Three of the 139 Hollandse Kust Zuid’s turbines are fitted with Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable blades .
The project has also incorporated a few biodiversity protection and enhancement measures, including a double bubble screen to dampen underwater noise during pile driving to limit the impact on harbour porpoises.
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Furthermore, the foundations feature enlarged water replenishment holes that offer shelter for marine life inside the turbines. This is the first time the structure of a turbine itself is included in nature-inclusive wind farm design, according to the developers. In addition, boulders and rocks of varying sizes were used during the construction of scour protection and artificial rock reefs were added at several scour protection sites to make them more attractive to a wider number of fish, crabs and crustaceans.
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander and board members of Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz officially inaugurated the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 on 29 September. Having 139 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.5 GW, Hollandse Kust Zuid is one of the largest offshore wind farms in the wor
