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title: "BARD Offshore 1"
source: https://hafrok.com/projects/de-bard-offshore-1/
identifier: de-bard-offshore-1
updated: 2026-10-13
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# BARD Offshore 1

Source: https://hafrok.com/projects/de-bard-offshore-1/  
Data as of: 2026-10-13

Located 100km NW of Borkum in 40m water depth. Originally BARD Group; rescued by Ocean Breeze Energy (Macquarie) after BARD insolvency.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Sea basin | North Sea |
| Capacity | 400 MW |
| Turbines | 80 |
| Lifecycle stage | Operational |
| Owners | Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG |
| Coordinates | 54.3583, 5.975 |
| Commercial operation (announced) | 2013-09 |

## Milestones

- **Consent granted** — 2007-04-11 (achieved)
- **Offshore construction** — 2010 (achieved)
- **First power** — 2010-12 (achieved)
- **Commercial operation** — 2013-09 (achieved)

## Offtake

Offtake regime on record


## Sources

Every figure above traces to one of these. Quoted passages are held but not republished; follow the link for the original wording.

- Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), 2007-04-11 — https://gdi.bsh.de/Planfeststellung/Offshore-Vorhaben/N-6.1/01_Genehmigungsbescheid.pdf
- Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG, 2025 — https://www.oceanbreeze.de/en/windpark-bard-offshore-1
- Macquarie Group, 2019-08-07 — https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/about/news/2019/macquarie-infrastructure-and-real-assets-agrees-to-acquire-bard-offshore-1.html
- Offshore Wind Biz, 2019-09-25 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2019/09/25/macquarie-cleared-to-buy-german-offshore-wind-pioneer/
- Offshore Wind Biz, 2013-08-02 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2013/08/02/germany-bard-offshore-1-completed-ahead-of-schedule/
- RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, 2023-04-12 — https://www.rwe.com/en/press/rwe-supply-and-trading/2023-04-12-bard/
- IRENA / GWEC, 2013 — https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2013/GWEC/GWEC_Germany.pdf
- NS Energy Business, 2023 — https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/bard-offshore-1-wind-farm-german-north-sea/
- Wikipedia, 2026-07-02 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BARD_Offshore_1
- GEBCO Compilation Group, 2020 — https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/
- DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas), 2026 — https://globalwindatlas.info/
- Bundesnetzagentur — Marktstammdatenregister, 2026-08-23 — https://www.marktstammdatenregister.de/MaStR/Einheit/Einheiten/OeffentlicheEinheitenuebersicht
- Bundesanzeiger, 2021-04-29 — https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/pub/de/suchen
- Unternehmensregister, 2023-05-11 — https://www.unternehmensregister.de/de/suche
- Unternehmensregister, 2025-03-28 — https://www.unternehmensregister.de/de/suche
- Unternehmensregister, 2025-11-18 — https://www.unternehmensregister.de/de/suche
- Macquarie Group, 2019-08-07 — https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/about/news/2019/macquarie-infrastructure-and-real-assets-agrees-to-acquire-bard-offshore-1.html

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