SylWin progress but silence over key German offshore hubs

Siemens-Servicemitarbeiter vor dem Offshore-Windpark Lillgrund zwischen Malmö und Kopenhagen in Schweden. Siemens hat im Projekt Lillgrund 48 Windenergieanlagen des Typs SWT-2.3-93 mit einer Leistung von jeweils 2,3 Megawatt (MW) installiert. Der Windpark mit einer installierten Gesamtleistung von 110 Megawatt (MW) wird vom schwedischen Energieversorger Vattenfall betrieben und wurde im Juni 2008 offiziell in Betrieb genommen. Der Offshore-Windpark Lillgrund produziert genug Strom, um 60.000 schwedische Haushalte zu versorgen.Siemens service personnel in front of the Lillgrund offshore wind farm Lillgrund in the Øresund between Malmö and Copenhagen. For the Lillgrund project Siemens installed 48 SWT-2.3-93 wind power systems each rated at 2.3 megawatts (MW). The wind farm with a total installed capacity of 110 MW is operated by the Swedish utility Vattenfall and officially came on line in June 2008. The Lillgrund offshore wind farm produces enough electrcity to supply 60,000 Swedish households.

Siemens has hired Nordic Yards to build three hubs vital to wind development

Nordic Yards has laid the keel for the SylWin1 offshore converter station, but failed to offer an update on the HelWin1 and BorWin2 platforms – two key hold-ups to the German offshore wind sector.

Siemens has hired the company, which runs two shipyards along the German Baltic Sea, to build three of the “offshore sockets” that are integral to the future of the German industry.

Nordic Yards says it recently performed the “dock laying” – or the first step in the construction process – for SylWin1, which will eventually flow 864MW of electricity back to the German mainland from projects like Dan Tysk and Butendiek.

However, the fabricator has given no update on the HelWin1 and BorWin2 platforms already under construction, beyond saying they are “almost completed”.

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