First 9.5 MW Vestas Wind Turbine Installed at Iberdrola's Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm
Berlin, Germany - In Germany, the commissioning of two further offshore wind farms with a capacity of 729 MW is planned for 2024. The offshore wind farm Gode Wind 3 (253 MW) will be built in the North Sea and Baltic Eagle (476 MW) in the Baltic Sea.
In cooperation with Vestas, the remaining wind turbines will now be transported to the offshore transported to the offshore construction site in the coming months and then installed using the Blue Tern jack-up vessel from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier. The wind turbines have a rotor diameter of 174 meters and a hub height of 107 meters.
Baltic Eagle is the second of three major Iberdrola projects in Germany, alongside the Wikinger (350 MW, in operation) and Windanker (315 MW, entering the realization phase) wind farms. Together, these offshore wind farms form Iberdrola's Baltic Hub. In 2026, the Baltic Hub will have a total capacity of more than 1.1 gigawatts (GW) and trigger investments of around EUR 3.7 billion.
Source: IWR Online, 13 May 2024