Wind Energy – Planning Approval
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has granted planning approval for the construction of the Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farm.
This means that the second project in the Nordlicht cluster, consisting of two separate sites, Nordlicht 1 (with a capacity of around 980 megawatts) and Nordlicht 2 (with a capacity of around 630 megawatts), has now also been officially approved.
The Nordlicht 2 wind farm will be built north of Borkum in the west of the German EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone). The project comprises a total of 44 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 15 megawatts, covering an area of around 44 square kilometres.
The electricity generated will be fed into the BorWin Delta converter platform, which is part of the NOR-6-3 grid connection system.
Offshore construction of Nordlicht 1 is scheduled to begin in 2026 and Nordlicht 2 one year later, with the wind farms due to go into operation in 2028. Once fully operational, electricity production for the cluster is expected to be around 6 terawatt hours (TWh) per year.
As part of Vattenfall’s sustainability efforts, both wind farms will be equipped with turbine towers made partly from low-emission steel, reducing their overall carbon footprint by 16 per cent. /1/
Vattenfall has signed contracts with Vestas for the delivery and installation of 112 V236-15.0 megawatts wind turbines for the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms.
