CWind wins Borkum Riffgrund contract

GERMANY: The consortium building the 312MW Borkum Riffgrund has handed CWind the temporary power supply contract for the project.

The first Siemens 4MW turbine being installed at Borkum Riffgrund

In a statement, CWind said it received the deal after stepping in as an emergency supplier in December. The power supply contract includes the servicing, maintenance and refuelling of the generator. It also includes the specialist workboat.

The project, which is located in the German North Sea, is set to come online later this year. It is being development by a consortium consisting of Dong Energy (50%), Kirkbi (32%) and William Demant (18%).

In December, CT Offshore installed all of the inter-array cables for the project.