Largest German Baltic Sea offshore wind park inaugurated
NDR / Iberdrola
“Wikinger”, Germany’s largest Baltic Sea offshore wind park, has been inaugurated, marking Spanish energy company Iberdrola's entry into the German electricity market, reports public broadcaster NDR. The 350 megawatt facility – its 70 turbines located off the island of Rügen – is the first offshore wind farm to be designed and operated one hundred per cent by a Spanish company, writes Iberdrola in a press release.
Find the article in German here and the press release in English here.
For background, read the CLEW dossier Offshore wind power in Germany.
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