Wind farm operator - Ørsted begins construction of offshore wind farm off Borkum
Wind farm operator Ørsted has started construction work on another offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The first foundations have been laid for the new Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm, the company announced in Hamburg on Wednesday. The new wind farm around 72 kilometers off the coast of Lower Saxony is set to become Germany's largest offshore wind farm to date with a capacity of 913 megawatts by 2025. According to Ørsted, this will be able to supply around 90,000 households with electricity. Once the foundations have been installed, a total of 83 turbines of the latest generation from Siemens Gamesa, each with an output of 11 megawatts, are to be installed.
The Group had already started construction work on its first new offshore wind farm in the North Sea in August - namely Gode Wind 3 around 32 kilometers off the island of Norderney. A total of 23 turbines with an output of 11 megawatts each are to be installed there by 2024. According to Ørsted, the turbines with a rotor diameter of 200 meters will be the largest wind turbines in the German North Sea, just like Borkum Riffgrund 3.
Ørsted is one of the world's leading operators of offshore wind farms. To date, the Danish energy provider operates four wind farms in the German Bight: Borkum Riffgrund 1 and 2 as well as Gode Wind 1 and 2. Operation and maintenance is carried out from Emden and Norden-Norddeich in East Frisia. Together with the two new wind farms, enough wind energy is to be produced annually in future to supply the equivalent of around 2.5 million households.
According to the latest figures from consultancy firm Deutsche Windguard, a total of 1563 wind turbines with a total output of around 8.3 gigawatts were in operation in the German North and Baltic Seas by the middle of the year. A few days ago, the new Arcadis Ost 1 wind farm off the island of Rügen with 27 turbines was also fully connected to the grid. The plan is to install a further 22 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 - that would be more than two and a half times the current capacity.
Orsted press release Figures on the current total expansion of offshore wind energy
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- Germany aims to increase its offshore wind energy capacity to 22 gigawatts by 2030, as alternative energies become increasingly important for reducing energy dependency on fossil fuels.
- Ørsted, a Danish energy provider and one of the world's leading operators of offshore wind farms, is contributing to this goal by constructing wind farms in the German North and Baltic Seas.
- In addition to operating Borkum Riffgrund 1 and 2, as well as Gode Wind 1 and 2, Ørsted has commenced construction on Gode Wind 3 off the Island of Norderney and Borkum Riffgrund 3 in the North Sea.
- These offshore wind farms utilize the latest generation turbines, including 83 turbines for Borkum Riffgrund 3, supplied by Siemens Gamesa, and 23 turbines for Gode Wind 3, set to be the largest wind turbines in the German North Sea.
- With a capacity of 913 megawatts by 2025, the new Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm will not only lower Denmark's and Germany's reliance on fossil fuels but also provide electricity to around 90,000 households.
- Construction of offshore wind farms is also creating opportunities for local economies and industries, like the port of Emden, in Germany's Lower Saxony, responsible for operation and maintenance of Ørsted's German Bight wind farms.
Source: www.stern.de
