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Iberdrola awards Areva € 620 million for Wikinger offshore park

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Iberdrola will use Areva turbines for its offshore wind park Wikinger. (Photo: Areva Wind GmbH)

Iberdrola and Areva signed their largest renewables contract so far with a volume of € 620 million for the supply of wind turbines to the 350 MW offshore wind park Wikinger. In cooperation with its joint venture partner Gamesa, Areva will deliver 70 wind turbines of the M5000-135 type and provide maintenance services.

EnBW sells shares of the offshore wind farm Baltic 2

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The ferry port in Sassnitz (Fährhafen Sassnitz) is currently being used as a base of operations for constructing the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2. (Photo: Fährhafen Sassnitz)

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has sold a 49.89% stake in the German offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 to the Australian investment company Macquarie Capital for € 720 million.

MHI turbines for Burbo Bank Extension

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The turbines for Burbo Bank Extension is the first commercial order for MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s V164-8.0 MW. (Photo: MHI Vestas)

Dong Energy has decided to construct the offshore wind farm Burbo Bank Extension located 8 km off the United Kingdom coast in Liverpool Bay. The 258 MW project is the first commercial order for 32 of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s V164-8.0 MW wind turbines.

All turbines at OWF Nordsee Ost are installed

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The nineteenth turbine in the wind farm Nordsee Ost was a milestone for Senvion: It was the 111th offshore wind power plant, the German turbine producer has ever installed. (Photo: Senvion)

Over Christmas, the last of the in total 48 wind turbines of the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost was successfully installed around 30 km north the island Heligoland in the German Bight.