The Trianel wind farm Borkum is connected to the grid and is producing electricity at full capacity. Following the commissioning of the last turbine, they are now in the test operation phase. It is expected that in August the turbines will transfer to regular operation.
During the test operation, technical details are being checked and all operating phases of the Areva Wind M5000 turbines are being tested. The first purely municipal offshore wind farm in Europe, with 40 wind turbines and a capacity of 200MW is located about 45 kilometres off the coast of the North Sea island of Borkum. Construction of the wind farm began in September 2011 with the erection of the tripod foundations in the North Sea. The investors in the offshore wind farm with a total investment figure of € 1 billion are 33 municipal utilities and regional providers from Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland, as well as Trianel.
