With the He Dreiht offshore wind farm, SHS already has a connection through Dillinger, whose subsidiary Steelwind Nordenham will supply the project’s 64 monopiles.
The monopiles – each measuring 70 metres in length, 9.2 metres in diameter and up to 1,300 tonnes in weight – are being made using plates from Steelwind’s parent company Dillinger.
“The cooperation with EnBW is a real win-win situation. We supply the steel for the wind farm, while the electricity generated here from renewable sources in turn helps us to drive the transformation process for our companies Saarstahl and Dillinger. Our steel production operation is still based on classic blast furnace technology. From 2030, we want to generate fewer emissions when manufacturing 3.5 million metric tons – about 70 percent – of our steel,” said Stefan Rauber , Chairman of the Board of Management of SHS and Chairman of Dillinger and Saarstahl.
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Located approximately 85 kilometres northwest of the Island of Borkum and about 110 kilometres west of Heligoland, He Dreiht will comprise a total of 64 Vestas 15 MW turbines .
The offshore wind farm is expected to go into operation in 2025.
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