Eon has officially opened its 302MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
The €1bn project is situated some 35km north of the island of Heligoland and has been exporting power via the 690MW HelWin2 grid link since last year.
A total of 80 Siemens SWT 3.6MW machines were fully commissioned in October with a recent upgrade bumping the hardware up to a nominal 3.77MW output.
“Every energy has its time, and the time for expanding offshore wind is definitely now,” said Eon’s chief Johannes Teyssen.
Teyssen was speaking during a launch event at the Harbour Museum in Hamburg today where attendees were given a virtual tour of the project.
“Offshore will be needed if we want to achieve the targets of the energy transition,” he added.
Hamburg’s First Mayor Olaf Scholz said Amrumbank must be followed by further offshore projects.
“Hamburg and the federal states of northern Germany support plans to push ahead with the network infrastructure and the construction of further wind farms,” he said.
Last month Eon kicked off in-water construction at its 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm off the southern English coast.
The company is expected to take an investment decision on its 385MW Arkonabecken Südost in the German Baltic Sea in the near future.
Image: guests at launch event take virtual reality tour of Eon’s Amrumbank (reNEWS)
