Borkum Riffgrund on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The following is a list of offshore wind farms in Germany, operational within the national
File:OSS Meerwind 11 20140401.JPG, Offshore
Deutsche Energie-Agentur (Dena), German Energy AgencyLORC Offshore Renewables Map - GermanyCapacity factors
The following is a list of offshore wind farms in Germany, operational within the national maritime boundaries
A maritime boundary is a conceptual division of Earth's water surface areas using physical geography, physiographical or human geography, geopolitical criteria. As such, it usually bounds areas of exclusive sovereignty, national rights over mine ...
. Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
, along with Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
and the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
is a worldwide leader in advancing offshore wind farm
Offshore wind power or offshore wind energy is the generation of electricity through wind farms in bodies of water, usually at sea. There are higher wind speeds offshore than on land, so offshore farms generate more electricity per amount of ca ...
technology.
The name of the wind farm
A wind farm, also called a wind park or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an exten ...
is the name used by the energy company
The energy industry refers to all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution. Modern society consumes large amounts of fuel, and the energy industry is a cr ...
when referring to the farm and is usually related to a shoal or the name of the nearest town on shore.
__TOC__
Offshore wind farms
Map of offshore wind farms
Wind farms under construction
Projects
Gallery
transformer
In electrical engineering, a transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple Electrical network, circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces ...
platform "Meerwind Süd/Ost" being transported
File:OSS Meerwind 22 20140401.JPG, "OSS Meerwind" on the passage to the lock
Lock(s) or Locked may refer to:
Common meanings
*Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance
*Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
Arts and entertainme ...
File:Aufbau einer Windenergieanlage im Offshore Windpark Meerwind.JPG, Construction of a wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that wind power, converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. , hundreds of thousands of list of most powerful wind turbines, large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, were generating over ...
at "Meerwind Süd/Ost"
See also
*Wind power in Germany
Wind power in Germany is a growing industry. The installed capacity was 55.6 gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2017, with 5.2 GW from offshore installations. In 2020, 23.3% of the country's total electricity was generated through wind po ...
*List of offshore wind farms
This article lists the largest offshore wind farms that are currently operational rated by nameplate capacity. It also lists the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction, the largest proposed offshore wind farms, and offshore ...
*Lists of offshore wind farms by country
Lists of wind farms include:
* List of onshore wind farms
* List of offshore wind farms
__NOTOC__ Wind farms by country
* List of wind farms in Australia
* List of wind farms in Canada
* List of wind farms in China
* List of wind farms in De ...
*List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea
This is a list of operational, offshore wind farms in the North Sea.
This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources,
*List of onshore wind farms
This is a list of the largest onshore wind farms that are currently operational, rated by generating Nameplate capacity, capacity. Also listed are onshore wind farms with notability other than size, and largest proposed projects.
Largest oper ...
References
External links
Deutsche Energie-Agentur (Dena), German Energy Agency
Official websites
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...