Ørsted and Nuveen inaugurate 913 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

Ørsted and its partner Nuveen inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3, marking the official opening of the company’s largest offshore wind farm in Germany and one of the country’s first offshore wind farms on the scale of a conventional power plant. With an installed capacity of 913 MW, Borkum Riffgrund 3 can generate enough renewable electricity annually to cover the consumption of close to one million German households. The wind facility is located around 72 km off the German North Sea coast and is owned 50/50 by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure.

As a core part of its contribution to German energy security, Borkum Riffgrund 3 helps cover the growing demand for renewable electricity from companies at the centre of Germany’s industrial and digital economy, including Amazon, Google, EHA/REWE Group, Covestro, and BASF.

The offshore wind farm is Ørsted’s sixth operational offshore wind farm in Germany. It brings Ørsted’s installed offshore wind capacity in the country to around 2.5 GW; a 25 % market share and the largest operational portfolio of any company in Germany.