DONG Energy’s 252MW Gode Wind 2 offshore wind farm, situated in the German sector of the North Sea, has started producing power and feeding it into the German grid, the Danish utility announced today.
The Gode Wind 2 OWF comprises of 42 6MW Siemens Wind Power turbines which will produce enough power to meet the annual demand of around 260,000 German households.
Trine Borum Bojsen, Country Manager of DONG Energy and responsible for the offshore wind business in Germany, said: “It is a huge milestone that we started producing power, and I am glad that with our wind farm Gode Wind 2 we can contribute considerably to the German energy transition.”
The construction of the Gode Wind 2 project started with the first installation works at sea in April 2015. DONG Energy has constructed Gode Wind 2 together with the Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm. Gode Wind 1 and Gode Wind 2 have a total capacity of 582 MW. This is enough to supply power to approximately 600,000 households.
A2SEA has recently installed the 49th out of 97 turbines at the Gode 1 and 2, and both wind farms are expected to be fully commissioned in the second half of 2016.