Sofia offshore wind farm to use recyclable blades
RWE announced that its UK flagship offshore wind project Sofia, in construction off the North East coast, has signed an agreement with Siemens Gamesa to deploy recyclable blades on 44 of its 100 turbines. This follows the successful installation of recyclable blades at RWE’s Kaskasi wind farm off the German island Heligoland.
In total, 132 individual recyclable blades will be installed at the 1.4 gigawatts (GW) offshore wind project. This is the maximum available given the current market capacity for the new specialist resin used in the blades. However, it means Sofia is paving the way for the future of the wind industry and demonstrates RWE’s global leadership on innovation and sustainability.
Sven Utermöhlen, CEO RWE Offshore Wind: “We are delighted to have secured this agreement with Siemens Gamesa. Sofia is our largest offshore wind farm to date and this world first is a significant step in taking the long-term sustainability of offshore wind farms to the next level. RWE believe this is the right direction for the future of our sector, which has sustainability at its core.”
RWE has been at the heart of the offshore wind sector since the start, having installed the first offshore turbines at Blyth, UK in 2000. Now, as one of the world’s leading renewable developers and with more than 20 years of experience, it remains at the leading edge of innovation, looking at the whole life cycle of its wind farms. In this world first, the components of the blades will be able to be recycled for new applications once reaching the end of their lifecycle.
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