The facts speak for themselves

At the end of the year, one of the largest commercial offshore wind farms will be erected off the
German coast. The site will have state-of-the-art
turbine technology on an area of 24 square kilometres
with optimum wind conditions.

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In-house logistics management

The erection of the wind turbines out at sea requires mature logistics schemes. We have adopted a new approach here with Innogy's own Offshore Logistics Company (OLC).

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Support by the EU

The European Union is providing up to € 50 million of funding for the realisation of Nordsee Ost as one of its lighthouse projects in the field of renewable energies. The financial support is granted by the EU under the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR).


Offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost

RWE Innogy is constructing the Nordsee Ost (NSO) offshore wind farm around 35 kilometres to the north-east of the island of Heligoland in the German North Sea region. With 48 multi-megawatt wind turbines, constructed in water depths of up to 25 metres, the wind farm will have a total output of around 295 megawatts. The whole offshore wind farm is set to commence operating in 2013.

 

Progress of projects

RWE Innogy names offshore installation vessel

In a special ceremony, RWE Innogy named its second installation vessels „Victoria Mathias“. Starting in summer 2012, the vessel will help to construct the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost (295 MW) about 30 kilometres off the German coast.
Information about the naming ceremony as well as video and picture material can be found here.

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First installation vessel arrived in Bremerhaven

After about 60 days on the high seas and having traveled roughly 27,000 kilometres, the first of the two construction vessels, Victoria Mathias, has arrived in Bremerhaven. You can find pictures from the arrival here.

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First foundations near completion

The production of the first jackup foundations for the construction of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm is near completion. The foundations will arrive in Bremerhaven in March already. Current pictures from the production can be found here.
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First components of the foundations have reached Bremerhaven

At the end of November the first components of the jacket foundations for the construction of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm reached Bremerhaven. The piles are 50 metres long and are weighing about 100 tonnes each. They will be used to fix the jacket foundations onto the sea bed. 

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Construction video of the offshore installation vessels online

The construction of our two offshore installation vessels in South Korea is completed. Watch the film and receive an impression about the construction phase of about 450,000 working hours during which over 12,000 tonnes of steel were handled.

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Press releases

Essen, 01 November 2011, RWE Innogy GmbH

RWE Innogy erects wind measurement station in the North Sea

Installed metmast

RWE Innogy today successfully completed the installation of a measuring tower in the German North Sea. The measuring system has been installed in the construction area of the Nordsee Ost offshore windfarm 30 km north of Heligoland. RWE Innogy will start the construction of the windfarm at the beginning of next year. The measuring tower with a total height of about 97 metres above sea level will from now on supply meteorological data on wind velocities, wind direction, turbulence as well as temperatures, air pressure and air humidity. Moreover, wave height, water level and visibility will be measured permanently. more

Swindon, 16 September 2011, RWE Innogy

RWE Innogy names first offshore installation vessel
“Friedrich Ernestine”

RWE Innogy, the parent company of the UK renewable energy company RWE npower renewables, today named the first of its two new offshore installation vessels in a special ceremony at the Korean shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Okpo.more

Heligoland, 05 August 2011, RWE Innogy GmbH

RWE, E.ON and WindMW present plans for operations base on Heligoland for offshore wind power plants

E.ON, RWE and WindMW today presented their plans for the construction of a base for the maintenance and operation of their offshore wind farms planned in the German North Sea. The plans provide for the development of the southern port of Heligoland to create a service and operating station. To this end, a total of three service buildings are to be erected with workshops and warehouses on a site of some 10,000 square metres.more