Areva has commenced the installation phase of the first Areva M5000 turbines at the Global Tech I offshore wind farm and Trianel Windpark Borkum in the German North Sea.

The 400MW Global Tech I project features 80 wind turbines of 5MW each and will generate more than 1.4 billion kWh of electricity annually, which is enough to power around 445,000 households.

Having already installed an offshore transformer station in May 2013, the crane ship Vidar from HOCHTIEF Solutions is now deployed at the project construction site for the installation of rotor blades.