Yesterday evening (3-5-2016) the first monopile deep foundation of the nearshore wind farm Nordergründe was laid. wpd is responsible for the construction and operation of the 111MW project.

Overall a total of 18 Senvion Type 6.2M126 wind turbines are to be set up at the mouth of the Weser near the coast. The wind park is to be established in water depths of up to ten metres within the 12-mile zone of the German North Sea and situated 15 kilometres north-east of the island of Wangerooge. Power will be supplied via an individual connection by the network operator Tennet. Financing for the project was finalised in June 2015 with the European Investment Bank and KfW IPEX. Besides wpd, since the end of the last year the Gothaer insurance group has also been involved as a provider of equity capital.

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