The Danish energy company Ørsted and the British renewable company Glennmont Partners have begun installation works at their 913 MW German offshore wind project Borkum Riffgrund 3. The construction phase of the project requires the installation of 83 monopile foundations to support the next-generation SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbines -to be installed in 2024- with an output capacity of 11 MW each. The offshore wind plant is located at 70 km off the coast of Lower Saxony (Northern Germany) and 53 km off the island of Borkum in the North Sea, and is expected to be the largest wind project by export capacity in Germany once it achieves full commissioning in 2025.
Glennmont Partners acquired its 50% stake in the project in early 2022. Ørsted owns the remaining 50% stake and is in charge of the construction of the wind plant under a comprehensive EPC contract, that includes the operation and maintenance services for 20 years, the provision of market access and green certificates.
As of the end of 2022, Germany had a total wind capacity of 66 GW, including 8.1 GW of offshore wind. Germany targets to reach 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, 40 GW by 2035, and at least 70 GW by 2045.
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