Turbine installation complete at Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm

Turbine installation has been completed at the 476MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, a joint venture between Iberdrola and Masdar.

The 50 installed MVOW V174 wind turbines, each with a unit capacity of 9.53MW, were supplied by Vestas. These turbines have a 174m rotor blade diameter with a swept area of 23,778 m2, equivalent to 3.3 football fields, and a hub elevation of 107m above sea level.

The installation began in May 2024 with the offshore jack-up installation vessel Blue Tern, owned by Fred.Olsen Windcarrier.

Baltic Eagle is located 30 kilometres to the northeast of Rügen island off the German coast and when fully operational will supply renewable energy to 475,000 households.

Ignacio Galán, Iberdrola’s executive chairman commented on the milestone: “The completion of turbine installation at the Baltic Eagle wind farm is an important milestone in what is a record year for Iberdrola’s offshore wind activity. With this project, Iberdrola is on track to have nearly 5,000MW of offshore capacity globally by the end of 2026.”

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“Once fully operational, Baltic Eagle, the second offshore wind farm in our Baltic Hub, will make a considerable contribution to Germany’s energy transition, providing homegrown clean energy to almost half a million homes, whilst reducing emissions."

Masdar’s chief executive officer, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi added: “Today’s announcement is an important landmark in the progress of Baltic Eagle, the project which launched our partnership with Iberdrola in July last year and brought together two companies with long histories of pioneering clean energy.

"Offshore wind is a vital technology for the energy transition and Masdar looks forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Iberdrola that will deliver more transformative utility-scale projects, supporting the journey to net-zero in Europe and beyond."

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Baltic Eagle forms part of Iberdrola's Baltic Hub, which comprises Wikinger (350MW, in operation) and Windanker (315MW, in planning).

According to the Spanish energy giant, by 2026, Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub will have a total capacity of more than 1.1GW and trigger investments of around €3.7 billion.

Baltic Eagle is Masdar’s first project with Iberdrola and its first in Germany and resulted in the company’s largest ever euro-denominated financing, according to a press statement.