Belgian developer Parkwind has awarded Danish consulting group COWI the contract for the detailed design of the turbine and offshore substation foundations for the 247MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
The Hamburg branch office of COWI will handle the contract, which also includes the geotechnical design, loads calculations, primary and secondary steel design, limit state verification, and all activities pertaining to the approval of the design.
COWI business development director for offshore wind Michael Sienko said: “Wind energy is a strategically important growth area for COWI and we work with large-scale wind projects across the globe.
“The Arcadis Ost 1 project is without doubt amongst the most interesting offshore wind projects in the Baltic region for the time being, and we are very pleased to be onboard Parkwind’s team.
“With a growing office in Hamburg, I am confident that we can provide smooth and effective foundation designs in close cooperation with Parkwind.”
Arcadis Ost 1 project manager Clement Helbig de Balzac said Parkwind is “convinced” that COWI as foundation designer has “the relevant experience and skills to deliver an efficient design within the agreed timeframe”.
He said: “This milestone is one of the several coming this fall and we are pleased in moving our project forward in line with our planning.”
Arcadis Ost 1 will be located northeast of the island of Rugen, within the 12-nautical mile zone of the Federal State of Mecklenbug-Western Pomerania, Germany.