Baltic wind farm one step closer

THE Glasgow-based global offshore division of Spanish utilities giant Iberdrola yesterday took a step closer to securing planning consent for a 400MW wind farm off the coast of Germany.

An updated environmental statement – featuring fixed rather than floating turbines – has been submitted to the German Federal Maritime & Hydrographic Agency to cover the Wikinger wind farm in the Baltic.

A floating turbine design passed the first stage of planning approval in 2007, prior to Iberdrola’s involvement in the project.

Keith Anderson, chief corporate officer at ScottishPower and also head of Iberdrola’s global offshore division, said: “This is an important step forward for the Wikinger project, and a significant development in Iberdrola’s global offshore wind power ambitions.”