EnBW Baltic 1
Located 16km north of Darss-Zingst peninsula, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
EnBW — 50% ◆BWBaltic Windpark Beteiligungen GmbH & Co. KG — 50% ◆
Location
GermanyBaltic Sea
Technology
Capacity
48 MW ◆
Turbines
21 × 2.3 MW ◆
Model
Siemens Swt 2-3-93 ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Water depth
16–19 m ◆
Distance from shore
16 km ◆
Wind speed
9.5 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
FiT ◆
Grid
Secured · 2011-05-02 ◆
Connection
Bentwisch substation near Rostock (50Hertz, 150kV AC, ~61km … ◆
Schedule
FID
2009 ∅
COD
2 May 2011 ◆
Project timeline verified milestones only — each date carries its provenance mark
Dashed tick marks today (9 Sep 2026).
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime: EEG 2009 feed-in tariff 15.0 ct/kWh (initial rate)
A built project sells its power under the contract or support regime it was financed with; it is not expected to bid into new government offtake rounds. Where the record does not yet name that regime, the row says so rather than guessing.
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Satellite survey
the farm as it stands, counted from satellite radar images · built before the count began, so there is no build to chart
Satellite survey
Structures standing21≈21 turbines + 1 platform expected · 1 fewer than expected — a position the survey missed
Surveyed2026-09-01≈from 114 satellite passes
Built2010-03 → 2011-05-02offshore construction to start of operation, from the record
Hafrok counts the structures standing in the sea from satellite radar images (≈) and reads the count against the turbines and platforms on record. The farm was built before this count began, so the images show it complete; they cannot date its construction. Rows marked with a dot (·) come from Hafrok’s own registers.
Satellite image
Image taken2026-09-08≈Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellite, southbound pass
Farm covered100%≈the whole farm lies inside the image
Structures ringed21 confirmed · 0 not yet confirmed≈as counted on 2026-09-01 · the image is newer than the count, so a bright spot without a ring may be a structure not yet counted
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, processed by ESA and by Microsoft Planetary Computer.
Latest satellite radar image · 2026-09-08
a radar picture, not a photograph: the sea is dark, steel is bright · black is beyond the edge of the image
confirmed structure (21)seen recently, not yet confirmed (0)probably a substation platform (a larger structure than a turbine; the register above has the facts)farm boundary
Grid connection
from Hafrok’s substation, converter and cable registers
Offshore platforms · 1
Offshore substationEnBW Baltic 1 offshore substation (OSS)·owner EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
Sources & verification
14/18 fields verified · rests on 13 sources (5 primary) · ◆ 7 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator1
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Bundesnetzagentur — Marktstammdatenregister2026-08-23◆ Marktstammdatenregister (MaStR) offshore…
“Park row "Baltic 1": 21 units, 48.3 MW gross, statuses {'In Betrieb': 21}, operators ['EnBW Baltic 1 GmbH ＆ Co. KG'], commissioned 2011-04-03..2011-05-01, planned None..None.”
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Operator3
[1]
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG2025◆ EnBW Baltic 1
“On 2 May 2011, we inaugurated the EnBW Baltic 1 offshore wind farm. 21 wind turbines are spread over seven square kilometres of sea and have a total capacity of 48.3 megawatts (MW). [...] located in t…”
supportsFirst powerCommercial operationTurbinesUnit capacityTotal capacity+1 more
[3]
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG2021-05-02◆ EnBW Baltic 1 celebrates 10th anniversar…
“Ten years ago, EnBW took into operation what was then Germany's first commercial offshore wind farm, the 48.3 megawatt Baltic 1 in the Baltic Sea. [...] Baltic 1 is located 16 kilometres off the coast…”
supportsTotal capacityDistance from shore
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Financier1
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European Investment Bank (EIB)2011-03-08◆ Germany: EIB finances first offshore win…
“The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a EUR 80 million loan to finance the construction and operation of Germany's first commercial offshore windfarm. [...] The project involved the construc…”
supportsTurbinesUnit capacityTotal capacity
Trade press6
[2]
Offshore Wind Biz2011-05-02◆ EnBW Officially Opens Baltic 1 Offshore …
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOffshore constructionCommercial operationSite rightsTurbinesModel+5 more
[4]
Power Magazine2011
“The 48.3-MW EnBW Baltic 1—consists of 21 Siemens wind turbines, each with a capacity of 2.3 MW [...] rotor diameter of 93 meters [...] monopiles (foundations) for the platform and wind turbine units […”
supportsTurbinesModelUnit capacityTotal capacityFoundation+1 more
[5]
Power Technology2011
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFoundationStatusConnection pointWater depth
[7]
wpd AG2006-04-05◆ Genehmigung des Offshore-Windparks Balti…
“Genehmigung nach dem Bundesimmissionsschutz-Gesetz [...] 21 Offshore-Windenergieanlagen der Multi-Megawattklasse ca. 15-16 km vor der Küste des Darß [...] Wassertiefe zwischen 16-19 Metern [...] Staat…”
supportsConsentConsent granted
[8]
International Energy Agency (IEA)2009-01
“The initial tariff is set at EUR cent 15 /kWh until 2015. After that it is set to decrease to EUR cent 13/kWh for new turbines, decreasing by 5% per year.”
supportsMechanismDetail
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Encyclopaedic2
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Wikipedia (DE)2024
“Der Bund erteilte am 31. März 2006 die BImSchG-Genehmigung für den Windpark. [...] Die vorhandene Wassertiefe liegt zwischen 16 m und 19 m. [...] Von März bis September 2010 wurden alle 21 Windenergie…”
supportsConsentOffshore constructionSite rightsWater depthConsent granted
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