Germany's Borkum West 2 wind farm faces six-month delay

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Completion of the first phase of Borkum West 2, among the most advanced German offshore wind projects, has been delayed by at least six months due to problems with its grid connection and tripod foundations.

A spokesman for developer Trianel says the delay has created a financial gap at the higher end of the “two-digit million euros” range.

“It’s tough, but we’re in the process of solving this with our shareholders and our banks, and we’ll make it through,” he tells Recharge.

In 2009, financing challenges led to Trianel — a consortium of municipal utilities — splitting the 400MW Borkum West 2 zone in two.

Part of the problem with the first phase is a “three- to four-month” delay in the delivery of the 40 tripod foundations Log in to read complete article.

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