he Sofia offshore wind farmdeveloped by RWE (UK), will be powered by SG 14-222 DD wind turbines and will have a capacity of 1.4 GW
Recyclable blades will be installed in 44 of the 100 wind turbines that make up the project
Project Sophia blades will be manufactured at the Hull plant in the UK
Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable blade technology was selected by RWE for its model 44 SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine.
This will be the first time that Siemens Gamesa has applied its recyclable technology to blades of this size with a length of 108 metres.
The Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blades are made of resin-bonded materials, for a lightweight and highly resistant structure.
Recyclable blade technology allows blade materials to be effectively separated at the end of their useful life and reused in new applications after separation.
The blades will be manufactured at the Hull plant (UK), where the first recyclable blades for the offshore wind project in Cascaisse were also manufactured.
Sofia wind farm
Sofia is located 195 km from the northeastern coast of the United Kingdom.
It will occupy an area of 593 km2.
It will be equipped with 100 SG 14-222 DD model wind turbines.
Once operational, it will provide power to more than 1.2 million British homes.
background
Siemens Gamesa has installed the first recyclable blades in Germany’s Kaskasi project, also developed by RWE, in the summer of 2022.
The Kaskasi wind turbine, model SG 8.0-167 DD, has blades 81 meters long.
Sofia’s blades will be 27 meters longer than those of Kaskasi.
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