Ørsted, Global Wind Service and Acta Marine have reported key project milestones across Europe, including the start-up of Germany’s 913-MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm, turbine pre-assembly activities for the Windanker project in the Baltic Sea, and deployment of a new service operation vessel for RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm.
Meanwhile, COLI Group has completed a major transformer transport campaign supporting the Baltica 2 development in Poland.
Borkum Riffgrund 3 enters commercial operation
Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm in the German North Sea has begun commercial operations.
The 913-MW development, 72 km offshore, is one of the largest in the German sector, supplying electricity to German industrial and technology offtakers.
It is also Ørsted’s sixth operational offshore wind farm in Germany, following the 253-MW Gode Wind 3 project commissioned in early 2025, and again, owned jointly with infrastructure investment manager Nuveen.
The project is among Germany’s largest offshore wind farms and supplies renewable electricity under long-term corporate power purchase agreements.
Pre-assembly begins for Windanker wind turbines in Baltic Sea
Global Wind Service has started offshore pre-assembly activities for the 300-MW Windanker offshore wind project at the Port of Mukran/Sassnitz in Germany.
This is preparing the 21 SG 14.0-236 DD wind turbines (total capacity of 300 MW) for the next stages of offshore installation.
The Windanker project is being developed by Ørsted in the German Baltic Sea.