DEME installed the first monopile at the Nordlicht I site on 1 July, a structure measuring up to 80.5 metres and weighing up to 1,290 tonnes, with transition pieces supplied by CS Wind from Aalborg and monopiles manufactured by EEW Special Pipe Constructions in Rostock. The 980 MW project will use 68 of these foundations and Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines, while foundation installation at the 630 MW Nordlicht II is scheduled to begin in roughly a year, with both wind farms expected operational in 2028 about 85 kilometres north of Borkum.