Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm
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Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm
of Germany
in the Baltic Sea
. Siemens
supplied 21 SWT 2.3-93 wind turbine
s for the 48.3 megawatt wind farm. 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 delivers, therefore the €195m cable orders for Baltic 2 were granted to General Cable instead.
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
. Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
supplied 21 SWT 2.3-93 wind turbine
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...
s for the 48.3 megawatt wind farm. Baltic 1 is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the Darss-Zingst Peninsula
Fischland-Darß-Zingst
Fischland-Darß-Zingst is a peninsula on the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. Its full length is 45 km. The three parts of the peninsula, from west to east, are Fischland, Darß and Zingst....
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
NKT Holding
NKT Holding is a holding company and industrial conglomerate with interests in cables and wires, cleaning equipment and high-pressure cleaners for both industry and private use, flexible pipelines for the oil and gas industry as well as optical components, lasers and crystal fibres.The company is...
was 3 months late with the delivers, therefore the €195m cable orders for Baltic 2 were granted to General Cable instead.
See also
- Wind power in GermanyWind power in GermanyIn 2010, the installed capacity of wind power in Germany was 27.2 GW. Wind power currently produces about seven percent of Germany’s total electrical power. More than 21,607 wind turbines are located in the German federal area and the country has plans to build more wind turbines...
- List of offshore wind farms
- List of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea