Dec 5, 2025
Ørsted's Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm generates its first electricity in Germany.
Ørsted's offshore wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund 3, has started generating electricity, delivering its initial power to the German grid.
Co-owned by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, the project boasts an installed capacity of 913MW.
Located nearly 72 km from the German North Sea coast, the wind farm covers an area of roughly 75 km².
Construction involved components sourced from various parts of Europe: wind turbines and foundations from Denmark and Germany, cables from France and Germany, and installation vessels from Belgium and the Netherlands.
The facility comprises 83 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 11MW. Notably, Borkum Riffgrund 3 is Ørsted's first offshore wind farm in Germany constructed without an offshore substation.
The turbines are directly linked to the DolWin epsilon offshore converter platform via a 66kV connection, operated by TenneT, the German transmission system operator.
Borkum Riffgrund 3 is supported by several long-term corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) that Ørsted has established with industrial and technology clients.
Ørsted reported that these agreements total 786MW, signed with Amazon (350MW), BASF (186MW), Energie-Handels-Gesellschaft/REWE Group (100MW), Covestro (100MW), and Google (50MW).
The CPPAs, ranging from ten to 25 years, are anticipated to ensure price stability for both the project and its clients.
Borkum Riffgrund 3 is expected to be fully operational by the first quarter of 2026.
The operation and maintenance of Ørsted's German offshore wind farms are coordinated from Norden-Norddeich and Emden in East Frisia.
In early 2025, Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure's Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm was fully operational, generating enough renewable energy to power about 250,000 German households.
With these projects, Ørsted's installed offshore wind capacity in Germany is projected to reach approximately 2.5GW by early 2026, sufficient to supply around 2.5 million households.
Recently, Ørsted announced a 98% reduction in carbon emissions.
Co-owned by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, the project boasts an installed capacity of 913MW.
Located nearly 72 km from the German North Sea coast, the wind farm covers an area of roughly 75 km².
Construction involved components sourced from various parts of Europe: wind turbines and foundations from Denmark and Germany, cables from France and Germany, and installation vessels from Belgium and the Netherlands.
The facility comprises 83 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 11MW. Notably, Borkum Riffgrund 3 is Ørsted's first offshore wind farm in Germany constructed without an offshore substation.
The turbines are directly linked to the DolWin epsilon offshore converter platform via a 66kV connection, operated by TenneT, the German transmission system operator.
Borkum Riffgrund 3 is supported by several long-term corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) that Ørsted has established with industrial and technology clients.
Ørsted reported that these agreements total 786MW, signed with Amazon (350MW), BASF (186MW), Energie-Handels-Gesellschaft/REWE Group (100MW), Covestro (100MW), and Google (50MW).
The CPPAs, ranging from ten to 25 years, are anticipated to ensure price stability for both the project and its clients.
Borkum Riffgrund 3 is expected to be fully operational by the first quarter of 2026.
The operation and maintenance of Ørsted's German offshore wind farms are coordinated from Norden-Norddeich and Emden in East Frisia.
In early 2025, Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure's Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm was fully operational, generating enough renewable energy to power about 250,000 German households.
With these projects, Ørsted's installed offshore wind capacity in Germany is projected to reach approximately 2.5GW by early 2026, sufficient to supply around 2.5 million households.
Recently, Ørsted announced a 98% reduction in carbon emissions.