The wind farm will help Germany to meet its 2030 target to reduce GHG emissions by 55% against 1990 levels.
The numbers are impressive – 75m long rotor blades will drive 6MW generators, roughly three times more powerful than the biggest machines on the market a decade ago. The Merkur wind farm will produce 1750GWh of renewable electricity a year, which will be transported via 75km of high voltage offshore cables and 90km of onshore underground cables to 500,000 European households.
We performed a technical, environmental and social risk review of the project for one of the backers. This included technical assessment of all involved in the project and the financing, design, construction and management of the project itself. Installation and commissioning are complete. The Merkur array is a major step in Germany’s ‘Energiewende’ transition to a low-carbon, nuclear-free economy.