Eon and Statoil have officially started construction of the 385MW Arkona wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
The companies said the project moved from the planning to the construction phase with the laying of a cornerstone today for the wind farm’s operations facility at the Mukran ferry port in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen.
The construction site is prepared and the tracks for the cables connecting the turbines to the substation have been surveyed, Eon and Statoil said.
The companies added that progress is also being made on the connection to the grid on the mainland via three submarine cables supplied by the transmission system operator 50Hertz.
EEW Special Pipe Constructions has also started production of the steel monopole foundations in Rostock, while Bladt Industries began manufacturing the house-sized connecting elements in early August in Aalborg.
Installation of the large components at sea will start in 2017, the companies said.
The project will consist of 60 Siemens 6MW class turbines on foundations in 23–37 metres of water.
It is scheduled to be fully operational in 2019.
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