Wind farms around FINO3

Location of FINO3
Location of FINO3

Butendieck

  • The Butendieck wind farm covers an area of 33 square kilometers and is located 32 kilometers west of Sylt.
  • 80 Siemens wind turbines of the 3.6 megawatt (MW) class with a total installed capacity of 288 MW were erected.
  • The wind turbines have a hub height of 91 meters and a rotor diameter of 120 meters.
  • The wind turbines were founded on monopile foundations.
  • The 80 wind turbines have been supplying up to 370,000 households with electricity since August 2015.

DanTysk

  • The DanTysk wind farm covers an area of 70 square kilometers and is located 70 kilometers west of Sylt.
  • 80 Siemens wind turbines of the 3.6 megawatt (MW) class with a total installed capacity of 288 MW were erected.
  • The wind turbines have an installation height of 88 meters and a rotor diameter of 120 meters.
  • The wind turbines were founded on monopile foundations.
  • The 80 wind turbines have been supplying up to 400,000 households with electricity since April 2015.

Sandbank

  • The Sanbank wind farm covers an area of 60 square kilometers and is located 90 kilometers west of Sylt.
  • 72 Siemens wind turbines of the 4 megawatt (MW) class with a total installed capacity of 288 MW were erected.
  • The wind turbines have a hub height of 94 meters and a rotor diameter of 120 meters.
  • The wind turbines were founded on monopile foundations.
  • The 72 wind turbines have been supplying up to 400,000 households with electricity since July 2017.

Nördlicher Grund

  • The wind park Nördlicher Grund covers an area of 42 square kilometers and lies 83 kilometers west of Sylt.
  • 64 wind turbines of the 6 megawatt (MW) class with a total installed capacity of 384 MW are planned.
  • The wind turbines should have an installation height of 162.5 meters.
  • They are to be founded as Monopile or Tripod.
  • At the moment, there is no connection permit to a transformer platform. Therefore, the construction is stopped.


For more information about offshore wind farms see 4C Offshore,

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