Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm

Butendiek is an offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. It is located 32 km off the island of Sylt, and 53 km from the mainland.^[1]

Butendiek
Country	Germany
Coordinates	55°00′49″N 7°46′07″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	2015
Owners	Skyborn Renewables Greencoat Renewables
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Max. water depth	22 m (72 ft)
Distance from shore	32 km (20 mi)
Hub height	91 m (299 ft)
Rotor diameter	120 m (390 ft)
Site area	33 km2 (13 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational	80 × 3.6 MW
Make and model	Siemens Gamesa SWT-3.6-120 (80)
Nameplate capacity	288 MW
External links
Website	www.owp-butendiek.de
Commons	Related media on Commons

Wind farm layout

Buitendiek's location in the wind farms of the German Bight

The wind farm consists of 80 Siemens wind turbines with a capacity of 3.6 MW each, giving the farm a total capacity of 288 MW. Construction of the wind farm started in early 2014. The wind farm was completed in 2015.^[2]

The SylWin transformer platform connects the power from DanTysk, Butendiek and Sandbank offshore wind farm to shore.^[3]

See also

• Wind power in Germany
• List of offshore wind farms in Germany