The Buss Terminal Eemshaven has received the first shipment of wind turbine tower sections for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind project.
The 200MW wind farm is located in the German North Sea and will comprise 32 Senvion 6.2M152 wind turbines. The turbines consist of 96 RE74.4 rotor blades, 64 tower segments and 32 nacelles.
Senvion chose the Buss Terminal Eemshaven as the storage, pre-assembly and load-out base for the project.
The Trianel Windpark Borkum II is expected to be constructed by autumn 2019 and commissioned by the end of 2019.
Trianel Windpark Borkum II, the developer of the project, is owned by EWE AG with a share of 37.5 percent, and a joint venture of the power utility of the city of Zurich with 24.51 percent. The Stadtwerke-Kooperation Trianel together with 17 municipal utilities from Germany hold a share of 37.99 percent.