Siemens Gamesa named preferred turbine supplier for 1-GW Thor

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (BME:SGRE) said on Thursday that it is in line to supply its turbines for the 1,000-MW Thor offshore wind farm project in the Danish North Sea.

The wind turbine maker signed a preferred supplier agreement with German energy group RWE AG (ETR:RWE), committing to deliver 72 units of its SG 14-236 DD machines for what is set to become Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm.

The supply agreement also includes a wind farm service contract, all of which will hinge on RWE’s final investment decision on Thor, Siemens Gamesa said.

The parties signed the agreement at the Danish National Test Center for Large Wind Turbines in Østerild, where Siemens Gamesa installed the SG 14-236 DD prototype. The offshore wind turbine features a capacity of almost 15 MW and a 236-meter diameter rotor with an swept area of 43,500 square meters. Its blades measure 115 metres in length.

The Thor wind farm will be located in some 22 kilometres (13.7 miles) off the coast of the port of Thorminde on the west coast of Jutland. Turbine installation at sea is expected to commence in 2026.

RWE plans to have Thor up and running by no later than the end of 2027, as specified by the rules of the 2021 competition that enabled the company to secure the concession for the project.

The Thorminde port has been selected to serve as the base for the operation and maintenance services for Thor. Other partners on this project include Danish grid operator Energinet for the grid connection, Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro NV (AMS:FUR) for seabed investigation, Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR) and HSM Offshore Energy for the engineering and installation of the onshore and offshore substations, respectively.

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