RWE has installed the first of 72 monopile foundations at the Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. The 1,500 tons monopile foundations being shipped from a heavy-lift station in Eemshaven will be installed at the offshore wind farm site over the next few months. The foundations were designed by Wood Thilsted, and manufactured by Dajin Offshore and EEW SPC. Dajin also manufactured the foundations for the Nordseecluster offshore wind project by RWE in Germany. Once the 100 meters monopile foundations are all laid by end of the year, turbine installation will start as soon as 2026. This aligns with Thor offshore wind project’s timeline that foresees completion and commissioning by 2027.
Thor Wind Project Factsheet
Developer: RWE
Location: 22 km off the west coast of Jutland, Denmark
Type: Offshore wind farm
Current project phase: monopile foundation installation
Electrical substation(s): 2 – offshore and onshore
Wind farm commissioning date: 2027
Monopile foundations
Foundation length: 100 meters
Foundation weight: 1,500 tons
Designer: Wood Thilsted
Manufacturer: Dajin Offshore and EEW SPC
Turbines
Capacity: 1,080 MW
Units: 72
Supplier: Siemens Gamesa
Type: 15MV
Offshore installation: 2026
RWE’s Thor Offshore Wind Project In Denmark
Denmark’s 1 GW Thor wind farm is being constructed 22 kilometers from Thorsminde in the municipality of Holstebro. It will also be the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark once completed in 2027. After commissioning, Thor will generate enough green electricity to power the equivalent of more than one million Danish homes.
Sustainability Armory
According to RWE, the Thor wind farm in Denmark also features more than wind in its sustainability armory. This includes the reuse of hard covers for the foundations currently being installed, and CO2-reduced steel towers for the turbine installation scheduled to start next year. Also marked with sustainability will be the recyclable Siemens Gamesa turbine blades souring 266 meters above the Danish North Sea in the Thor wind farm.
The announcement of the first foundation installation also sets a progressive precedent for the Thor Offshore Wind Project, which recently benefited from a major investment by Norges Bank.
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