Vattenfall is set to commence construction of Denmark’s 406MW Horns Rev 3 offshore windfarm in the North Sea.
To be equipped with 49 MHI Vestas 8.3MW turbines, the farm is expected to power around 425,000 Danish households annually.
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Vattenfall Wind Business head Gunnar Groebler said: “Horns Rev 3 is the first of three offshore farms that Vattenfall will construct in Denmark in the coming years.
“These windfarms will, in the highest degree, contribute to our strategy to have a fossil free energy production within one generation.”
The foundations of the farm comprise 40m-50m steel monopiles, with a diameter of 6.5m. Each weighing up to 610t, they are driven around 30m into the seabed to support the turbines.
The first four monopiles had already been loaded onto a vessel in the Netherlands and driven into the seabed. The next set of four monopiles will be loaded in the Danish Esbjerg Harbour in mid-October.
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By GlobalDataThe company aims to complete and connect Horns Rev 3 to the electricity network by the end of 2019, and the project is expected to be fully operational in 2020.
The construction contract of the Horns Rev 3 facility was awarded to Vattenfall in 2015. The company is also set to develop the Kriegers Flak and Vesterhav South and North windfarms in Denmark over the next few years.
