A wind turbine blade has fallen into the ocean during construction of a 960 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, although it has since been recovered by police and other authorities.
One of the blades from the Vestas V236-15 MW turbines being installed at the He Dreiht offshore wind project failed at the end of July, detaching from the turbine and falling into the ocean.
According to Thomas Kusterer, deputy CEO and CFO at EnBW, the issue is regarded as a one-off and “not a broader technical issue” with the other wind turbines.
The German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) reported in late July that they had been asked to recover the 20-metre-long blade after a previous attempt had been made by construction crews “had been unsuccessful.”
Image Credit: Bundespolizei
