The installation vessel MPI Adventure and Siemens have installed all 72 Siemens SWT-4.0 130 turbines at the 288MW Sandbank project in the German North Sea about three months ahead of schedule, the offshore array’s owners Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) said.

The rapid installation was possible as all companies involved had prepared very intensely for the installation phase, while the installation vessel also had a high performance that was helped by favourable weather so that one turbine could be erected per day.

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