- Preferred Supplier Agreement signed with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
- Sofia to be the first European project to install 100 turbines of the new model
- Offshore construction works expected to start in 2023
Essen, 22 June 2020
innogy SE has chosen the latest state-of-the-art 14 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbines for its 1.4 gigawatt (GW) Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, located 195 kilometres from the UK coast on Dogger Bank in the shallow area of the central North Sea.
A corresponding preferred supplier agreement was signed with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. today. The agreement includes the manufacture, installation and commissioning of a total of 100 turbines, each standing 262 metres tall. The execution of the agreement will be subject to contract and final investment decision, anticipated in the first quarter of 2021.
Sven Utermöhlen, Senior Vice President Renewables Operations Offshore at innogy SE, explains: “The selection of these state-of-the-art offshore wind turbines for Sofia, our largest offshore wind development project, reflects our ambition to strive for continuous innovation. Siemens Gamesa’s towering 14 MW machine is a perfect match for our flagship Sofia project, together cementing offshore wind’s central role in the world’s clean energy future. This turbine embodies the impressive technology we need to build our ground-breaking project, that is further from shore and more technically challenging than any of its predecessors.”
