Windar Renovables has delivered the first transition pieces to Iberdrola’s 476MW Baltic Eagle wind farm.
The loading of the transition pieces manufactured by Windar Renovables at its facilities in Avilés began this weekend.
The ship will carry the first 10 of the 50 pieces to the sorting port of Sassnitz in Germany, from where they will be stored and preparations for transport to the marine site will be finalised.
Each of these pieces is 15 metres high, 6.5 metres in diameter and weighs 240 tonnes.
The start of manufacturing began at the end of 2021 and work will continue until the final loading of all parts expected in May 2023, to be finally installed between the second and third quarter of the year.
With its 50 wind turbines of 9.5MW each, Baltic Eagle will generate 1.9TWh per year.
The wind turbines will be installed on monopile foundations and will cover an area of 40 square kilometres.
The substation of the wind farm was installed in February, and the monopiles will be installed during the second quarter, while the cabling between machines will be done in the second half of the year.
Finally, after the installation of the turbines, the site will be operational in 2024.
The Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, located north-east of the island of Rügen off the coast of Pomerania in the Baltic Sea, is part of Iberdrola’s so-called “Baltic Hub” in the Baltic Sea.
Together with Wikinger (350MW) and the planned Windanker (300MW), the Hub will have an installed capacity of more than 1.1GW by 2026, underpinning the company’s strategic focus on the Baltic Sea.