RWE makes investment decision to build wind farms off German North Sea coast

Offshore staff

ESSEN, Germany – RWE has made the investment decision for its Nordseecluster project, which will involve offshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1.6 gigawatts (GW).

The wind farms will be built in the North Sea, about 50 kilometers north of the island of Juist. Suppliers of the main components have already been selected for the cluster as a whole. 

The Nordseecluster is being implemented in two phases – Nordseecluster A and B.

Nordseecluster A is expected to have a total capacity of 660 MW. Manufacturing of some key components has already started. Construction at sea is scheduled to begin next year. By the beginning of 2027, all 44 wind turbines are scheduled to be connected to the grid. 

Nordseecluster B is expected to add a further 900 MW of capacity. The 60 turbines are scheduled to start commercial operation from the beginning of 2029.

RWE says that it has selected a number of partners to implement its Nordseecluster project. These include Atlantique Offshore Energy, the maritime energy segment of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, which will supply two offshore transformer substations. Hellenic Cables was selected for the cable manufacture.

The foundations for the wind turbines will be manufactured by Dajin Offshore and will be installed at sea by Van Oord. Vestas will supply the wind turbines (type V236-15.0 MW), each with a capacity of 15 MW. Transport and installation of the wind turbines will be performed by Havfram Wind, using its installation vessels Norse Wind and Norse Energi.

RWE has set itself the goal of tripling its global offshore wind capacity from the current 3.3 GW to 10 GW in 2030.

05.29.2024