Van Oord has signed a contract with Iberdrola for the installation of monopile foundations as well as the delivery, transport and installation of inter-array cables for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany.
The offshore construction specialist will use its heavy lift installation ship Svanen to install the 50 foundations of the project from 2023.
The Van Oord cable-laying ship Nexus and the Dig-It trencher are used to lay cables between the arrays and, due to the difficult soil conditions in the Baltic Sea, the trencher is being adapted to properly carry out the cable laying work.
As reported earlier this month, EEW SPC and Windar will manufacture and deliver the 50 foundations of the offshore wind farm and corresponding transition pieces, while Fred will install the project’s 50 Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbines. Olsen wind carrier.
The Iemants-Fabricom joint venture is responsible for the manufacture of all structural elements of the offshore substation, which will be transported and installed by Heerema Marine Contractors. Siemens Gas and Power will supply all of the main electrical equipment for the low voltage section of the Iberdrola OSS.
Baltic Eagle, for which a capacity of 476 MW was awarded as part of the 2018 interim auction, is located northeast of the island of Rügen off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea in water depths of 40 to 45 meters.
The offshore wind farm should be fully operational by the end of 2024, supply 475,000 households with renewable energy and save almost one million tons of CO2 emissions annually.
