List of offshore wind farms in Germany explained

The following is a list of offshore wind farms in Germany, operational within the national maritime boundaries. Germany, along with Denmark and the United Kingdom is a worldwide leader in advancing offshore wind farm technology.The name of the wind farm is the name used by the energy company when referring to the farm and is usually related to a shoal or the name of the nearest town on shore.

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Offshore wind farms

Name	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Commissioned	Cost	Capacity factor	Depth range (m)	Distance to shore (km)	Owner	Refs.
Albatros	54.4836°N 6.2522°W	112	16 × Siemens SWT-7.0-154	2019	€400 million		40	110	EnBW, Enbridge	^[1] ^[2]
Alpha Ventus	54.0167°N 6.6°W	60	6 × Multibrid M5000, 6 × REpower 5M	2010	€250 million	50.8% (2011)^[3]	28	56	EWE 47.5% E.ON 26.25% Vattenfall 26.25%	^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Amrumbank West	54.4333°N 7.6833°W	302	80 × Siemens SWT-3.6-120	2015		44.9% (2019)		40	E.ON	^[8]
	54.7831°N 14.1211°W	385	60 × Siemens-Gamesa SWT-6.0-154	2018	€1.4 billion	44.2%(2019)	23-37	35	Energy Infrastructure Partners AG,^[9] RWE, Equinor
BARD Offshore 1	54.355°N 5.98°W	400	80 × BARD 5.0	2013	€2.9 billion	39.9%(2019)	40	100	Ocean Breeze Energy	^[10] ^[11]
Borkum Riffgrund I	53.9669°N 6.5539°W	312	78 × Siemens SWT-4.0-120	2015	€1.25 billion	36.5%(2019)	23-29	55	Ørsted, Kirkbi, Oticon	^[12]
Borkum Riffgrund 2	54.9667°N 6.4956°W	450	56 x V164-8.0 MW MHI Vestas	2019		29.9%(2019)	25	54	Ørsted	^[13]
Breitling	54.1611°N 12.1311°W	2.5	1x Nordex N90 2.5MW	2006			0.5	0.3	Wind-Projekt GMBH	^[14]
Butendiek	55.0189°N 7.7739°W	288	80 × Siemens SWT-3.6	2015				35		^[15]
DanTysk	55.14°N 7.2°W	288	80 × Siemens SWP-3.6-120	2015	$900 million	51.5% (2019)	21-31	70	Vattenfall Stadtwerke München	^[16]
Ems Emden	53.3325°N 7.21°W	4.5	1x Enercon E-112	2004			3	0.6		^[17] ^[18]
Baltic 1	54.6139°N 12.6667°W	48.3	21x Siemens SWT 2.3-93	2011	€300 million	48.2% (2012)^[19]	16-19	16	EnBW	^[20]
EnBW Baltic 2	55°N 13.2°W	288	80 × Siemens SWT 3.6-120	2015	€1.25 billion		23-44	32		^[21] ^[22] ^[23]
Global Tech I	54.2619°N 6.4106°W	400	80 × Multibrid M5000	2015				110		^[24]
Gode Wind 1 & 2	54.05°N 7.0167°W	582	97 × Siemens SWT-6.0-154	2016	€2.2 billion	44.0% (2019)	30	42	Ørsted	^[25]
Hohe See	54.4333°N 6.4667°W	497	71 × Siemens SWT-7.0-154	2019	€1.8 billion		40	95	EnBW, Enbridge	^[26] ^[27]
Hooksiel	53.6369°N 8.1039°W	5	1x Bard 5.0	2008			5	0.4		^[28] ^[29] ^[30]
Meerwind Süd/Ost	54.3833°N 7.6833°W	288	80 × Siemens SWT-3.6-120	2014	€1.3b		22-26	53	WindMW GmbH.	^[31] ^[32]
Merkur	54.0333°N 6.55°W	396	66 x GE Haliade 150-6MW	2019	€1.6 billion		30	60	TRIG /APG	^[33] ^[34] ^[35] ^[36]
Nordsee One	53.9789°N 6.8139°W	332		2017					Northland Power, Innogy	^[37]
Nordsee Ost	54.4333°N 7.6833°W	295	48 × Senvion 6.2M126	2015				55	Innogy	^[38]
Riffgat	53.69°N 6.48°W	113	30 × Siemens SWT-3.6-120	2014	€480 million		16-24	15-42	ENOVA, EWE	^[39] ^[40] ^[41]
Sandbank	55.1917°N 6.8583°W	288	72 × Siemens SWT-4.0-130	2017	€1.2 billion	53.2% (2019)	24-34	90	Vattenfall Stadtwerke München	^[42] ^[43]
Trianel Windpark Borkum (phase 1)	54.0417°N 6.4667°W	200	40 × Areva M5000-116	2015	€900 million		28-33	45	Trianel	^[44]
Veja Mate	54.3167°N 5.8667°W	402	67 × Siemens SWT-6.0-154	2017	€1.9 billion	45.4% (projected)	41	95	Highland Group Holdings Ltd, Siemens Financial Services, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners	^[45]
Wikinger	54.8339°N 14.0681°W	350		2018	€1.4 billion				Iberdrola	^[46] ^[47] ^[48]
Trianel Windpark Borkum(phase 2)		200	32 x Senvion 6.2M152	2020			25-35	45	Trianel	^[49] ^[50] ^[51]
Kaskasi	Helgoland	342	Siemens SG8.0-167DD	2022					Innogy	^[52] ^[53] ^[54]

Map of offshore wind farms

Wind farms under construction

Wind farm	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Commissioning	Cost	capacity factor	Depth range (m)	km to shore	Owner	Refs.
Baltic Eagle		476	Vestas V174-9.5	2024			40-45		Iberdrola	^[55] ^[56]
Borkum Riffgrund 3		900	Siemens SG11.0-200DD	2025					Ørsted/Nuveen	^[57] ^[58] ^[59] ^[60] ^[61]

Projects

Wind farm	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Planned commissioning	Cost	Capacity factor	Depth range (m)	km to shore	Owner	Refs.
Gode Wind 3		242	Siemens SG11.0-200DD	2024				40	Ørsted	^[62]
He Dreiht		900	Vestas V236-15.0	2025					EnBW	^[63] ^[64]

See also

• Wind power in Germany
• List of offshore wind farms
• Lists of offshore wind farms by country
• List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea
• List of onshore wind farms

External links

• Deutsche Energie-Agentur (Dena), German Energy Agency
• LORC Offshore Renewables Map - Germany
• Capacity factors
• Capacity Factors windparks germany in 2019

Official websites

1. Web site: Albatros (Germany) - Wind farms - Online access - The Wind Power. www.thewindpower.net. 2020-05-01.
2. Web site: EnBW Hohe See and EnBW Albatros EnBW. EnBW Hohe See and EnBW Albatros. en. 2020-05-01.
3. Web site: 2011 was a great year for offshore wind . 31 October 2012 . 12 July 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160429030240/http://www.lorc.dk/oceanwise-magazine/archive/2012-2/2011-was-a-great-year-for-offshore-wind . 29 April 2016 .
4. http://www.alpha-ventus.de/ Alpha Ventus
5. http://www.power-technology.com/projects/alpha-ventus/ Alpha Ventus Offshore Wind Farm, Germany
6. http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/alpha-ventus-germany-de01.html Alpha Ventus (Germany) offshore wind farm
7. http://www.lorc.dk/offshore-wind-farms-map/alpha-ventus
8. http://www.eon.com/en/media/news/press-releases/2016/2/4/north-sea-wind-farm-amrumbank-west-officially-put-into-operation.html Eon . Retrieved: 7 February 2016.
9. Web site: Equinor sells stake in Arkona offshore wind farm . www.energy-infrastructure-partners.com . 23 November 2021.
10. http://www.bard-offshore.de/en BARD Engineering
11. http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/bard-offshore-1-germany-de23.html BARD Offshore 1 (Germany) wind farm
12. http://borkumriffgrund1.com/#lang-en Borkum Riffgrund 1
13. Web site: Borkum Riffgrund II (Germany) - Wind farms - Online access - The Wind Power. www.thewindpower.net. 2020-05-01.
14. http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/rostock-breitling-germany-de42.html Breitling (Germany) offshore wind farm
15. Web site: Offshore wind farm Butendiek . 2015-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150210204111/http://www.owp-butendiek.de/ . 2015-02-10 . dead .
16. http://www.dantysk.com DanTysk
17. http://www.enova.de/index.php?m=2&hid=354 Ems Emden
18. http://www.lorc.dk/Knowledge/Offshore-renewables-map/Offshore-site-datasheet/Ems-Emden-Offshore-Wind-Farm/000017?free=ems Ems Emden (Germany) offshore wind farm
19. Web site: Politics block German offshore wind link . 29 May 2015 . 12 July 2016 . Sara . Knight . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128165526/http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1349269/politics-block-german-offshore-wind-link . 28 January 2016 . windpowermonthly.com.
20. http://www.enbw.com/content/en/wind_power_offshore/baltic1/the_project/ Baltic 1
21. https://www.enbw.com/unternehmen/konzern/energieerzeugung/neubau-und-projekte/enbw-baltic-2/index.html EnBW Baltic 2
22. Web site: EnBW Baltic 2 . 4C Offshore . 17 February 2015.
23. News: Ostsee-Windpark Baltic 2 speist Strom ins Netz . . Martina . Rathke . 2015-09-21 . 2016-01-30 . Baltic Sea Wind Farm Baltic 2 feeds Power into Grid . de.
24. Web site: Project - Global Tech I . 2015-02-17 . 2015-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150326030039/http://www.globaltechone.de/en/about/ . dead .
25. http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/gode-wind-01-de-de13.html Gode Wind 1 and 2
26. Web site: Canadian Enbridge Inc takes huge stake in German offshore windfarm. 4c Offshore. 23 February 2017.
27. Web site: Hohe See Offshore Wind Farm - Fully Commissioned - Germany | 4C Offshore.
28. http://www.bard-offshore.de/en/projects/nearshore/hooksiel Hooksiel
29. http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/Hooksiel-germany-de76.html Hooksiel (Germany) offshore wind farm
30. Vries, Eize de. 5MW turbine Renewable Energy World, 18 November 2008 . Retrieved: 19 August 2010.
31. http://www.windmw.de/en_meerwind.html Meerwind Süd/Ost
32. http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/meerwind-ost-sud-germany-de07.html Meerwind Süd/Ost (Germany) offshore wind farm
33. Web site: Merkur - 4C Offshore. www.4coffshore.com. 14 March 2018.
34. Web site: Windpower.net - Merkur. www.thewindpower.net. 1 May 2020.
35. Web site: Merkur Offshore – Offshore wind energy to power the world. en-US. 2020-05-01.
36. Web site: Power-technology.com - Merkur Offshore Wind Farm – Offshore wind energy to power the world. www.power-technology.com. en-US. 2021-11-24.
37. http://www.offshorewindindustry.com/news/first-foundation-nordsee-one-successfully First foundation for Nordsee One successfully installed
38. http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/400596/rwe-innogy/sites/wind-offshore/under-construction/nordsee-ost/ Nordsee Ost
39. http://www.riffgat.de/ Riffgat
40. http://www.riffgat.de/riffgat/aktuelles/news-display/article/offshore-windpark-riffgat-erhaelt-netzanschluss-1/ Offshore-Windpark Riffgat erhält Netzanschluss
41. http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/riffgat-germany-de21.html Riffgat (Germany) offshore wind farm
42. Web site: Sandbank offshore wind farm . 2015-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722224315/http://corporate.vattenfall.com/about-vattenfall/operations/electricity-and-heat-production/wind-power/sandbank-offshore-wind-farm/ . 2015-07-22 . dead .
43. Web site: Sandbank fully commissioned. 4c Offshore. 27 January 2017. 23 February 2017.
44. Web site: Trianel wind farm Borkum . 2015-02-17 . 2015-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150210201704/http://www.trianel-borkum.de/en/start.html . dead .
45. Web site: Construction complete for 402-MW Veja Mate offshore wind park. Renewables Now. 31 May 2017.
46. Web site: Construction is starting on the offshore wind farm Wikinger. 22 March 2016. 23 March 2016.
47. Web site: First Wikinger Turbine All Done. Offshore Wind. 20 February 2017. 22 February 2017.
48. News: Vikings offshore wind farm makes first power delivery to the grid. 16 January 2018. www.energydigital.com. en.
49. Web site: Borkum Riffgrund 2 - 4C Offshore. www.4coffshore.com. 14 March 2018.
50. Web site: MHI Vestas celebrates handover of Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. www.windtech-international.com.
51. Web site: Trianel Windpark Borkum II. 2022-02-03. www.trianel-borkumzwei.de.
52. Web site: Siemens Gamesa receives firm order for 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind power plant in Germany REVE News of the wind sector in Spain and in the world . 4 April 2020 .
53. Web site: Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm, North Sea, Germany . 2022-02-01 . Power Technology . en-US.
54. Web site: Buljan . Adrijana . 2022-12-16 . Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm Now Running at Full Bore . 2022-12-19 . Offshore Wind . en-US.
55. Web site: Baltic Eagle, our second large offshore wind farm in Germany . 2023-01-24 . Iberdrola . en-US.
56. Web site: Memija . Adnan . First Baltic Eagle Transition Pieces Arrive in Germany . Offshore Wind . 13 March 2023.
57. News: Snieckus . Darius . Siemens Gamesa lands 1GW-plus order for top offshore model on Orsted North Sea projects . Recharge | Latest Renewable Energy News . en . 4 March 2020.
58. Web site: Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm - NS Energy. en-US. 2020-05-01.
59. Web site: Investor Glennmont acquires 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 3 . reNEWS - Renewable Energy News . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019195415/https://renews.biz/73011/investor-glennmont-acquires-50-of-borkum-riffgrund-3/ . 19 October 2021 . 19 October 2021 . live.
60. Web site: Memija . Adnan . First Turbine Up at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany . Offshore Wind . 20 June 2024.
61. Web site: Borkum Riffgrund III (Germany) - Wind farms - Online access - The Wind Power . www.thewindpower.net . Latitude: 54° 2' 59.9" Longitude: 6° 11' 24" Depth: -30 m.
62. Web site: Ørsted takes final investment decision on two German offshore wind farms. 2022-02-03. orsted.com. en.
63. Web site: EnBW He Dreiht: Award of contract for certification EnBW. 2021-07-13. EnBW He Dreiht: Award of contract for certification. en.
64. Web site: Lewis. Michelle . 2021-07-12. EGEB: World's largest offshore wind turbines chosen for first commercial project. 2021-07-13. . en-US.