RWE Innogy has acquired the project company ENOVA Energieanlagen GmbH, which owns the rights to develop a 960-megawatt (MW) wind project off the German coast. The project, North Sea Windpower 3, will be renamed Innogy Nordsee 1 and, if developed, will be the largest offshore wind farm off Germany’s coast.
Following regulatory approvals the installation will be built 40 kilometers north of the island of Juist, within an area of around 150 km² and in water 26-34 meters deep. Between 150 and 180 wind turbines with a capacity of 5-6 MW each are planned for the wind farm.
RWE Innogy and ENOVA expect to receive the approval for the project by the end of 2009 and initial preparations could then start in 2010. The first wind turbines should start running as early as 2011. The whole wind farm is expected to be completed in 2015 at a total investment of around €2.8 billion [US $3.72 billion].
– from renewableenergyworld