Offshore staff
ZWIJNDRECHT, Belgium – DEME Offshore’s sister installation vessels Sea Installer and Sea Challenger have installed 94 turbines at Ørsted’s Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.
The first turbine was installed in April 2020, and less than five months later, the turbine installation phase has been completed.
This is the first time Siemens Gamesa’s 8 MW offshore wind turbines will be used for a commercial project. The 94 SG 8.0-167 DD turbines have a tip height of 200 m (656 ft) and a rotor diameter of 167 m (548 ft).
The 752-MW Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm is 22 km (14 mi) off the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland, in water depths ranging from 14 to 39.7 m (46 to 130 ft).
It is expected to deliver electricity for one million Dutch households.
Henrik Egholm, EPC director Borssele 1 & 2 for Ørsted, said installation of the foundations, cables, and turbines was completed in nine months.
09/02/2020
