Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway — RWE and Northland Power, co-developers of the 1.6-GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in the German North Sea, have selected Havfram Wind as their preferred transportation and installation provider.
The development comprises four offshore wind farm sites, close to the partners’ 332-MW Nordsee One wind farm.
Havfram Wind will transport and install a minimum of 104 Vestas offshore wind turbines, each with a capacity of 15 MW, pending final investment decisions for each of the individual phases for the Nordseecluster (A and B). The company plans to deploy one of its newbuild NG20000X jackup vessels with a 3,250-metric ton crane.
The plan is to execute construction in two stages. The N-3.8 and N-3.7 wind farms (Nordseecluster A), with a combined capacity of 660 MW, are in the permit application phases. Turbine installation at sea should begin in 2026, with commercial operations following in early 2027.
Of the104 Vestas turbines, 44 are reserved for this initial stage. Under Phase 2, N-3.6 and N-3.5 (Nordseecluster B) will add a further 900 MW of capacity, with commercial operation set to start in early 2029.
For both sites, RWE and Northland Power plan to bid and exercise their step-in rights in this year’s German offshore wind auctions, as they did successfully in 2021 for Nordseecluster A.
04.13.2023
