The first of  the 70 Adwen turbines that will make up Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger wind farm in the German Baltic Sea is slated to be erected this week, following completion of the landmark wind farm’s jacket installation campaign by VolkerWessels-Boskalis joint venture Offshore Windforce.

Nacelles, rotor hubs and tower sections for the 5MW Adwen 5-135s, manufactured in Bremerhaven and currently stored at a facility in the port of Sassnitz-Mukran, will be mated by Fred Olsen Windcarrier to the jackets in an assignment slated to last through to August.

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