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Gemini & Nordsee One move forward

By: Lewis Holdsworth 19/03/2015 4C Offshore staff

Foundations General Turbines Windfarms

Gemini Offshore Wind Farm
Gemini offshore wind farm is still in the process of assembling its onshore and offshore substations, the work started in 2014 and is expected to finish this year with installation to follow. The 210km of cable connecting the two substations will be installed by Van Oord who have a 10% stake in a consortium with Siemens and NV HVC, export cables are due for completion this year.

On March 9th, Van Oord's new cable laying vessel Nexus was deployed to the site for its maiden charter.

Northland is 60% owner of the EUR2.8 billion Gemini offshore wind project, and will play an active role throughout construction and operations. Located 85 km of the Netherlands coast, Gemini will generate 600MW, meeting the annual energy needs of one and a half million people and reducing the annual CO2 emissions of the Netherlands by 1.25 million tons.

The €2.8 billion offshore wind farm is expected to fully commission in 2017, once completed the operations and maintenance will be carried out by Siemens. A 15 year contract has already been signed by Northland Power and Siemens for the O&M.

The 150 monopiles fabricated by Sif-group and EEW each weigh between 670 - 916T with a maximum length of 73m, a total of 91 foundations have already been fabricated leaving a remaining 59 to finish. All monopiles are all expected to be fabricated by the end of 2015.

Nordesee One Offshore Wind Farm
Nordsee One today reached it's financial close, with this is mind the project is due to reach COD late 2017. After Northland Power sold stock it was able to raise CAD 281 million (£148m) (€ 208m) to fund the Nordsee One project.

Northland Power have secured a power contract that ensures a fixed price for 10 years, this includes all capital costs to be repaid. The projects partnership is split Northland 85% and RWE Innogy 15%. RWE previously held a 100% stake in the company but sold 85% off, retaining 15%.

Northland, the biggest owner of the EUR1.2 billion(£8.6 billion) (CAD 1.6 billion) Nordsee One offshore wind project, will play an active role throughout construction and operations. Located 40 km off the Germany coast, Nordsee One has a capacity of 332MW. Nordsee Two and Nordsee Three, also acquired, are early stage development projects totalling approximately 670 MW.

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