Siemens Gamesa's biggest turbines set for giant Baltic Sea wind farm

Skyborn Renewables has beefed-up its plans to deploy almost a gigawatt of wind power in the German Baltic Sea by lining up Siemens Gamesa’s most powerful turbines.

The developer signed a ‘master supply agreement’ for 63 of the wind OEM’s SG 14-236 DD machines, with a power boost of up to 15MW, for its 945MW Gennaker project.

That agreement replaces an earlier version signed in 2022 which envisaged the use of Siemens Gamesa’s 8MW model.

According to Skyborn, Gennaker is on track to become the most powerful wind farm in the German Baltic, with construction work now due to start in 2027, when it will join several Polish Baltic projects due to get underway around the same time. Gennaker was at one stage due to start operations as soon as next year.

Gennaker is advancing on a subsidy-free basis at a site 15km offshore within a designated priority zone for offshore wind energy in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania coastal sea.

As well as the updated agreement with Siemens Gamesa, Skyborn said it “continues to progress with the main soil investigation nearing completion, foundation design contract signed, and responses to tenders for other main wind farm components and installation vessels under review”.

Skyborn CEO Patrick Lammers said: "Securing this new master supply agreement for the wind turbines is an important milestone for the Gennaker project, solidifying further planning – especially important in today's tight supply chain environment. It is also testament to the strong commitment of all parties involved in realising the project."