Over the holiday, Senvion was able to successfully install the last of the 48 wind turbines that make up the project, located around 30 kilometers to the north of the island of Heligoland.
Senvion completed the installation of wind turbines for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm during Christmas.
Over the holiday, Senvion was able to successfully install the last of the 48 wind turbines that make up the project, located around 30 kilometers to the north of the island of Heligoland.
The first turbine for the Nordsee Ost project was installed on July last year (see related story).
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Upon completion and start of commercial operations in the coming spring, the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm will have an installed capacity of around 295 megawatts and supply enough power for around 320,000 households.
The installation of the 48 wind turbines took place from the base port in Bremerhaven. Components such as the foundations, tower segments, nacelles, and rotor blades were also stored, pre-assembled and loaded on the installation vessels “Victoria Mathias” and “Friedrich Ernestine” at the Eurogate Container Terminal.
“We worked on the completion of the 48 wind turbines with two installation vessels at the same time and, besides the conventional rotor star installation, the rotor blades of the 6-megawatt turbines have also been attached to the hub individually for the first time at sea,” said Marcel Sunier, project director for the Nordsee Ost wind farm at RWE Innogy.
“We were able to successfully complete the turbine installation over Christmas after only seven months. All our attention now is on the commissioning. The goal is to connect the wind power units to the grid one by one and ensure complete operational readiness of all turbines by the coming spring. The first wind turbine has commenced trial operation in the past few days and is already feeding her green electricity into the grid,” Mr. Sunier explained.
Senvion noted that the Nordsee Ost, which is one of the biggest commercial wind farm projects off the German coast, is presently equipped with the most powerful of offshore turbines. – EcoSeed Staff
