The Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm will be located 38 km North of the German island of Borkum, adjacent to the existing Borkum Riffgrund 1. Borkum Riffgrund will have a final output of 450 MW.

The Borkum Riffgrund 2 topside is designed by ISC as a multi-story beam/bracing type steel structure with five decks, including a cellar deck positioned on the top of the jacket structure for cable pulling and cable hang-off. The enclosed areas are constructed as lightweight panel walls as opposed to the more common stress skin type. A helicopter deck is placed on the west side of the substation allowing for access by helicopter.

Located in a water depth of 27 meters, the topside is supported by a four-legged lattice jacket that is able to support 12 J-tubes for array cables and 2 J-tubes for export cables.

The detailed design is now complete and the construction phase is now underway. ISC has been responsible for the detailed design of 6 substations for the German economic zone in the North Sea, including a substation for Nordsee Ost wind farm (RWE), Nordsee 1 wind farm or N1 (RWE) and Sandbank wind farm (Vattenfall).

With such a design portfolio, ISC has a unique experience in performing design of substations for the German market and of course also the German quality assurance and approval system under BSH for such installations.

Contact
Andreas Laungaard

Andreas Laungaard

VP Renewable Energy
Torben Løkkegaard

Torben Løkkegaard

Head of Offshore Substructures & Geotechnics