Posted on June 3, 2026
Before subsea power cables can be installed to connect offshore wind turbine generators (WTGs) to each other enabling the transmission of renewable energy to the shore, the seabed must first be inspected to ensure it is safe to work. Our colleagues at Boskalis Hirdes EOD Services are specialists in this field and have in recent months carried out an extensive unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification and clearance campaign at the Gennaker offshore wind farm (OWF) using their dedicated support vessel Kamara.
With 63 WTGs and a generation capacity of 976.5 MW, adequate to provide green electricity to around 1 million households, the Gennaker OWF will be the largest offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. Given the scale and size of the Gennaker OWF, the area to be inspected by the Kamara was substantial. In total, more than 1,250 objects were investigated, of which only one was confirmed to be a UXO. In close consultation with the explosive ordnance disposal service (Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst) of Mecklenburg West Pomerania, the UXO was safely taken care of.
This has cleared the path for the future submarine cable installation works, which will be carried out next year by our specialized cable lay vessel BOKA Ocean. In the meantime, the 130 kilometers of inner array grid cable will be manufactured in the Netherlands by our consortium partner TKF Subsea Solutions B.V.
We thank OWP Gennaker and Skyborn Renewables for the pleasant collaboration and the crew of the Kamara and our colleagues at Boskalis Hirdes EOD Services for their hard work.
