Work has commenced on a major components exchange campaign at the Nordsee 1 offshore wind farm in Germany.
ARGE N1 is undertaking the campaign, consisting of the exchange of 44 rotor shaft bearings at the 6.2M126 Senvion wind turbines at the 332MW wind farm, located in the German Bight, approximately 32 km north of the island Juist.
The campaign is expected to finish sometime in September 2022, depending on weather conditions.
ARGE N1 has previously performed 10 main bearing exchanges at the wind farm for ARGE N1.
The ARGE N1 team comprises SAL Renewables, OWS Off-Shore Wind Solutions and Wind Multiplikator working closely together with Northland Power’s service team.
For the 44 rotor shaft bearings this time, the dismantling and mounting takes place by OWS at its Emden facilities again.
The ARGE N1 partners have performed more than 130 major component exchanges and repairs over the past decade.
The OWS facilities in Emden with direct quay access.
The offshore work is being performed with the jack-up vessel Thor, which has recently changed ownership to Harren & Partner and is now fully under the control of ARGE N1.
Heiko Felderhoff, managing director of Harren & Partner and SAL Renewables, said: “This is a great opportunity for the joint venture to show its turnkey capabilities to the wind industry.
“After the purchase of the Wind Lift I and now the Thor, we are very pleased with this partnership that has enhanced our services and brought together very experienced companies of the offshore wind industry.”