The offshore substation and jacket for Vattenfall’s 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm have left Aalborg aboard barge AMT Commander.
The vessel will have a stopover in Esbjerg to await Seaway Heavy Lifting crane vessel Stanislav Yudin, which will install the topside at the project site some 90km west of the island of Sylt in the German North Sea.
The substation was built by Bladt Industries, Semco Maritime and ISC. MPI jack-up Adventure will provide support services during offshore substation commissioning works.
The Sandbank wind farm will feature 72 Siemens 4.0MW turbines, also to be installed by MPI Adventure from August.
First export of power from the wind farm is expected before the end of 2016.
Image: Bladt
Sandbank substation sets sail
Bladt, Semco and ISC unit to be installed at 288MW German project
By EBS