First D7 nacelle departs from Siemens Gamesa’s Cuxhaven facility

The first D7 nacelle built by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy at its new production facility in Cuxhaven, Germany was rolled out of the manufacturing plant on 15 February.

At the new facility, the different parts of the nacelle are assembled and ‘clicked’ together at the end of the assembly line.

This first nacelle completed at Cuxhaven will go into storage initially but is destined for Otary’s Rentel offshore windfarm.

All of the components for the Rentel project, including nacelles, blades, towers and electrical modules will be shipped to the REBO site in Ostend, Belgium where additional assembly and load-out onto the installation vessel will take place.

Installation activity is due to start early in May 2018 and be completed in September 2018. The entire windfarm should be operational by the end of 2018.