Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received a firm order from innogy SE to supply the offshore wind turbines for the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind power plant in the German North Sea. A two-year service and maintenance contract is also included in the order.
The 38 units of SG 8.0-167 DD Flex turbines will be installed beginning in the third quarter of 2022. Each turbine will be able to deliver a capacity of up to 9 MW using Siemens Gamesa Power Boost technology and feature a rotor diameter of 167 meters using the 81-meter long Siemens Gamesa B81 IntegralBlades.
The Kaskasi offshore wind power plant will be located 35 kilometers north of the island of Helgoland in the German North Sea and will supply enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 400,000 average German households.
