Riffgat

{{Short description|German offshore wind farm}}

{{Infobox power station

|name = Riffgat

|location = North Sea

|owner = ENOVA Energiesysteme
EWE

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| wind_offshore_depth = {{convert|16|-|24|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| wind_offshore_distance = {{convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}

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File:Map Offshore Windfarms in the German Bight.svg

Riffgat (also known as Borkum Riffgat and OWP Riffgat) is an offshore wind farm {{convert|15|km}} to the north-west of the German island of Borkum and north of the eponymous shipping channel in the southern North Sea. The wind turbines are built across an area of {{convert|6|km2}}. It consists of 30 turbines with a total capacity of 108 megawatt (MW),[http://www.enova.de/en/federal-network-agency-riffgat-will-feed-in-up-to-113-4-mw-decision-in-the-first-proceedings-for-the-allocation-of-offshore-connection-capacity/ Upgrade] and is expected to generate enough electricity for 112,000 households.

{{cite news

| url = http://www.powergenworldwide.com/index/display/articledisplay/344499/articles/power-engineering/projects-contracts/ewe-enova-form-jv-to-develop-riffgat-wind-park-offshore-germany.html

| title = EWE, Enova form JV to develop Riffgat wind park offshore Germany

| work = Power Engineering International

| publisher = PennWell Corporation

| date = 2008-11-05

| accessdate = 2010-08-01}}

{{cite journal

| url = http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/statistics/Offshore_Wind_Farms_2008.pdf

| title = Offshore Statistics January 2009

| publisher = European Wind Energy Association

| year = 2009

| accessdate = 2010-08-01}}

Early 2011, the Dutch government stated that the wind farm was partly in Dutch territory and protested against the issuing of construction licenses by the German government.{{cite news| url =http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2664/Nieuws/article/detail/3286033/2012/07/13/Grensconflict-Nederland-in-verweer-tegen-Duitse-windmolens.dhtml| title = Grensconflict: Nederland in verweer tegen Duitse windmolens }} The issue was resolved in 2014 with the signing of the Ems-Dollart-Treaty.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/germany-europe/cooperation-rather-than-demarcation |title=Cooperation rather than demarcation|date=29 December 2014 }}

Between November 2015 and April 2016, transmission problems prevented Riffgat from exporting power.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oz-online.de/-news/artikel/186642/Weiter-kein-Strom-von-Riffgat|title=Weiter kein Strom von Riffgat}}