Iberdrola installs the fifty monopiles of the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm

Iberdrola has installed the fifty monopiles for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. With a diameter of 8.75 to 9 metres and a length of between 75 and 90 metres, they ensure that the wind turbines are securely anchored to the seabed. 

The construction work continues on schedule and the next step is the installation of the fifty transition pieces, which were manufactured in Aviles by Windar and are currently already stored in the port of Mukran. Around 800 jobs were created during their manufacture and around 30 suppliers from the north of Spain were involved. 

The installation of the internal cabling, which, like the installation of the monopiles, will be carried out by Van Oord, is scheduled for the end of 2023, with commissioning to begin at the end of 2024. 

The monopiles were manufactured in Rostock (Germany) by EEW SPC. A total of five European countries are involved in the construction of Baltic Eagle. In addition to Spain, companies from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium are participating in the different phases of the park. 

With a production capacity of 476 MW, the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm will supply approximately 475,000 households with renewable energy and reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 800,000 tonnes per year. Baltic Eagle is the second of three large-scale projects in Germany. 

Off the Baltic coast, Iberdrola already operates the 350 MW Wikinger wind farm and is developing the 300 MW Windanker project, which will be completed in 2026. Together, these offshore wind farms form Iberdrola's so-called Baltic Hub, which will have a total capacity of more than 1.1 GW by 2026, with a combined investment of around €3.7 billion.