Kaskasi
Located 35 km north of Heligoland in the German North Sea.
Technology
Capacity
342 MW ◆
Turbines
38 × 9 MW ◆
Model
Siemens Gamesa SG 8-0-167 DD ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
BNetzA Offshore Wind Auction 2018 (transitional) · 2018 ·
Water depth
22–25 m ≈
Distance from shore
35 km ◆
Wind speed
9.9 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
PPA ◆
Grid
Secured · 2022-07 ◆
Connection
TenneT HelWin Beta HVDC platform (HelWin2 system), 5 km array … ◆
Schedule
FID
Apr 2020 ◆
COD
23 Mar 2023 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2018-04
BNetzA Offshore Wind Auction 2018 (transitional)
- Awarded to
- innogy (now RWE)
- Basis
- integrated tender
From the auction results — the round that created the project.
Dashed tick marks today (9 Sep 2026). The teal diamond on the spine is origination — the seabed award or round that created the project. Every other ownership event lives in the band below: one station per recorded deal, dated at its label, in deal order rather than to calendar scale. Secondary trades appear only at the interchanges; grey lines are parties whose entry or exit Hafrok’s record does not hold.
Announced-COD history: 2022→2022-Q4→2023-03-23 · 3 recorded revisions · slipped +0.7 yr (first announced 2022)
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime on record
RegimePPAs with seven German industrial customers (incl. Lidl, Kaufland/Schwarz Group, DHL, Evonik, Thyssenkrupp, Vodafone, Ensinger, Infraserv Höchst). Contracts staggered 2026–2028, mostly 10-year terms. ~1,000 GWh/yr total.
InstrumentPPA
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 installation tracker
counted from satellite radar images · a structure standing in the sea on a given date, not a turbine producing power · a guide, not a sourced fact
Installation · counted from satellite
Foundations36 of 38≈95% · first seen 2022-03-19
Turbines28 of 38≈74% · first seen 2022-06-02
Latest count2024-12-26from 324 satellite passes · 2 substation platforms left out so the counts compare with the turbine number · the count has ended: the build is complete
Hafrok counts foundations and turbines from satellite radar images (≈): a structure is counted once it is seen standing in the sea, which is not the same as producing power. A structure first seen in the last 60 days is not yet confirmed, because on a single image a freshly set foundation and a ship holding position look alike. Substation platforms are left out so the counts compare with the number of turbines. Rows marked with a dot (·) come from Hafrok’s own registers; a supplier or contract appears only where a source states it — everything else reads “not recorded”, never guessed.
Structures standing over time · count
strong line = confirmed · light line = seen in the last 60 days, not yet confirmed · the chart counts every structure (38 turbines + 2 platforms); the table counts turbines only
foundationsturbines up (a substation top being set in place counts here too)
Satellite image
Image taken2026-09-07≈Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellite, southbound pass
Farm covered100%≈the whole farm lies inside the image
Structures ringed38 confirmed · 0 not yet confirmed≈as counted on 2024-12-26 · the image is newer than the count, so a bright spot without a ring may be a structure not yet counted
Construction ports
PortBuss Terminal Eemshaven ◆·marshalling · quay 5000 m · crane 50 t · draft 14 m
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, processed by ESA and by Microsoft Planetary Computer.
Latest satellite radar image · 2026-09-07
a radar picture, not a photograph: the sea is dark, steel is bright · black is beyond the edge of the image
confirmed structure (38)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 · 2
Offshore substationKaskasi offshore substation·in service 2022 · owner RWE (wind farm owner; farm-owned platform)
HVDC systemHelWin2·690 MW · ±320 kV · in service 2015-06 · shared with Amrumbank West
Converter supplierSiemens·HelWin2 · Heerema, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands · for TenneT
Grid connection · ready in time?
when each part of the grid connection is due, against the start date the developer states (black line) · a bar spans the whole year, quarter or month the source gives
installed or in serviceexpected deliveryearlier date that was later moved
Sources & verification
14/18 fields verified · rests on 16 sources (14 primary) · ◆ 8 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
[18]
Bundesnetzagentur — Marktstammdatenregister2026-08-23◆ Marktstammdatenregister (MaStR) offshore…
“Park row "OWP Kaskasi": 38 units, 342.0 MW gross, statuses {'In Betrieb': 38}, operators ['RWE Kaskasi GmbH'], commissioned 2022-07-31..2022-12-15, planned None..None.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator11
[1]
RWE AG2020-12-18◆ RWE receives planning permission for Kas…
"Beginning of December, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) granted planning permission for the 342-megawatt wind farm. This makes Kaskasi (official name: Kaskasi II) the first o…
supportsConsentTurbinesModelUnit capacityTotal capacity+3 more
[2]
Offshore Wind Biz2020-04-03
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFinal investment decision
[3]
RWE AG2022-08-01◆ Power on: First turbine commissioned at …
“35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland, the first turbine of RWE's Kaskasi offshore wind farm was recently commissioned, and is now supplying green electricity to the grid. Nine of the in tot…”
supportsoperatorFirst powerTurbinesModelUnit capacity+1 more
[5]
RWE AG2023-03-23◆ Kaskasi: RWE offshore wind farm commence…
“Today, the RWE wind farm Kaskasi, located around 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland, officially commenced regular operation in the presence of Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for E…”
supportsCommercial operationCOD historyTurbinesTotal capacityDistance from shore
[6]
RWE AG2022-06-08◆ World’s first: Innovative steel collars …
“Kaskasi is RWE's sixth wind farm off the German coast, the 342-megawatt project is currently under construction 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland. In total three innovative foundation co…”
supportsFoundation
[7]
RWE AG2021-09-07◆ RWE tests world’s first recyclable wind …
"At its 342 megawatt wind farm Kaskasi the company will install for the first time ever special collars around three monopile foundations. [...] Furthermore Kaskasi will be the first commercial offsho…
supportsBackground
[8]
Schwarz Group2023-04
“Under the ten-year agreement, Lidl and Kaufland will be offtaking approximately 250 GWh of renewable electricity produced by Kaskasi per year, starting in 2028. According to Schwarz Group, its two ret…”
supportsMechanismDetail
[9]
RWE AG2024-02-19◆ RWE to supply seven German companies wit…
“RWE Supply & Trading is supplying seven German companies with approximately 1,000 gigawatt hours annually of green power from its offshore wind farm Kaskasi. Most of the contracts run for ten years. T…”
supportsMechanismDetail
[10]
Offshore Wind Biz2022-07-14
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsStatusConnection point
[11]
Buss Group2022
“After the successful tender in December 2021, Buss is responsible for handling, storage and terminal logistics of the 38 monopiles and transition pieces on its own terminal site. [...] A total of arou…”
supportsmarshalling
[13]
RWE AG2025◆ Offshore wind farm Kaskasi | RWE
“RWE's Kaskasi offshore wind farm: 342 MW, 38 turbines, located 35 km off the coast of Heligoland (North Sea). Kaskasi is RWE's sixth offshore wind farm.”
supportsBackground
Trade press3
[15]
[16]
Offshore Wind Biz2022-03-11
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOffshore construction
[17]
Encyclopaedic1
[14]
