Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has conditionally received an order for 100 units of its SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines for innogy’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK.
A service and maintenance contract is also included in the conditional order. A total of 100 SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines are planned to be installed commencing 2024 at this project, located 195 km off the north east coast of the UK, on the shallow area of the central North Sea known as Dogger Bank. Each turbine will have a capacity of 14MW and feature a rotor diameter of 222 meters using 108-meter long Siemens Gamesa IntegralBlades. The final investment decision is expected to be made in the first quarter of 2021.