Van Oord to transport and install the foundations for Nordseecluster
RWE (51%) and Northland Power (49%) are making progress on the deployment of their Nordseecluster. The companies have selected Van Oord as the preferred supplier for their up to 1.6-gigawatt (GW) cluster consisting of four offshore wind farm sites in the German North Sea. The Dutch company Van Oord shall transport and install the foundations for all 104 offshore wind turbines. All deliverables are subject to the final investment decision for the individual phases of Nordseecluster (A and B).
The Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases. Two wind farms (N-3.8 and N-3.7) with a combined capacity of 660 megawatts (MW) are currently in the permit application phase. Installation of foundations is expected in 2025, with commercial operations starting in early 2027 for Nordseecluster A. Two further wind farms (N-3.6 and N-3.5) of the second phase (Nordseecluster B) will provide an additional 900 MW of capacity. The foundation installation works for Nordseecluster B are scheduled for 2027 with commercial operation to start at the beginning of 2029.
RWE and Northland Power plan to bid and to exercise their step-in rights in the German Government’s offshore wind auctions this year for both sites – as they did in 2021 for Nordseecluster A.
Van Oord is a Dutch international marine contractor and global company specialising in dredging, infrastructure and offshore energy. Van Oord is one of the world’s leading companies in the industry. For the transport and installation of the foundations for the Nordseecluster, Van Oord will be using their new offshore installation vessel Boreas which is currently still under construction.
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