Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm

{{Short description|German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea}}

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| image_caption = image of several of the wind turbines

| location = Baltic Sea

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| wind_offshore_distance = {{convert|16|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}

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EnBW Baltic 1 is the first commercial offshore wind farm of Germany in the Baltic Sea. Siemens supplied 21 SWT 2.3-93 wind turbines for the 48.3 megawatt wind farm.[http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2009/04/21/Siemens-wins-offshore-wind-contract/UPI-69161240320865/ Siemens wins offshore wind contract] EnBW Baltic 1 is located about {{convert|16|km}} north of the Darss-Zingst Peninsula and covers about seven square kilometers. Work started in July 2010;[http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2010/08/31/two-important-new-offshore-windfarm-contracts-signed-by-nordsee-%E2%80%93-geosea-both-deme-group-in-german-waters/ Two Important New Offshore Windfarm Contracts Signed by Nordsee – GeoSea]{{Cite web |url=http://www.enbw.com/content/en/press/press_releases/2011/02/index.jsp |title=EnBW prelims state that Baltic 1 will be complete "in a few weeks time" from 2011-02-08 |access-date=2011-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411054606/http://www.enbw.com/content/en/press/press_releases/2011/02/index.jsp |archive-date=2011-04-11 |url-status=dead }} the wind farm was officially commissioned on 2 May 2011.{{cite web | url= http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15043017,00.html | title= Offshore wind park powers German hopes for non-nuclear future | first= Richard | last= Connor |author2=Darren Mara | date= 2 May 2011 | publisher= Deutsche Welle | accessdate= 2011-05-02 }}

Due to the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution, power from Sweden (via Zealand), the 600 MW Kriegers Flak, the 288 MW Baltic 2 is sent via Baltic 1 to Germany, and is synchronized to the Nordic grid (not the German grid) via a 150 kV 400 MW alternating current subsea cable.{{cite web |title=Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution {{!}} Energinet |url=https://en.energinet.dk/Infrastructure-Projects/Projektliste/KriegersFlakCGS |website=en.energinet.dk |publisher=Energinet.dk |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804071836/https://en.energinet.dk/Infrastructure-Projects/Projektliste/KriegersFlakCGS |archivedate=4 August 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite news|url= http://www.offshorewindindustry.com/news/abb-gets-order-kriegers-flak-onshore |title= ABB gets order for Kriegers Flak onshore converter |publisher= ABB |via= offshorewindindustry.com |first= Katharina |last= Garus |date= 2016-03-14 |accessdate= 2016-08-22}}