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Herausgeber: wpd GmbH
OWP Butendiek produces first kilowatt hours
- 24 turbines completely installed in the North Sea
Bremen - The offshore wind farm Butendiek in the North Sea started operation of its first wind turbines. This is reported by wpd, the Bremen wind developer and operator.
All foundations, cables and the substation were installed according to schedule during the last year. Today the first of the 24 turbines so far installed started production and are feeding-in its first kilowatt hours into the public grid.
“We are very happy that we have achieved this important milestone. After all, the aim of the project is to produce renewable energy, harnessed from the infinite resource of the offshore wind”, says Achim Berge Olsen, Managing Director of OWP Butendiek GmbH & Co. KG and wpd offshore GmbH. “Now the project is focusing on installing the remaining turbines and completing the residual work.”
wpd developed the Butendiek project and is the co-owner and project manager responsible for the construction and operational phase. The Butendiek offshore wind farm is scheduled to be completed in summer 2015 after approx. 15 months of construction; it will supply around 370,000 households with renewable energy.
Key data for the Butendiek offshore wind farm:
• 80 turbines with a total output of 288 MW
• Located in the German North Sea approx. 32 km west of Sylt
• Depth of water approx. 20 metres
• Investors: Marguerite Fund, Siemens Financial Services, Industriens Pension (IP), Pensionskassernes Administration (PKA), CDC Infrastructure, ewz (Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich), wpd
• Collaboration with well-known suppliers: Siemens (Siemens SWT 3.6-120 turbines), Ballast Nedam (foundations), VBMS (internal cabling on the farm), Cofely Fabricom GdF Suez (transformer substation)
• Connection to the grid via the SylWin cluster
• Around 370,000 households to be supplied with renewable energy
• Total investment: 1.3 bn euros
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Bremen, 5 February 2015
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wpd was founded in Bremen in 1996 and has developed into one of the leading developers and operators (IRPP) of onshore wind and solar parks in Europe. wpd GmbH has over 1,300 employees worldwide. In addition to wpd GmbH (project developer and operator), the wpd group also includes wpd windmanager (commercial management and technical operation of wind and solar parks).
wpd is active in 33 countries worldwide and has implemented projects with 2,810 wind turbines and a total output of 6,970 MW, as well as solar energy projects with an output of 70 MW. The company's own portfolio includes projects with a total capacity of 3,512 MW.
In addition to developing its own projects, the company also takes on project partnerships, commercial development, contract design, project financing and the completion and operation of wind and solar energy plants. Thanks to its many years of expertise, the company is a recognized reliable partner for power purchase agreements (PPAs).
In addition to its home market in Germany, wpd is also active in the major wind and solar markets in Europe, in North and South America, as well as in various countries in the rapidly growing Asian market. The company has built up a global project pipeline of 31,585 MW of onshore wind and 7,360 MWp of solar PV and is making a significant contribution to the global energy transition.
