The ADLS installation will take place during the summer months this year, when there is less wind, with the breeding seasons of some sea birds also to be factored in. The work will be combined with routine maintenance deployments, according to the company.
“[It] is important to not only develop a good technical concept but also to take basic conditions such as environmental requirements into consideration, and to keep the logistical effort low and the availability high”, said Jens Landwehr, Managing Director of Deutsche Windtechnik’s offshore unit.
The 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm, operational since 2015, comprises 80 Siemens SWT 3.6-120 turbines. The wind farm is located some 32 kilometres west of the island of Sylt.
In May last year, Deutsche Windtechnik completed outfitting the 18 turbines at the Nordergründe offshore wind farm with its transponder-based ADLS. A few months later, the wind farm received an operating permit from the relevant authorities, making Nordergründe the world’s first project of its kind to be equipped with a fully functional, officially approved Aircraft Detection Light System.
