Baltic 2 windfarm to be serviced

Germany’s EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm is to be serviced from August 2020 from the Danish port of Klintholm on the island of Møn. Until now, the company’s service team – up to 25 in number – have travelled from Rostock to a hotel vessel close to the wind farm. A hotel and a service building are now being constructed in Klintholm, from where the employees will be ferried to the wind farm in the mornings and evenings during their two-week duty roster.

The 80 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 wind turbines have been supplying some 340 000 households with renewable electricity since 2015. Located in German territorial waters with depths ranging from 23 to 44 m, the wind farm is about 40 km east of Møns Klint, close to the meeting point of the Danish, Swedish and German maritime borders. Klintholm in Denmark is nevertheless better situated for servicing the turbines than any German port. EnBW, their operator, will consequently be relocating a large part of its operating team from Rostock to Møn. Baltic 2 continues to be controlled, however, by remote data link from the control room in Barhöft, Mecklenburg.

Read the article online at: https://www.energyglobal.com/wind/23042020/baltic-2-windfarm-to-be-serviced/