On 1 July, the first monopile for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I offshore wind farm was installed in the German North Sea. Installation work is being carried out by Deme, which is responsible for transporting and installing foundations and transition pieces for both Nordlicht I and Nordlicht II.
Monopiles are being manufactured by EEW Special Pipe Constructions in Rostock, while transition pieces are produced by CS Wind in Aalborg. Nordlicht I will comprise 68 monopile and transition piece foundations. Each monopile is up to 80.5 metres long and weighs up to 1,290 tonnes.
The Nordlicht offshore wind cluster is located around 85 kilometres north of the island of Borkum in the German North Sea and consists of two projects: Nordlicht I, with a capacity of around 980 MW, and Nordlicht II, with around 630 MW.
