Vestas has secured a agency order to ship 64 V236-15.0 MW wind generators for the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm within the German North Sea.
Vestas may even ship a five-year Lively Output Administration 5000 (AOM 5000) service settlement adopted by a long-term Operational Assist Settlement.
”We’re delighted to announce this agency order for our offshore wind turbine V236-15.0 MW and are honoured to ship this vital milestone on Germany’s formidable wind vitality targets along with our associate EnBW,” mentioned Nils de Baar, President of Vestas Northern & Central Europe.
”I’m very happy with our crew, which has labored with nice diligence and dedication on our flagship wind turbine over a number of years. Our thanks go to EnBW for his or her confidence in our know-how and the shut cooperation because the starting of the planning, and I’m wanting ahead to seeing the V236-15.0 MW standing within the German North Sea quickly.”
This agency order consumption follows the introduced most popular provider settlement on 9 July 2021 and the conditional provide on 7 June 2022.
”Since our pioneer wind farm Baltic 1 greater than ten years in the past, the technical efficiency of the generators have elevated sixfold. We are going to use Vestas’ fashionable and cost-efficient turbine know-how which is able to allow us to grasp He Dreiht with out subsidies,” mentioned Jörn Däinghaus, undertaking director of EnBW He Dreiht.
”We look ahead to working with Vestas – a associate in whom we have now nice confidence.”
The undertaking has a grid connection capability of 900 MW and an extra capability of 60 MW so as to use the connection capability as effectively as doable, even when manufacturing is decrease.
Set up is deliberate to start within the second quarter of 2025, and commissioning is scheduled for the fourth quarter of the identical yr.
The V236-15.0 MW was the primary ever 15 MW turbine to be launched to the market in February 2021 and the set up of the prototype turbine was accomplished in December 2022 the place the turbine additionally efficiently produced its first kWh of energy. The prototype is presently present process a take a look at and verification programme to make sure reliability earlier than full-type certification. The serial manufacturing of the mannequin is scheduled to start out in 2024.
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He Dreiht is positioned 85 kilometres northwest of the Island of Borkum and 110 kilometres west of Heligoland.
As soon as operational in 2025, He Dreiht will generate inexperienced electrical energy for the equal of 1.1 million German households.
EnBW is almost all proprietor (50.1 per cent) and the developer of the undertaking. The consortium consisting of Allianz Capital Companions on behalf of Allianz insurance coverage corporations, AIP and Norges Financial institution, holds the remaining 49.9 per cent within the wind farm.
EnBW has to this point signed a number of long-term Energy Buy Agreements (PPAs) for He Dreith with Evonik, individually for 100 MW and 50 MW, Fraport AG for 85 MW, Bosch for 50 MW, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH for 50 MW, and Deutsche Bahn.
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