North Sea Windfarm Tour on 12 June 2015

On Friday, 12 June 2015, the conference organisers are hosting an all-day boat excursion to see two German wind farms currently being installed in the North Sea.
 Offshore wind businesses will present the activities they are engaged in at each of the different project areas.

Overview of the route

Panorama_Nordsee_Tour

The Tour will visit the following windfarms:

Map

The programme and the schedule of the tour may change due to weather conditions (wind, waves, rough seas) and permission to approach a wind farm.

Windfarm:

Meerwind Süd/Ost

Operator: WindMW GmbH
Number of turbines: 80
Turbine type: Siemens 3.6 – 120
Water depth: 22 to 26 Meter
Foundation: Monopile
Web: www.windmw.de
Project facts
meerwind_so

Windfarm:

Nordsee Ost

Operator: RWE Innogy GmbH
Number of turbines: 48
Turbine type: REpower 6M
Water depth: 19 to 24 Meter
Foundation: Jacket
Web: www.rwe.com
Flyer NordseeOst (DE)
Flyer NordseeOst (EN)
Project facts
nordsee_ost

Time tables:

  • The ship will depart as normal ferry to Helgoland from Hamburg at 9 a.m. and from Cuxhaven at 11.30 a.m.
  • A shuttle bus will leave at 10.15 a.m. from the Atlantic Hotel Sail City in Bremerhaven for Cuxhaven.
  • The ship will arrive Helgoland approximately 12.45 p.m.
  • The ship will depart as exclusiv offshore wind tour from Helgoland to Meerwind Süd / Ost and Nordsee Ost at 1.30 p.m.
  • The ship will arrive back Helgoland approximately 3.30 p.m.
  • The ship will depart Helgoland 4.30 p.m.
  • The ship will arrive back in Cuxhaven approximately at 5.45 p.m. and in Hamburg roughly at 8.15 p.m.
  • A shuttle bus from Cuxhaven will return participants to the Atlantic Hotel Sail City in Bremerhaven, the main rail station Bremerhaven and Bremen, and Bremen Airport.

Getting there & parking at Hamburg:
Paid parking is available close to the harbour. Payment is made via a coin. For navigation: St. Pauli Landungsbrücke, 20359 Hamburg

Getting there & parking at Cuxhaven:
Paid parking is available near the pier directly behind the dike. Payment is made via coins.
For navigation: Bei der Alten Liebe, 27472 Cuxhaven

Catering is available on board.

Price:

Start at Hamburg Euro
WAB – Member 185
Non – WAB Member 220
Start at Cuxhaven Euro
WAB – Member 155
Non – WAB Member 190

The Price are net – exclusiv of 19% VAT!

The Price include:

  • shuttle Bus from Bremerhaven to Cuxhaven and back
  • vessel tour to Helgoland and back
  • vessel tour from Helgoland to the offshore wind projects
  • information on board from project experts
  • name badges
  • tour guide system

The Price include not:

  • private parking at Cuxhaven and Hamburg
  • catering on board (but catering is available with self-paying)

Register now!

Excursion Vessel:

VESSEL: Halunder Jet
Type: High-speed catamaran
Operator: FRS Helgoline
Built in: 2003
Length: 52 metres
Width: 12.3 metres
Maximum draught: 2.5 metres
Maximum speed: 36.5 knots

Halunder Jet

Very welcome to the German offshore wind industry!