Baltic wind force

The Bornholm island-based Port of Roenne has been selected as the wind turbine installation port for Iberdrola’s 476MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, situated in German waters 40km west of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

Thomas Bendtsen, CEO at Port of Roenne, said: “It is very positive that Iberdrola and Vestas have selected the Port of Roenne as the installation port for the Baltic Eagle-project. This underlines our services are competitive. At the same time we are continuously implementing initiatives to improve the services offered to our customers in the market.”

Vestas will supply the wind farm

Iberdrola and Vestas have signed a contract for the supply of 50 units of the offshore wind turbine V174-9.5 MW for the Baltic Eagle wind farm, which spans a 40km2 area.

All 50 turbines will in 2024 be pre-assembled and installed out of the Port of Roenne.

Baltic Eagle is Iberdrola’s second major German offshore initiative following the successful completion in 2017 of the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm.

Baltic Eagle will connect to the Lubmin substation through two newly established HV cables.

Together, Wikinger and Baltic Eagle will be the largest offshore wind complex in the Baltic Sea, with over 826MW joint installed capacity and a total investment of roughly €2.5bn.

The cluster is expected to prevent the release of nearly 1.65m tonnes of CO2 each year.

The Baltic Eagle wind farm alone will prevent the release of around 1m tonnes of CO2.