Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm

EnBW Baltic 1

image of several of the wind turbines
Location of Baltic 1 off the coast of Germany
Country Germany
Location Baltic Sea
Coordinates 54°36′36″N 12°39′0″E / 54.61000°N 12.65000°E / 54.61000; 12.65000Coordinates: 54°36′36″N 12°39′0″E / 54.61000°N 12.65000°E / 54.61000; 12.65000
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

Baltic 1

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.[1] 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;[2][3] the wind farm was officially commissioned on 2 May 2011.[4]

Baltic 1 production[5]
Year Production
GWh 		FLH1
2012 204 4,224
2013 191 3,954
2014 196 4,048
1 "FLH" is the equivalent amount of Full Load Hours

Baltic 2

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.[6] 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.[7] Baltic2 will be connected to Germany via Baltic1, but also to Denmark via Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm around 2018,[8] creating a 400MW offshore grid.[9] The cable to Denmark costs €350m, of which €150m comes from the EU.[10]

The €1250m Baltic2 produced power in September 2015.[11][12]

Energy-Substation of EnBW Baltic 1 Offshore windfarm in the Baltic Sea

See also

References

  1. ↑ Siemens wins offshore wind contract
  2. ↑ Two Important New Offshore Windfarm Contracts Signed by Nordsee – GeoSea
  3. ↑ EnBW prelims state that Baltic 1 will be complete "in a few weeks time" from 2011-02-08
  4. ↑ Connor, Richard; Darren Mara (2 May 2011). "Offshore wind park powers German hopes for non-nuclear future". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  5. ↑ Knight, Sara (29 May 2015). "Politics block German offshore wind link". windpowermonthly.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Delays cost major cable contract (in Danish) Financial News, 11 October 2010. Retrieved: 11 October 2010.
  7. ↑ NKT Cables lands German sea cable order Metal Industry, 9 August 2011. Accessed: 11 December 2011.
  8. ↑ http://www.energinet.dk/EN/ANLAEG-OG-PROJEKTER/Anlaegsprojekter-el/Forbindelse-til-Tyskland-Kriegers-Flak-CGS/Sider/Tidsplan.aspx
  9. ↑ http://ing.dk/artikel/verdens-foerste-offshore-elnet-bliver-en-realitet-i-oestersoeen-179020
  10. ↑ http://www.energinet.dk/EN/ANLAEG-OG-PROJEKTER/Nyheder/Sider/Minister-godkender-ny-elforbindelse-til-Tyskland.aspx
  11. ↑ "EnBW Baltic 2". 4C Offshore. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Rathke, Martina (2015-09-21). "Ostsee-Windpark Baltic 2 speist Strom ins Netz" [Baltic Sea Wind Farm Baltic 2 feeds Power into Grid]. heise.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-01-30.

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