RWE has selected Thyborøn Port as the offshore construction base for its Thor offshore wind farm. Thyborøn will be the home port for the project’s service vessels and the control centre for managing marine logistics and traffic throughout the offshore construction phase.
In addition, secondary steel structures will be handled from the Danish port during the foundation installation phase starting in spring 2025. Buss Ports will lease and operate an area of approximately 100,000 square metres and the corresponding quay in the southern part of the port for this purpose.
Thor is located in the Danish part of the North Sea, approximately 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland. RWE recently received the construction permit for the installation works at sea from the Danish Energy Agency. At the beginning of next year, RWE will prepare the seabed for the construction activities, which will kick off in spring when the foundations are installed. The turbine installation works are scheduled to be carried out from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark, starting in 2026. Thor will have 72 wind turbines. Half of the turbines will be equipped with CO2-reduced steel towers and 40 of them will feature recyclable rotor blades. Once construction is finished in 2027, RWE will operate and maintain the wind farm from the Port of Thorsminde, creating 50 to 60 local jobs.
