OWP secures license to build the 865.2 MW Gennaker offshore wind project in Baltic Sea

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Wpd AG subsidiary OWP Gennaker GmbH has secured a license from the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to build and operate an 865.2 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm.

The Gennaker offshore wind farm will consist of 103 Siemens Gamesa's SWT-8.0-154 turbines wind turbines, two offshore substations, and inter-array cables. The turbines will be installed in the German Baltic Sea, about 15 kilometers north of the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula.

The offshore wind farm is scheduled for inauguration by 2022. 

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