Siemens has announced its plans to reduce transport costs for offshore wind turbines by 20%.
The German giant revealed at EWEA Conference this afternoon that it has signed a long-term framework logistics contract with transport provider Deugro Danmark to reduce costs.
The deal will utilise two purpose-built vessels to efficiently link Siemens’ existing production locations in Denmark with the new production facilities in Cuxhaven in Germany and Green port Hull in the UK.
Siemens said that instead of loading the up to 75-metre long rotor blades and nacelles weighing around 360 tonnes by crane, they will be “rolled” on and off the vessels.
Siemens offshore chief executive Michael Hannibal said: “With our new logistics concept for D7 offshore wind turbines we continue to leverage innovation and industrialisation to lower the LCOE of offshore wind energy to below 10 cents per KWh.”
Image: Siemens’s Green Port Hull facility will benefit from the deal (Siemens)
