The Nordsee Ost wind farm will be officially inaugurated at the meeting of the G7 Energy Ministers in Hamburg. The inauguration will be attended by the German Minister of Economics Sigmar Gabriel and his fellow ministers from the G7 states, as well as Peter Terium, CEO of RWE AG, Hans Bünting, CEO of RWE Innogy, and Mel Kroon, CEO of Tennet.
With an installed capacity of 295MW, Nordsee Ost is one of the largest wind farms off the German coast. It is located about 35km north of Heligoland and covers approx. 24km2, with water depths of up to 25m. In total, 48 wind turbines will produce sufficient green power to supply the equivalent of about 320,000 households annually.
RWE invested more than EUR 1B in the construction of the wind farm. In addition, the European Union contributed a total of EUR 50M for the realisation of the Nordsee Ost project. Construction was carried out from the base port in Bremerhaven. The foundations, tower segments, nacelles and rotor blades were stored, pre-assembled and loaded onto the installation vessels ‘Victoria Mathias’ and ‘Friedrich Ernestine’ at the Eurogate Container Terminal.
For the next 20 years, the Nordsee Ost wind farm will be operated and serviced by RWE’s own operating station on the island of Heligoland. The control room will monitor the operation.
