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
Premium ◆
Grid
Secured · 2 May 2011 ◆
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 (13 Oct 2026).
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime on record
RegimeThe farm company's accounts state that it sold its output by direct marketing under the EEG market premium model from 2012 (its first months in 2011 were on the statutory tariff) up to and including April 2023, from 2012 through EnBW Erneuerbare Energien and later under a power supply contract with EnBW AG that paid it a fixed, risk-free remuneration; the initial statutory tariff was 15 ct/kWh. When the high EEG tariff ran out, most output from May 2023 was hedged under a fixed-price power purchase agreement with EnBW AG, which the FY2024 accounts say runs until 31 December 2026.
Instrumentmarket premium
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 sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation complete
Installation · on record
StageOperational
In operation since2011-05-02
Offshore construction2010-03 → 2011-05-02
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
Rests on 15 sources (14 primary) · ◆ 9 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.”
supportsFirst power
Operator5
[1]
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG2025◆ EnBW Baltic 1
“On 2 May 2011, we inaugurated the EnBW Baltic 1 offshore wind farm [...] the Baltic 1 offshore wind farm is located in the Baltic Sea, 16 kilometres north of the Darss-Zingst peninsula. [...] The 21 w…”
supportsCommercial operationTurbinesTotal capacityDistance from shore
[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
[11]
[15]
Bundesanzeiger2012-12-31◆ EnBW Baltic 1 GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart -…
“Die Gesellschaft hat in 2012 unter Beauftragung der EEE die Möglichkeit der Direktvermarktung nach Marktprämienmodell (§33g EEG) für EnBW Baltic 1 genutzt. Dabei wird die Gesellschaft risikolos am Zus…”
supportsMechanismDetail
[16]
Unternehmensregister2025-09-24◆ EnBW Baltic 1 GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an…
“Die EnBW Baltic 1 GmbH & Co. KG (EB 1) hat ihren Sitz in Biberach an der Riß und ist eingetragen in das Handelsregister beim Amtsgericht Ulm (Reg. Nr. HRA 727605).”
supportsMechanismDetail
Financier1
[9]
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.
supportsCommercial operationTurbinesUnit capacityTotal capacityStatus+2 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…
“Börgerende, 05. April 2006. Der Staatssekretär im Umweltministerium des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Dr. Harald Stegemann, hat gestern in Schwerin gemeinsam mit dem Leiter der Genehmigungsbehörde de…”
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
[13]
Encyclopaedic2
[6]
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…”
supportsOffshore constructionSite rightsWater depth
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