Havfram Wind to transport turbines for 1.6GW Nordseecluster project

RWE and Northland Power have selected offshore transport and installation firm Havfram Wind as the preferred supplier for the 1.6GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project.

As part of the contract, Norway-based Havfram Wind will transport and support the installation of a minimum of 104 Vestas offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 15MW each.

For the Nordseecluster, Havfram Wind will be utilising one of its newly built NG20000X Jack-Up vessels with a 3,250-tonne crane.

Nordseecluster, a joint venture between RWE and Northland Power, consists of four offshore wind farm sites in the German North Sea and will be constructed in two phases.

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A combined capacity of 660MW is currently in the permit application phase, with turbine installation at sea planned to start in 2026 and commercial operation scheduled for 2027.

Of the total of 104 Vestas turbines, 44 are reserved for the initial stage.

Two further wind farms for the second phase will add an additional 900MW of capacity, with commercial operation expected in early 2029.

According to Sven Schulemann, RWE’s managing director of the Nordseecluster, this partnership is the next important milestone to completing this 1.6GW cluster.

"When the Nordseecluster is fully operational at the beginning of 2029 it will generate enough green electricity to supply the equivalent of 1,600,000 German households every year,” Schulemann said.

All contract deliverables are subject to final investment decisions for each of the individual phases for the Nordseecluster.