The two developments, being built in some 40 metres of water, will together be made up of 120 of the 5MW turbines – 40 at Trianel Borkum, 80 at Global Tech I – with a combined capacity of 600MW.
With start-up of the two wind farms, Areva’s turbines will make up 33% of the 1.8GW turning offshore in Germany.
The M5000 is Areva's flagship offshore wind turbine. First
