30 Wikinger Turbines In Place

30 out of 70 Adwen 5MW wind turbines have been installed so far on Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea, the Spanish energy company said.

20 of the wind turbines installed have been commissioned, Iberdrola said.

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Brave Tern installed the first wind turbine at the site at the end of January, 2017.

The vessel was loaded with the first turbine components at the Port of Sassnitz-Mukran in early January.

Located approximately 75km from the mainland close to the island of Rügen, Wikinger is in the northern part of an area known as Westlich Adlergrund that the German authorities have designated as a Priority Offshore Development Area.

The EUR 1.4 billion wind farm will be operated from the recently opened O&M base in Mukran for at least 25 years.

The wind farm is expected to be commissioned in the second half of 2017.