The Danish Energy Agency has granted RWE the offshore construction permit for its offshore wind farm Thor. RWE now has all permits in place to start construction work at sea in spring 2025. The 1 GW array is located 22 km off the west coast of Jutland, and will consist of 72 WTGs (SG 14-236 DD). Half of the turbines will be equipped with CO2-reduced steel towers and 40 of them will carry recyclable rotor blades.
Thomas Michel, COO RWE Offshore Wind: “With our Thor project we are delivering Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date. … we are also leading the way with investments in new sustainable technology with recyclable rotor blades and turbine towers made of greener steel.”
Progress is already being made on land, with the laying of cables and the construction of an onshore substation in the municipality of Lemvig. At the beginning of next year, RWE will prepare the seabed for the construction activities, which will kick off in spring with the installation of foundations. Turbine installation is scheduled to begin in 2026.
The plan is to perform the turbine installation works from the port of Esbjerg. The port of Thorsminde will serve as an operations and maintenance base, with construction of RWE’s new service building expected to start later this year. Thor is expected to be fully operational by no later than the end of 2027.
RWE already operates 19 offshore wind farms, including Rødsand 2 off the Danish coast and is currently building three large-scale offshore wind farms: the Sofia offshore wind farm (1.4 GW) in the UK, the Nordseecluster (1.6 GW) off the German coast and, together with TotalEnergies, the OranjeWind offshore wind farm (795 MW) in the Netherlands.
