Siemens’ gemini wind service operation vessel has christening day

Keith Smith
July 24, 2015

In Hamburg, Germany, the wind service operation vessel (SOV) named Windea la cour was christened for the Gemini offshore wind project, located off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea. Built by Ulstein Verft Norway, the vessel will begin its operations this summer. Siemens, responsible for supplying 150 wind turbines with a capacity of 4 MW each, will be servicing the Gemini project for 15 years. The vessel is equipped with a BlueDrive Plus C propulsion system from Siemens, aimed at reducing CO2 emissions and fuel consumption.

The Windea la cour marks the third Siemens-chartered SOV to be christened. The company previously introduced two purpose-built SOVs in June 2015: Esvagt Faraday for the Butendiek offshore wind power plant in the North Sea and Esvagt Froude for the EnBW Baltic II wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Siemens will also employ another SOV, chartered from Bernhard Schulte, for service operations at the Sandbank and Dan Tysk wind projects.

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