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TÜV SÜD wins contract to support the "Sandbank" project off Sylt
Nov 12, 2014 + + + TÜV SÜD will accompany the
construction of the new "Sandbank" offshore wind farm located around 90 km
off the island of Sylt, providing manufacturing inspection and quality
assurance services for the project. The international testing and
certification company has won the contract for the certification of the
implementation phase, involving production monitoring according to the BSH
standard. Within the scope of the contract, TÜV SÜD's offshore wind
professionals will inspect the foundations, the wind turbines, the
sub-stations and the internal cabling at the wind farm.
The
starting signal for the construction of the new offshore wind farm was
given in August, when the shareholders Vattenfall and
Münchner Stadtwerke (Munich utility company) decided to
invest in the project that had already been licensed. Once the wind farm
is completed, its 72 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 4 megawatts,
will add up to a total installed capacity of 288 MW, producing enough
electricity per year to supply roughly 400,000 households.
"The
wind farm is another important milestone on our way to offshore wind
energy and the energy transition", says Alexander Heitmann, Head of
Offshore Wind Services at TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH in Hamburg. "We
are very happy about this major contract and the trust that Sandbank
Offshore Wind GmbH places in us. This project enables us to show once
again that TÜV SÜD is the partner of choice for all certification, testing
and inspection services in the field of offshore wind energy."
Manufacturing and construction work under scrutiny
TÜV SÜD's
experts will soon start to perform the first audits at manufacturers,
inspecting the conditions in which the various components are produced.
"These audits make an important contribution to the project", emphasises
Malte Lossin, the project's manager at TÜV SÜD Industry Service. "For
successful realisation of the project, it is of critical importance that
all components are produced according to the state of the art, in
conformity with the plans and in compliance with the requirements of the
German Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und
Hydrographie, BSH)." TÜV SÜD's experts will contribute not only their
experience from the certification of foundations, wind turbines,
sub-stations and cable routes to the project, but will also step up the
focus on the aspects of occupational health and safety and potential areas
for cost reductions.
For further information about TÜV SÜD's
services in the field of wind energy, visit
www.tuv-sud.com/windenergy
Source: Dr Thomas Oberst, TÜV SÜD
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