Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm

EnBW Baltic 2
Country Germany
Location Baltic Sea
Coordinates 54°58′24″N 13°10′40″E / 54.9733°N 13.1778°E / 54.9733; 13.1778
Status Operational
Commission date 2015
Owner(s) EnBW
Wind farm
Type Offshore
Distance from shore 32 km (20 mi)
Power generation
Units operational 80
Make and model Siemens Wind Power: SWT-3.6-120
Nameplate capacity 288 MW

EnBW Baltic 2 is an offshore wind farm of Germany in the Baltic Sea. The wind farm uses 80 Siemens SWT 3.6-120 wind turbines for a total capacity of 288 megawatt. Baltic 2 is connected to Germany via Baltic 1, but will be also connected to Denmark via future offshore wind farm ″Kriegers Flak″ around 2018,[1] creating a 400 MW offshore grid.[2] The cable to Denmark costs €350m, of which €150m comes from the EU.[3]

The €1250 million Baltic 2 produced power in September 2015.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.energinet.dk/EN/ANLAEG-OG-PROJEKTER/Anlaegsprojekter-el/Forbindelse-til-Tyskland-Kriegers-Flak-CGS/Sider/Tidsplan.aspx
  2. ↑ http://ing.dk/artikel/verdens-foerste-offshore-elnet-bliver-en-realitet-i-oestersoeen-179020
  3. ↑ http://www.energinet.dk/EN/ANLAEG-OG-PROJEKTER/Nyheder/Sider/Minister-godkender-ny-elforbindelse-til-Tyskland.aspx
  4. ↑ "EnBW Baltic 2". 4C Offshore. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. ↑ 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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