Ørsted and Jan De Nul Group have put in the primary basis for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm, close to the German coast.
Manufactured by Steelwind in Nordenham and at Bladt Industries A/S’ Lindø Denmark plant, the Borkum Riffgrund 3 foundations are as much as 100 m lengthy and weigh as much as 1,500 tons. Jan De Nul Group’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés put in the primary of 83 monopile foundations at 53 km off Borkum island. Subsequent 12 months, a brand new technology of offshore wind generators, the SG 11.0-200 DD, will probably be put in on these foundations.
“With Borkum Riffgrund 3, we’re setting new requirements for our trade – each when it comes to capability and enterprise mannequin,” says Ørsted’s Jörg Kubitza. “The brand new mission is the primary offshore wind farm in Germany to be constructed that was awarded with a bid of 0 euro per MWh within the offshore wind tenders. This permits us to immediately help our company prospects with their decarbonization. That is solely attainable on this scale utilizing renewable energies by offshore wind power.”
Borkum Riffgrund 3 is the primary Ørsted wind farm in Germany to be constructed with out an offshore substation. The brand new connection idea, which is being applied along with transmission system operator TenneT, supplies a direct connection of the wind generators through 66 kV export cables to the DolWin5 offshore converter platform from TenneT.
This set up marketing campaign began instantly after the final monopile basis for the Gode Wind 3 mission was in place.Along with Gode Wind 3, Borkum Riffgrund 3 can have a complete capability of greater than 1.1 GW, virtually doubling Ørsted’s put in Germany offshore wind energy capability to roughly 2.5 GW. The 2 wind farms are anticipated to be commissioned subsequent 12 months and in 2025, respectively.
At 913 MW, Borkum Riffgrund 3 would be the largest wind farm in German waters to this point, says Ørsted.
