E.ON, which is responsible for the construction and operation of the offshore wind farm, said that the first foundations of the €1.2bn offshore wind project have been laid successfully in the seabed. Towards the end of last month, the common substation with grid operator 50Hz was installed.
E.ON plans to have 60 monopiles installed for the Arkona wind park prior to the mounting of the transition pieces, towers and turbines on them. Weighing up to 1,200 tons, the steel tubes have a 7-8m diameter.
As per the German energy firm, the initial construction phase of the offshore wind project will have 400 people engaged with the number expected to reach 600 during the peak period.
Located 35km northeast of Rügen island, the Arkona offshore wind project will feature 60 turbines from Siemens, each of 6MW capacity in the SWT-6.0-154 range. The wind turbines are planned to be installed by Siemens in summer 2018.
The Mukran Port in Sassnitz will serve as the base port of the offshore wind project and also host its operations once commissioned.
VBMS in April had bagged the contract from E.ON to install 65 inter array cables for the Arkona wind project with the cabling work set to begin next year.
The Arkona offshore wind farm is slated to be commissioned in 2019 and the supply from it will meet the power consumption needs of up to 400,000 households.
Apart from that, the Arkona wind project will help in offsetting 1.2 million tons of carbon emissions every year.
Image: E.ON begins construction of the Arkona offshore wind project. Photo: Courtesy of E.ON SE.
