Service operation vessel for Dutch Gemini project christened in Hamburg – third tailor-made service operation vessel for Siemens

The wind service operation vessel (SOV) for the Dutch Gemini project has been christened “Windea la cour” today in Hamburg. The vessel is to set sail to start operations at the Gemini offshore wind power plant this summer. Siemens has supplied 150 wind turbines with a capacity of 4 megawatts each and will service the offshore wind power plant for a period of 15 years. The specially designed, purpose built SOV “Windea la cour” is part of Siemens’ advanced offshore wind service concepts developed to increase the uptime of the wind turbines. Innovative offshore service logistics help to bring down the costs of offshore wind power. ….