RWE has concluded the final investment decision for the Nordseecluster, which includes a cluster of four offshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1.6 GW. These wind farms will be situated about 50 km north of Juist Island in the North Sea. The Nordseecluster will be executed in two phases – Nordseecluster A and B.
Nordseecluster A has a total capacity of 660 MW. Furthermore, construction is planned to start in 2025. By the beginning of 2027, all 44 wind turbines shall be connected to the grid. Meanwhile, Nordseecluster B will further add 900 MW of capacity. The 60 turbines are scheduled to start commercial operation from the beginning of 2029.
Moreover, RWE does not have to make any lease payments to the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) for the Nordseecluster sites. The green electricity produced from the Nordseecluster will aid RWE’s industrial clients, including AI data centre operators, in their decarbonisation efforts through tailored energy solutions.
Additionally, key suppliers for the project have also been finalised. Atlantique Offshore Energy will supply two offshore transformer substations, while Hellenic Cables is responsible for cable production. Dajin Offshore will manufacture the wind turbine foundations, with Van Oord handling their sea installation. Vestas has been selected to provide the V236-15.0 MW wind turbines, each with a 15 MW capacity. Havfram Wind will oversee the transport and installation of the turbines using the vessels Norse Wind and Norse Energi.
REGlobal’s Views: RWE already has 6 offshore wind farms off the coast of Germany and these 2 new projects will help cement the company’s position as a leader in this space in its home market. Further, the company has a total of 3.3 GW of operational offshore wind capacity across 19 farms and these new projects will help RWE to expand capacity to targeted 10 GW by 2030.
