Van Oord to install foundations, cables for 476 MW Offshore wind farm in Germany

Van Oord has signed a contract with the Spanish energy company Iberdrola for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. Van Oord will transport and install the foundations and ensure the supply, transport and installation of inter-array cables.

With a production capacity of 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm will supply renewable energy to 475,000 households while saving nearly one million tons of CO2 emissions each year.

For the installation of 50 foundations, Van Oord is deploying its 8,000-ton heavy lift installation vessel Svanen, which has so far installed more than 700 foundations across Europe, including the vast majority of monopiles in the Baltic Sea. The offshore works for the Baltic Eagle project will start in 2023.  Van Oord's cable laying vessel Nexus and trencher Dig-It will be deployed for the inter-array cable laying. Due to challenging soil conditions in the Baltic Sea, the trencher Dig-It will be customized to ensure proper execution of the cable laying works.

It will be located in waters between 40 and 45 meters deep and cover an area of 40 km² to the northeast of Rügen Island. Activities at the wind farm will be undertaken from the port of Sassnitz-Mukran in Rügen.  It is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2024.