RWE has become to first to use the Danish seaport's new infrastructure, handling components for the 72-turbine-big offshore wind farm Thor (located 22 kilometres off Jutland's west coast).
Some 110 thousand square metres of the 190k m2 in total area, sitting in the Port of Thyborøn's South Harbour (Sydhavnen) are already taken (with large secondary steel components - work platforms, boat landings, and internal cassettes for the foundations - having arrived this spring).
Granite chippings, 221,000 tonnes, were sourced from Norway and laid out over the new drained area to provide sufficient load-baring capacity.
Buss Ports, its Danish chapter, and Mammoet Danmark are in charge of handling the components at the new storage site.
"In addition to the benefits deriving from being able to gather components at a single location, the continuous unloading of main components ensures the components are available in time for installation. This guarantees being able to keep pace with the installation vessel during the installation work, which reduces the risk of waiting time," the Port of Thyborøn highlighted in a press brief.
The Danish seaport also underscored, "The fact that RWE is the first to store offshore wind turbine components at the new heavy-duty storage areas greatly supports the future development of more capacity at the Port of Thyborøn. The installation of the [over 1.0-gigawatt] wind farm is generating considerable activity as well as boosting local development."
Photo: Port of Thyborøn