Buss Terminal in Eemshaven will serve as the base port for the installation of the foundation structures of the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. As of May, some 140,000 square metres of the heavy cargo terminal’s total space of 250,000 square metres will be occupied by the project.
The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm is located in the North Sea approximately 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire Coast. Once fully operational in 2022 it will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world to date.
Buss Terminal Eemshaven, located at the north coast of the Netherlands, won the tender offer issued by DEME Offshore in February and is now responsible for the handling, storage and terminal logistics of the 165 monopiles and transition pieces at its own terminal site. The monopile foundations of the wind turbines weigh up to 1230 tonnes.
The wind farm of the Danish energy group Ørsted will count 165 Siemens Gamesa eight-megawatt turbines. With a total capacity of almost 1.4 gigawatts, it will supply up to 1.3 million households with green energy. The Hornsea Two wind farm will span an offshore area of 462 square kilometres.
