EnBW Baltic 1 | |
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image of several of the wind turbines
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Country | Germany |
Location | Baltic Sea |
Coordinates | 54°36′36″N 12°39′0″E / 54.61000°N 12.65000°ECoordinates: 54°36′36″N 12°39′0″E / 54.61000°N 12.65000°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | June 2010 |
Commission date | 2 May 2011 |
Owner(s) | EnBW |
Wind farm | |
Type | Offshore |
Site area | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) |
Distance from shore | 16 km (10 mi) |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 21 |
Make and model | Siemens Wind Power: SWT-2.3-93 |
Nameplate capacity | 48.3 MW |
EnBW Baltic 1 is the first commercial offshore wind farm of Germany in the Baltic Sea. Siemens supplied 21 SWT 2.3-93 wind turbines for the 48.3 megawatt wind farm. EnBW Baltic 1 is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the Darss-Zingst Peninsula and covers about seven square kilometers. Work started in July 2010; the wind farm was officially commissioned on 2 May 2011.
Cable supplier NKT Holding was 3 months late with the delivery for Baltic1, therefore the €195m cable order for EnBW Baltic 2 was granted to General Cable instead. However, in August 2011, NKT got the Baltic 2 cable contract anyway, and is to deliver the Köln-produced 60 km 150 kV AC cable in 2013 at a price of EUR100 million. EnBW Baltic 2 will be 288 MW from 80 Siemens 3.6MW turbines. Baltic2 will be connected to Germany via Baltic1, but also to Denmark via Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm around 2018, creating a 400MW offshore grid. The cable to Denmark costs €350m, of which €150m comes from the EU.
The €1250m Baltic2 produced power in September 2015.