Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm starts commercial operation

Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure has started commercial operation of the 253 MW Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany.

The project is Ørsted’s fifth operational offshore wind farm in Germany, and with an installed capacity of 253 MW, it can supply the equivalent of 250,000 households with renewable power. In August 2023, construction of Gode Wind 3 started at sea, when the first foundation was installed. Gode Wind 3 consists of 23 wind turbines from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, each with a capacity of 11 MW. With a rotor diameter of 200 metres, this wind turbine model is currently the largest running wind turbine in German waters. The new generation of wind turbines offers up to 40 % higher annual energy yield compared to the 8 MW wind turbine.

The electricity generated at Gode Wind 3 will be transmitted via the wind farm’s offshore substation and a converter station by TenneT, the German transmission system operator (TSO), entering the extra-high voltage grid onshore in the German state of Lower Saxony. Operations will continue to be managed from Ørsted’s hub at the port of Norden-Norddeich in Lower Saxony. For the electricity production at Gode Wind 3, Ørsted will now receive a weighted average price of EUR 81 per MWh.