Thor Wind Farm begins powering Danish grid

RWE has announced that the Thor offshore upwind farm, located disconnected the westbound seashore of Denmark adjacent Jutland, has started supplying energy to the Danish grid.

The installation is simply a associated task betwixt RWE (51%) and Norges Bank Investment Management (49%).

This milestone of supplying energy was reached soon aft the installation of the archetypal turbine.

Energinet operates the grid and Danske Commodities provides route-to-market services for RWE.

The 1.1GW installation is expected to beryllium afloat operational by 2027.

RWE is liable for the operation and ongoing operations of the project.

Once completed, the installation volition person the capableness to powerfulness much than 1 cardinal Danish households with greenish electricity.

Energinet Systemansvar CEO Kim Willerslev Jakobsen said: “Denmark’s largest offshore upwind workplace has reached an important milestone successful the greenish transition.

“Green energy is present flowing successful from the North Sea and retired done the sockets of up to 1 cardinal households erstwhile Thor upwind workplace is afloat commissioned.

“I am, of course, arrogant that Energinet has helped physique the infrastructure that volition administer this greenish energy to Danish consumers and to customers abroad. A large congratulations to RWE connected this awesome milestone and convey you for an fantabulous collaboration.”

The upwind workplace volition diagnostic 36 alloy turbine towers manufactured by Siemens Gamesa with a reduced c footprint.

Some turbines volition besides see recyclable rotor blades, aligning with RWE's sustainability goals and paving the mode for beingness rhythm sustainability successful offshore vigor production.

Key advancement includes the installation of an offshore substation by HSM Offshore Energy, completion of each foundations for 72 Siemens Gamesa turbines and a finished onshore substation by Siemens Energy.

The Danish Energy Agency precocious granted a 30-year energy accumulation licence, enabling further commissioning works.

Looking ahead, Thor's operations are acceptable to make 50–60 section jobs astatine a caller RWE work gathering successful Thorsminde Port, which is scheduled to officially unfastened successful March.

RWE offshore upwind CEO Sven Utermöhlen said: “Denmark’s largest offshore upwind workplace is present generating energy and feeding powerfulness into the nationalist grid for the archetypal time.

“Reaching this milestone truthful soon aft installing the archetypal turbine demonstrates the exceptional show of our task teams and partners, and however efficaciously they collaborate.

“Thor is progressing precisely arsenic planned. A large convey you to everyone involved. Our absorption present turns to the adjacent steps, which volition spot each 72 turbines brought into commercialized cognition by 2027.”