BARD Offshore 1
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BARD Offshore 1 is a 400 megawatt (MW) North Sea
offshore wind farm
that is presently under construction and is expected to be fully operational by 2012. It will be an 80-turbine wind farm, located 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) northwest of the isle Borkum
, in Germany, in water which is 40 metres (131.2 ft) deep.
Laying of cables to connect the wind farm started on July 23, 2009. The 200 km connection is the longest connection to an offshore wind farm in the world. It is the first connection of an offshore wind park realized as HVDC
-transmission.
The construction of the wind turbines began in March 2010. 15 of the 80 turbines had been installed by the end of 2010, and the first turbine became operational at the beginning of December 2010. Construction is planned to be completed in 2012. The construction is assisted by the purposed-built Wind Lift 1 barge / platform, which places the 470 ton, 21 meter foundations on the sea bed.
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
offshore wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
that is presently under construction and is expected to be fully operational by 2012. It will be an 80-turbine wind farm, located 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) northwest of the isle Borkum
Borkum
Borkum is an island and a municipality in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.-Geography:Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait , to the east by the Osterems strait, to the north by the North Sea, and to the south by the Wadden Sea...
, in Germany, in water which is 40 metres (131.2 ft) deep.
Laying of cables to connect the wind farm started on July 23, 2009. The 200 km connection is the longest connection to an offshore wind farm in the world. It is the first connection of an offshore wind park realized as HVDC
HVDC BorWin1
HVDC BorWin1 is the first HVDC facility in Germany, which is equipped with IGBT transistors. It is used for the power connection of the offshore wind park BARD Offshore 1 and other offshore wind farms in Germany near Borkum to the European power grid. The facility was built by ABB and can transfer...
-transmission.
The construction of the wind turbines began in March 2010. 15 of the 80 turbines had been installed by the end of 2010, and the first turbine became operational at the beginning of December 2010. Construction is planned to be completed in 2012. The construction is assisted by the purposed-built Wind Lift 1 barge / platform, which places the 470 ton, 21 meter foundations on the sea bed.