EnBW Baltic 1 is the first commercial offshore

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supplied 21 SWT 2.3-93

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wind farm.Siemens wins offshore wind contract
/ref> EnBW Baltic 1 is located about north of the Darss-Zingst Peninsula and covers about seven square kilometers. Work started in July 2010;Two Important New Offshore Windfarm Contracts Signed by Nordsee – GeoSea
/ref> the wind farm was officially commissioned on 2 May 2011. Due to the

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Combined Grid Solution, power from Sweden (via

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), the 600 MW Kriegers Flak, the 288 MW Baltic 2 is sent via Baltic 1 to Germany, and is synchronized to the Nordic grid (not the German grid) via a 150 kV 400 MW

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subsea cable.

Generation

References

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LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm"Life Currents"
a 2019 Deutsche Welle television program discussing alternative energy narrated in English; A segment describing Baltic 1 begins at 10:10 Wind farms in Germany EnBW Offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea Energy infrastructure completed in 2011 2011 establishments in Germany

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