Germany’s
first
bona
fide
offshore
wind
farm
is
on
track
to
be
switched
on
this
year,
after
the
last
of
21
turbines
were
installed
at
utility
EnBW
Energie’s
Baltic
1.
Once
up
and
running,
the
48.3MW
project,
located
in
water
depths
of
just
under
20
metres
off
the
Darß/Zingst
peninsula
in
the
Baltic
Sea,
is
expected
to
flow
185GWh
a
year
into
the
national
grid
—
enough
to
supply
50,000
households.
Construction
of
Baltic
1
has
been
an
education,
says
EnBW
managing
director
Werner
Götz.
“We
believe
[offshore
wind
power]
is
feasible…
