RWE and Northland Power have selected Havfram Wind as the preferred supplier for their 1600MW Nordseecluster of four offshore wind sites in the German North Sea.
Havfram Wind will transport and support the installation of a minimum of 104 Vestas offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 15MW each.
All deliverables are subject to final investment decisions for each of the individual phases for the Nordseecluster (A and B).
For the Nordseecluster Havfram Wind will be using one of its newly built NG20000X jack-up vessels with a 3250-tonne crane.
Even Larsen, CEO Havfram Wind: “Signing the preferred supplier agreement for the transport and installation support of the entire lot of wind turbines for a gigantic project like Nordseecluster is proof of our growing position in the market.
“I am proud of the trust RWE and Northland Power have in the Havfram Wind team. Participating in such a project of scale is a milestone for our development as a pure play offshore wind company.”
The Nordseecluster will be located close to the existing 332MW Nordsee One wind farm, which RWE and Northland Power co-developed and continue to operate jointly
Benjamin Miethling, Northland Power’s Managing Director of the Nordseecluster, said: “We expect to achieve substantial economies of scale and leverage synergies during the development, construction and operation of the four wind farms.
“Our preferred supplier agreement with Havfram Wind, which encompasses all four projects, attests to the efficiency of concentrating activities such as procurement.”
The Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases.
Two wind farms (N-3.8 and N-3.7) with a combined capacity of 660MW are now in the permit application phase.
Turbine installation is expected to start in 2026, with commercial operations starting in early 2027.
Of the total of 104 Vestas turbines, 44 are reserved for this initial stage (Nordseecluster A).
Two further wind farms (N-3.6 and N-3.5) for the second phase (Nordseecluster B) will add an additional 900MW of capacity, with commercial operation expected to start in early 2029.
For both sites, RWE and Northland Power plan to bid and exercise their step-in rights in this year’s German offshore wind auctions, as they did in 2021 for Nordseecluster A.