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Riffgat (also known as Borkum Riffgat and OWP Riffgat) is an
Riffgat Offshore Windpark
Wind farms in Germany Offshore wind farms in the North Sea Borkum 2014 establishments in Germany Energy infrastructure completed in 2014 {{Germany-powerstation-stub
Riffgat (also known as Borkum Riffgat and OWP Riffgat) is an offshore wind farm
Offshore wind power or offshore wind energy is the generation of electricity through wind farms in bodies of water, usually at sea. There are higher wind speeds offshore than on land, so offshore farms generate more electricity per amount of c ...
to the north-west of the German island of Borkum and north of the eponymous shipping channel in the southern North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the ...
. The wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each yea ...
s are built across an area of . It consists of 30 turbines with a total capacity of 108 megawatt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James ...
(MW), and is expected to generate enough electricity for 112,000 households.
Early 2011, the Dutch government stated that the wind farm was partly in Dutch territory and protested against the issuing of construction licenses by the German government. The issue was resolved in 2014 with the signing of the Ems-Dollart-Treaty.
Between November 2015 and April 2016, transmission problems prevented Riffgat from exporting power.
See also
*Wind power in Germany
Wind power in Germany is a growing industry. The installed capacity was 55.6 gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2017, with 5.2 GW from offshore installations. In 2019, a quarter of the country's total electricity was generated using wind ...
*List of Offshore Wind Farms
This article lists the largest offshore wind farms that are currently operational rated by nameplate capacity. It also lists the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction, the largest proposed offshore wind farms, and offshore w ...
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Riffgat Offshore Windpark
Wind farms in Germany Offshore wind farms in the North Sea Borkum 2014 establishments in Germany Energy infrastructure completed in 2014 {{Germany-powerstation-stub