RWE is preparing for more onshore construction works for its Danish offshore wind farm, Thor.
From mid-April to the end of October, the onshore cable works will be carried out at and around the onshore substation south of Lemvig.
The ground was broken at Thor offshore wind farm’s onshore substation in May last year.
The first part of the cable work will take place from mid-April to the end of June where horizontal directional drilling works will be carried out under the dune and a field immediately south of Tuskaer.
The drilling works will take place at depths of more than 20 metres to protect and preserve the dunes.
Further smaller horizontal directional drilling works will be carried out along the approximately four kilometres cable route between the onshore substation at Volder Mark and the beach to avoid road closures and impact on protected waterways.
For safety reasons, a small construction area on the sourthern part of the beach will be cordoned off during the construction period.
East of Torsmindevej, the onshore cables will be divided into three phases each.
They will be laid and buried during June and July and led to the onshore substation, where they will be connected.
Joint bay, jointing and testing works will be carried out throughout July to October.
The subsea cables that will be led to the shore are export cables from the offshore substation, which will supply the substation on land.
The subsea cables will be installed and connected to the onshore cables in 2025.
RWE is building the 1GW Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the North Sea, approximately 22 kilometres off Thorsminde.