Iberdrola, in collaboration with Masdar, a clean energy company in the UAE, has successfully completed the installation of turbines at Baltic Eagle, its 476 MW offshore wind farm located off the Baltics Sea. The Baltic Eagle forms part of Iberdrola’s larger Baltic Hub.
The 50 installed wind turbines are supplied by Vestas with a unit capacity of 9.53 MW each. These installations are carried out by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Shipping. When the project is at its full capacity, it will deliver electricity to around 475,000 households. In addition, this will reduce yearly carbon dioxide emissions of about 800,000 tons.
Two other major offshore wind farms Iberdrola is constructing in Germany are Baltic Eagle and Windanker. Wikinger is already operational and had a capacity of 350 MW. The capacity of Windanker will be 315 MW, with the first project in the planning phase. All of these form Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub, likely to achieve a capacity of more than 1.1 GW by 2026.
The project is the first joint one between Iberdrola and Masdar, with Masdar’s first project having its location in Germany. The two companies have agreed to further increase their cooperation signing a €15 billion agreement COP28 to jointly develop offshore wind and green hydrogen projects in key markets – Germany, the UK, and the US.
After installing their turbines, Iberdrola’s Executive Chairman, Ignacio Galán, stated that, “this project would be a significant milestone in their offshore wind activities”. In the same light, HE Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Chairman of Masdar has laid significance on the fact that “the project signifies prominent steps toward the global energy transition process”.
The Baltic Hub is likely to cause investments of about €3.7 billion within six years with respect to Germany’s energy transition.
