Signed with the project’s operating consortium Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld und Infrastruktur (DOTI), Areva’s five-year service and maintenance contract extends the agreement in 2009.
Under the terms of the deal, Areva will provide the complete maintenance program for the six M5000-116 5 MW turbines, including the inspection and exchange of wearing parts.
The company, from its service base in Emden, will also carry out year-round monitoring of the turbines.
DOTI managing director Wilfried Hube said: "EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall have four offshore wind farms in operations or under construction in the North Sea. Alpha ventus is the project which pioneered this development, in cooperation with AREVA.
"The pursuit of collaboration with local suppliers also secures jobs in German coastal regions."
Located 45km off the island of Borkum, the Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm can generate electricity for 70,000 households.
Areva Wind Business Unit CEO Arnaud Bellanger said: "The experience gained at alpha ventus will give us an important advantage for the maintenance of our entire offshore installed base in Germany."
