Electricity has been generated and fed into the German grid for the first time from the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1.
Trine Borum Bojsen, Managing Director of DONG Energy in Germany and responsible for Wind Power , said: “Borkum Riffgrund 1 is our first German wind farm and we’re more than happy, that we’ve started to deliver CO2-free power to the German grid. ”
John Hill, Program Director of Borkum Riffgrund 1 said: “The construction and good progress up to first power has been achieved thanks to a huge effort from the entire team and our contractors. Over the next months we will finalise the installation of all 78 turbines.”
Once all 78 turbines are in place, expected in 2015, the wind farm will be capable of generating up to 312 megawatts (MW) of green electricity.
Borkum Riffgrund 1 is a joint venture project between DONG Energy which owns 50 per cent, and the partners KIRKBI A/S and William Demant Invest A/S which together own 50 per cent.
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