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Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm

Coordinates: 55°11′N 6°51′E / 55.18°N 6.85°E / 55.18; 6.85
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Sandbank
Map
Country
  • Germany
Coordinates55°11′N 6°51′E / 55.18°N 6.85°E / 55.18; 6.85
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 2017
Owners
Wind farm
Type
Distance from shore
  • 90 km (56 mi)
Rotor diameter
  • 130 m (430 ft)
Site area
  • 60 km2 (23 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational72 × 4 MW
Make and modelSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SWT-4.0-130 (72)
Nameplate capacity
  • 288 MW
External links
Websitepowerplants.vattenfall.com/sandbank/
Map
Wind farm layout
Sandbank's location in the wind farms of the German Bight

Sandbank is an offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. It is located 90 km off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein. The wind farm consists of 72 Siemens wind turbines with a capacity of 4 MW each, giving the farm a total capacity of 288 MW. The wind farm was completed in 2017.[1]

The SylWin transformer platform connects the power from DanTysk, Butendiek and Sandbank offshore wind farm to shore.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Power plants: Offshore wind farm Sandbank - Vattenfall". powerplants.vattenfall.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  2. ^ "SylWin Alpha Jacket and Platform Installed". Offshore Energy. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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