International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas on the negotiations for the project agreements with RWE for the German offshore wind project Nordseecluster A. The agreements with RWE provide for the supply, delivery and commissioning of 44 wind turbines of the type V236-15.0 MW with a rotor diameter of 236 meters and include a 5-year service agreement followed by an operational support agreement.
The Nordseecluster is located around 50 km north of the island of Juist in the German North Sea and is being implemented in two phases – Nordseecluster A and B. Wind turbine delivery for the Nordseecluster A is expected to take place in 2026. Nordseecluster B will add a further 900 MW of capacity, for which Vestas and RWE currently have a conditional order agreement in place for 60 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines. The offshore wind farm will have a total installed capacity of up to 1.6 GW. This capacity is equivalent to the demand of more than 1.6 million households.
Taylor Wessing has been advising Vestas under the lead management of Dr. Janina Pochhammer for many years on offshore wind projects. The “Projects, Energy & Infrastructure” practice group within Taylor Wessing focuses on advising on large scale infrastructure projects in the renewable energy sector.
Legal advisers Vestas
Inhouse Vestas: Corinna Brandt, LL.M., Ola Larsson
Taylor Wessing: Henning von der Blumensaat, LL.M. (Salary Partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure), Dr. Janina Pochhammer (Partner and head of Projects, Energy & Infrastructure), Dr. Niels Lange, LL.M. (Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure), Dr. Jana Berberich (Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure), Hauke Bornschein (Partner, Finance), all based in Hamburg.