Germany's first commercial offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 1 goes into operation

Located in the Baltic Sea, Germany's first commercial offshore wind farm is now fully operational. With German Chancellor Angela Merkel in attendance, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG commissioned the project, which consists of 21 Siemens wind turbines, each with a capacity of 2.3 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 93 meters. The EnBW Baltic 1 wind farm will supply more than 50,000 German households with clean electricity. Siemens Energy constructed the facility in an area covering about seven square kilometers in the Baltic Sea, located approximately 16 kilometers north of the Darss/Zingst peninsula. Commissioning of this wind farm is a major milestone on the way to creating sustainable power supply for Germany.

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