornton Bank 2 a nameplate capacity of 185MW – adding to the 30MW in place at Thornton Bank 1 since 2009.
The final turbine was installed yesterday, and the first machines are already in the process of being energised.
Thornton Bank developer C-Power opted for a lean contracting model, in which Suzlon-owned REpower was tasked with supplying and installing the turbines, ABB was in charge of the electrical kit, and Belgian offshore specialist DEME
