Electrabel to build 100 new windmills

Electricity provider Electrabel is to build more than 100 wind turbines between now and 2020, doubling its existing capacity in Belgium, the company said. 

At present, Electrabel has 94 turbines in operation in 26 locations. They have a capacity of 175 megawatts (MW) and produce enough electricity to supply 100,000 households. By 2020, Electrabel intends to  increase capacity to 400 MW. 

“In the coming five years, we’ll be building as many windmills as we did in the last 15 years,” the company said. This year alone, 25 new turbines will come into operation at six locations in Flanders and two in Wallonia. Construction will continue at the rate of about 20 a year after that.

The project requires an investment of about €400 million, with half coming from Electrabel and the other half from project partners, including private investors grouped together in the Electrabel CoGreen co-operative.

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