Iberdrola has started construction of the operations and maintenance building for its 350MW Wikinger wind farm in the Baltic Sea.
A Rostock-based subsidiary of construction company Goldbeck is erecting the two-storey-building and an adjacent warehouse at the Sassnitz Mukran service port on Rugen Island.
Iberdrola Germany executive Jurgen Blume said: “Last week, we received the final licenses for the building and today started with construction. This is an important step towards the realisation of the Wikinger wind farm.”
In April, Iberdrola started offshore construction at the project, its first offshore wind farm in Germany. Offshore WindForce, a joint venture of Boskalis and Volker Stevin International, is transporting and installing jackets and offshore piles.
Turbine installation is slated for early 2017, with Adwen supplying 70 5MW AD 5-135 turbines.
Fred Olsen Windcarrier will transport and install the units during the second half of 2017.
Eon is also planning to build an O&M building at the Sassnitz Mukran service port for its 385MW Arkona wind farm to be commissioned in 2019.
Image: work starting at the O&M base (Iberdrola)
Wikinger O&M site takes shape
Building work kicks off at Sassnitz Mukran service port on Rugen Island
By EBS