Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has begun installing inter-array cables at Iberdrola’s 315-megawatt Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, the companies said.
The cable installation forms part of Van Oord’s engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) scope for the project, covering the connection of turbines to each other and to the offshore substation to enable power transmission across the site.
A total of 24 kilometres of inter-array cables is scheduled to be installed during the first quarter of 2026, connecting all 21 turbines at the wind farm.
In December, Van Oord completed the transport and installation of all 21 turbine foundations at Windanker using its heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen, marking a key construction milestone.
Located about 45 kilometres northeast of the island of Rügen, the Windanker project is expected to generate enough renewable electricity to supply around 315,000 households once operational. The wind farm is scheduled to come online by the end of 2026.
Windanker will further expand Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub offshore wind cluster, which will total about 1.1 gigawatts of capacity. The hub already includes the 350-MW Wikinger wind farm, which is in operation, and the 476-MW Baltic Eagle project, which is currently under construction.
