Nordsee Ost’s first offshore turbines installed by Senvion

Photo by Senvion SE

Senvion  SE,  a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  the  Suzlon  Group,  the  world’s  fifth-largest manufacturer of wind turbines, installed the first offshore turbines for Nordsee Ost last week. The RWE offshore  wind  farm  is  located  approximately  35  kilometres  north  of  the  island  of  Heligoland  and  is equipped with a total of 48 model 6.2M126 turbines.Each turbine has a rate power of 6.15 megawatts, enabling it to supply about 4,000 households with energy. After the planned completion in spring 2015,the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm will have an installed capacity of approximately 295 MW, enough to supply around  300,000 households with power in a year. Nordsee Ost is thus one of the largest commercial wind power projects off the German coast.

Senvion  is  supplying  all  components  for  the  wind  turbines  and  the  service  platform  cranes.  At  the moment,  the  hubs,  rotor  blades,  nacelles,  towers  and  other  platform  components  are  being  preassembled as much as possible  in the CT1 base harbour in Bremerhaven and  loaded  onto special ships to be transported to their destination. The installation of the turbines is to be completed this year’s commissioning is scheduled from September.

For Nordsee Ost, the turbines are being erected at a water depth of 22 to 25 metres. With the turbines now installed, there are currently 93 Senvion offshore turbines in European waters. Together with the 16 turbines installed on land, Senvion now has experience with multi-megawatt turbines with a total operating life of 350 years – more than any other manufacturer.

Originally,  Nordsee  Ost  was  supposed  to  have  been  erected  between  2011  and  2013;  the  first turbines were expected to go live in 2012. Due to delays in being connected to the grid, the go-ahead for the installation had to be postponed until now.  Andreas Nauen, CEO of Senvion SE,says: “We are  delighted  that  the  first  turbines  for  Nordsee  Ost  are  now  in  the  water!  A  successful  energy revolution  needs  onshore  and  offshore  and  wind  power  in  general  needs  reliable  conditions.  We consider the acceleration model currently included in Germany’s Renewable Energy Act “EEG 2.0” as reasonable compensation that financing will build on.”

For more information, please visit http://www.senvion.com.

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