Iberdrola and Vestas will use the Danish seaport for shipping 50 turbines of the V174-9.5 MW model for installation in German waters some 40 km west of Bornholm.

The turbines will be pre-assembled and installed out of Rønne in 2024.

Once operational, the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm will provide 476 MW of capacity.

Coupled with Iberdrola's first German project, the 2017-launched 350 MW-strong Wikinger, 45% of electricity consumption of the Mecklenburg-West Pomerania state will come from Baltic offshore wind.

The two farms will make it possible to prevent emitting 1.65mt of CO2 per year.

"It is very positive that Iberdrola and Vestas have selected the Port of Rønne as the installation port for the Baltic Eagle project. This underlines our services are competitive. At the same time we are continuously implementing initiatives to improve the services offered to our customers in the market," Thomas Bendtsen, the port's CEO, commented.

Photo: Vestas