EnBW has recently taken over the technical operations of the residential and transformer platform BARD 1 at the North Sea Wind Farm BARD Offshore 1. To this end EnBW Offshore Service GmbH (EOS) has signed a three-year service agreement with the operator and owner of Bard Offshore 1, Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH (OBE).
EnBW was awarded the contract for the technical operation of the transformer platform. It has several years of experience in operating the Baltic Sea wind farms EnBW Baltic 1 and EnBW Baltic 2 and is also to take over the operation of additional planned EnBW wind farms in the North Sea. With the service contract for BARD 1, EnBW is now taking the step towards the third-party supplier market for offshore services in the operations segment.
âWe are very much looking forward to the collaboration, which represents for our team both familiar ground and new terrain. EnBW has been conversant with terrestrial transformer stations for many years, and with marine transformer stations for almost ten yearsâ?, says Michael Boll, Technical Director EOS. âWhat is new for us is the North Sea and that our team will live at high seaâ?, Boll continues, because the transformer station of BARD1 is not only the workplace but also the living accommodation of the EOS team.
