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Double delight for SGRE in Germany

By: Tom Russell 04/03/2020 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

General Windfarms

Ørsted has conditionally named Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) as the preferred turbine supplier for two offshore wind power projects in the German North Sea totalling 1,142 GW. A five-year service and maintenance agreement is included in the preferred supplier award.

At both the 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 and the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 sites, SGRE will deploy its new SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbine model. The award is subject to certain conditions including Ørsted’s final investment decision, which itself is subject to the projects receiving final grid dates and final consents from German authorities. The final number of turbines for both projects remains to be determined.

The SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbine features a 200 metre diameter rotor with 97 metre long Siemens Gamesa B97 IntegralBlades. The B94 blade design has been re-used and extended to reach the new length, whereas the generator capacity remains at 11 MW. SGRE claims that the upgraded machine with a 200 metre diameter rotor provides an increase of 9% in Annual Energy Production compared to the SG 10.0-193 DD offshore wind turbine with a 193 metre diameter rotor.

The upgrade has been made possible by using the flexible IntegralBlade production set up in the SGRE blade factories. Extensive research and development has gone into developing the new blade, with a focus on keeping blade weight increase below 3.5% even as rotor diameter increases by 3.5%.

“In this new decade, we need to translate social and political ambition into tangible action and change. As a global leader in renewable energy, we are committed to helping move Germany towards a competitive decarbonization thanks to the implementation of our most advanced technologies,” stated Andreas Nauen, CEO of the Siemens Gamesa Offshore Business Unit, who continues “We are glad to do so together with global market leader Ørsted, and to deploy our new Direct Drive offshore turbine with a 200-meter rotor at the same time.”

”Driving innovation is at the core of Ørsted’s DNA, and we look forward to once again introducing new turbine technology to the market. Subject to our final investment decision, we will install the new turbine on two German projects including Borkum Riffgrund 3, which will be the biggest offshore wind power plant yet in German waters, adding to the more than 1.3 GW offshore wind we have already installed in Germany. The increasingly larger turbines and projects have been key drivers in making offshore wind cheaper than newly-built, fossil-based power generation,” said Martin Neubert, Executive Vice President and CEO of Ørsted Offshore. “Electrification through renewable energy is the fastest and most cost-efficient way to achieve the decarbonization of Europe needed to fight global warming, and we’re proud of contributing to Germany’s transition to renewable energy,” he added.

Ørsted expects the installation of Gode Wind 3 to begin in 2023, with commissioning being completed in 2024. The installation of Borkum Riffgrund 3 is expected to begin 2024, with commissioning being completed in 2025. It will be the largest offshore project in Germany to date. The two projects are expected to supply a total of approximately 1.2 million German households once commissioned.

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