Siemens Gamesa Renewable Vitality SA (BME:SGRE) stated on Thursday that it’s in line to produce its generators for the 1,000-MW Thor offshore wind farm mission within the Danish North Sea.
The wind turbine maker signed a most popular provider settlement with German power group RWE AG (ETR:RWE), committing to ship 72 models of its SG 14-236 DD machines for what is ready to change into Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm.
The availability settlement additionally features a wind farm service contract, all of which can hinge on RWE’s last funding resolution on Thor, Siemens Gamesa stated.
The events signed the settlement on the Danish Nationwide Take a look at Heart for Massive Wind Generators in Østerild, the place Siemens Gamesa put in the SG 14-236 DD prototype. The offshore wind turbine includes a capability of virtually 15 MW and a 236-meter diameter rotor with an swept space of 43,500 sq. meters. Its blades measure 115 metres in size.
The Thor wind farm can be positioned in some 22 kilometres (13.7 miles) off the coast of the port of Thorminde on the west coast of Jutland. Turbine set up at sea is anticipated to begin in 2026.
RWE plans to have Thor up and operating by no later than the top of 2027, as specified by the principles of the 2021 competitors that enabled the corporate to safe the concession for the mission.
The Thorminde port has been chosen to function the bottom for the operation and upkeep providers for Thor. Different companions on this mission embody Danish grid operator Energinet for the grid connection, Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro NV (AMS:FUR) for seabed investigation, Siemens Vitality AG (ETR:ENR) and HSM Offshore Vitality for the engineering and set up of the onshore and offshore substations, respectively.
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