Seabirds & offshore wind farms :monitoring results 2008

• Main Authors: Vanermen, Nicolas, Stienen, Eric
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 2009
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/thematic/inbo_th_00103; Wind energy; /dk/atira/pure/thematic/inbo_th_00029; Sea and coastal birds; /dk/atira/pure/geographic/noordzee_belgisch_deel_; North Sea (Belgian part); Hoge; Vallen; Common tern; Great skua
• Online Access: https://data.inbo.be/pureportal/en/publications/seabirds--offshore-wind-farms(854b917e-0393-4afd-ba9b-2846d30c663c).html; https://data.inbo.be/purews/files/718878/Vanermen_Stienen_2009_Seabirds_OffschoreWindFarms.pdf

In 2008, n.v. C-Power started up the construction of the first offshore wind farm at the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS). This wind farm will be located on the shallows of the Thorntonbank, about fifteen nautical miles offshore. At the time of writing six windmills are erected of which two are...