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Butendiek is an 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 ...
in the German
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part of the North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...
. It is located 32 km off the island of Sylt
Sylt (; ; Söl'ring North Frisian: ) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, with a distinctively shaped shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in North Fris ...
, and 53 km from the mainland.
The wind farm consists of 80 Siemens
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wind turbines with a capacity of 3.6 MW each, giving the farm a total capacity of 288 MW. Construction of the wind farm started in early 2014. The wind farm was completed in 2015.
The SylWin transformer platform connects the power from DanTysk
DanTysk is a 288 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in the North Sea west of the island Sylt, in the German EEZ at the border to Denmark. The wind farm operates 80 Siemens Wind Power's SWT-3.6-120 turbines with a capacity of 3.6 M ...
, Butendiek and Sandbank offshore wind farm to shore.
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 in Germany
The following is a list of offshore wind farms in Germany, operational within the national maritime boundaries. Germany, along with Denmark and the United Kingdom is a worldwide leader in advancing offshore wind farm technology.
The name of the ...
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