Van Oord has begun internal cabling works at Iberdrola’s 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
The installation of the inter-array cables is part of Van Oord’s EPCI scope for the Windanker project, which includes interconnecting the turbines and the offshore substation to support energy transmission across the wind farm.
A total of 24 km of inter-array cables is scheduled to be installed during the first quarter of 2026, connecting all 21 turbines.
In December, Van Oord completed the transport and installation of all 21 turbine foundations at Windanker, using the heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen.
Located approximately 45 kilometres northeast of the island of Rügen, Windanker will provide enough renewable energy to power around 315,000 households. The wind farm is scheduled to come online by the end of 2026.
The project will strengthen the Iberdrola’s 1.1GW Baltic Hub, which includes 350 MW Wikinger wind farm, in operation, and 476MW Baltic Eagle, under construction.