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German utility RWE has selected Thyborøn Port as the offshore construction base for its Thor offshore wind farm.
Thyborøn will be the home port for the project’s service vessels and the control centre for managing marine logistics and traffic throughout the offshore construction phase. In addition, secondary steel structures will be handled from the Danish port during the foundation installation phase.
The base construction started with a ground-breaking ceremony at the Port of Thorsminde. The construction is scheduled to take around twelve months.
For this purpose, Buss Ports will lease and operate an area of approximately 100,000 sq m and the corresponding quay in the southern part of the port.
Thor is located in the Danish part of the North Sea, approximately 22 km off the west coast of Jutland. RWE recently received the construction permit for the installation works at sea from the Danish Energy Agency. At the beginning of next year, RWE will prepare the seabed for construction activities, which will kick off in spring when the foundations are installed.
The turbine installation works are scheduled to be carried out from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark, starting in 2026. Thor will have 72 wind turbines. Half of the turbines will be equipped with CO2-reduced steel towers, and 40 will feature recyclable rotor blades.
Once construction is finished in 2027, RWE will operate and maintain the wind farm from the Port of Thorsminde, creating 50 to 60 local jobs. Thor will be able to produce enough green electricity to supply the equivalent of more than 1m Danish households.
“Thyborøn will be home to the Thor team for more than two years as they manage all construction activities,” said Günther Fenle, project director for Thor at RWE. |
