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Article: Ballast Nedam: Heavy Lift Vessel Svanen at Work for Belwind.
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- PR Newswire Europe
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- September 2, 2009
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NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands, September 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballast Nedam's heavy lift vessel Svanen left the port of Rotterdam last week end. The Svanen has been commissioned by Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors to drive 56 steel piles for the foundations of the Belwind offshore wind farm off the coast of Zeebrugge (Belgium). This is the first phase of the Belwind project, which will eventually encompass a total of 110 wind turbines.
Once the project is completed the 110 wind turbines will supply power to approximately 350,000 households, meaning a reduction of 540,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. The offshore wind farm is located on Bligh Bank, a sand ...