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RWE, E.ON and WindMW present plans for operations base on Heligoland for offshore wind power plants
Plans for service and operation of three offshore wind farms from Heligoland
Development of a new branch of industry on Heligoland
Creation of about 150 jobs on the island
05.08.2011 + + + E.ON, RWE and WindMW today presented their plans for the construction of a base for the maintenance and operation of their offshore wind farms planned in the German North Sea. The plans provide for the development of the southern port of Heligoland to create a service and operating station. To this end, a total of three service buildings are to be erected with workshops and warehouses on a site of some 10,000 square metres.
"With the plans for the erection of an operations base for offshore wind farms, we are taking an active part in the energy turnaround. Heligoland would be the first island in the German North and Baltic Sea to benefit on such a scale from the development of offshore wind power. The creation of this new branch of industry will come with new jobs, growing purchasing power and rising trade tax revenues for Heligoland", emphasized Jörg Singer, Mayor of Heligoland municipality.
The planning conditions for the erection of the operations base in the southern port are to be created before the end of this summer. The newly founded port operator, Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft Heligoland (HGH), coordinates the required activities. This includes the development of the site, the upgrading of the quay edge and the creation of altogether ten mooring berths by erecting an additional landing pier. Heligoland municipality has already initiated the required amendment to the development plan for the southern port. The construction of the service base and the upgrading of the port could then be carried out in the course of next year and be completed late in 2012. Once the plans have been implemented, up to 150 people would work for the operation of the offshore wind farms and live on Heligoland. Even more temporary jobs would be created among suppliers, construction and shipping companies.
Prof. Martin Skiba, Head of Offshore Wind Power at RWE Innogy said: "We are already starting the construction of our Nordsee Ost offshore wind power plant at the end of the year. We intend to use Heligoland as service centre already during the construction phase, but especially for the entire lifetime of the wind power plant. With its exposed position, some 40 kilometres off the coast, this island is cut out for developing such an operations base. It is all the more important to create the necessary infrastructure quickly
now."
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