The company will in April start to erect the plant’s 30 Siemens3.6MW turbines, he said. Foundations and an export cable are already in place.

Water depths at Riffgat of 18 to 23-metres are relatively shallowby the standards of German offshore wind, as the farm 15km north-west of theisland of Borkum is located closer to the coast than other German projects,Hube told an industry conference in Hamburg.

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