Gode Wind 3
Located northwest of Norderney. Co-developed with Borkum Riffgrund 3.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
Ørsted — 50% ◆
Nuveen Infrastructure — 50% ◆Location
GermanyNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
253 MW ◆
Turbines
23 × 11 MW ◆
Model
Siemens Gamesa SG 11-0-200 DD ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
BNetzA Offshore Wind Auction 2017 (transitional) · 2017 ·
Water depth
30–34 m ≈
Wind speed
10.3 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
FiT · €81/MWh ◆
Grid
Secured · 2023 ◆
Connection
Offshore substation feeds electricity via TenneT DolWin6 HVDC … ◆
Schedule
FID
1 Dec 2021 ◆
COD
Feb 2025 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2017-04
BNetzA Offshore Wind Auction 2017 (transitional)
- Awarded to
- DONG Energy (now Ørsted)
- Basis
- integrated tender
From the auction results — the round that created the project.
Farmdown · 2023-10
Ørsted → Glennmont Partners (Nuveen) 50%
- Stake
- 50%
- Consideration
- not disclosed
- Announced
- 2023-10
- Closed
- 2023-12
- Project stage
- under construction
Ørsted sold 50% of Gode Wind 3 to Glennmont Partners for EUR 473m. However, EUR 473m includes both equity stake purchase price AND Glennmont's commitment to fund 50% of remaining construction costs. Announced 17 October 2023; closed December 2023. Extended the Ørsted-Glennmont partnership from Borkum Riffgrund 3.
Evidence
From Hafrok’s transactions record
Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 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: 2024→2024→2024→2024→2025-Q1→2025-02 · 6 recorded revisions · slipped +0.6 yr (first announced 2024)
Revenue & offtake contract duration and price levels · money of the day
242 MW contracted — tender award
● Tender award · BNetzA Offshore Wind Auction 2017 (transitional)
Price6 ct/kWh ·Capacity110 MWAwardedApr 2017Term20 yrs
● Tender award · BNetzA Offshore Wind Auction 2018 (transitional)
Price9.83 ct/kWh ·Capacity131.75 MWAwardedApr 2018Term20 yrs
Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation complete
Installation · on record
StageOperational
In operation since2025-02
Offshore construction2023-08 → 2025-02
Construction ports
PortBOW Terminal Eemshaven ◆·marshalling harbour · quay 5000 m · crane 50 t · draft 14 m
Grid connection
from Hafrok’s substation, converter and cable registers
Offshore platforms · 2
Offshore substationGode Wind 3 offshore substation·66 (array) kV · in service 2023 · owner Oersted with Glennmont Partners / Nuveen Infrastructure (wind farm owners) — farm-owned, not TSO-owned
HVDC systemDolWin6·900 MW · ±320 kV · in service 2023-09
Converter supplierSiemens Energy·DolWin6 · Dragados Offshore · 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
Rests on 17 sources (12 primary) · ◆ 12 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.
Regulator2
[1]
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)2021-03-26◆ Planfeststellungsbeschluss Offshore-Wind…
“Az: 5111/Gode Wind 3/PFV/O3103 Hamburg, den 26.03.2021 [...] Der Planfeststellungsbeschluss umfasst 23 (dreiundzwanzig) Windenergieanlagen (im Folgenden: WEA) [...] 01A 54,0932457° N 007,0918261° E GO…”
supportsConsentTurbinesUnit capacityFoundationCoordinates+2 more
[18]
Bundesnetzagentur — Marktstammdatenregister2026-08-23◆ Marktstammdatenregister (MaStR) offshore…
“Park row "Gode Wind 3": 23 units, 265.65 MW gross, statuses {'In Betrieb': 23}, operators ['Gode Wind 3 GmbH ＆ Co. oHG'], commissioned 2024-05-07..2024-09-16, planned None..None.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator8
[2]
Ørsted (then DONG Energy)2017-04◆ DONG Energy awarded three German offshor…
“In the first of two German auction rounds, the Bundesnetzagentur has today awarded DONG Energy the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. [...] Gode Wind 3 (110MW) [...] …”
supportsMechanismDetail
[3]
Ørsted2018-04-27◆ Orsted wins 551.75MW in German offshore …
“Gode Wind 4 with a capacity of 131.75MW at a price of EUR 98.30 per MWh. [...] Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 and 4 projects will have a total capacity of 241.75MW at a weighted average price of EUR 81 per MWh.”
supportsMechanismDetail
[4]
Ørsted2021-12-01◆ Orsted takes final investment decision o…
“Orsted's Board of Directors has taken final investment decision (FID) on the two German offshore wind farms Gode Wind 3 (242 MW) and Borkum Riffgrund 3 (900 MW) which are expected to be commissioned i…”
supportsFinal investment decision
[5]
Ørsted2022-02-03◆ Ørsted Annual Report 2021
“In Germany, we took FID on our originally fully merchant Borkum Riffgrund 3 project and the Gode Wind 3 project. … Gode Wind 3 (253 MW) and Borkum Riffgrund 3 (913 MW), Germany, FID'ed. Expected COD i…”
supportsFinal investment decision
[6]
Ørsted2023-12-05◆ Ørsted completes divestment of 50 % of G…
“Orsted has completed the divestment of 50 % of the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm to funds managed by Glennmont Partners from Nuveen. Gode Wind 3 has a capacity of 253 MW and was awarded to Orsted in …”
supportsoperatorTotal capacityMechanismStrike / priceDetail
[9]
Ørsted2025-03-06◆ More renewable power from offshore wind …
“Final testing for the Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm, which is jointly owned by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, was completed on 28 February 2025, and the project is now fully commissioned. [...] Fo…”
supportsCommercial operationCOD historyMechanismDetail
[10]
Ørsted2026-02-05◆ Ørsted Annual Report 2025
“In Germany, we commissioned Gode Wind 3 in February and also completed the installation of all foundations and turbines for Borkum Riffgrund 3. Installed renewable capacity increased by 2 % to 18.5 GW…”
supportsCommercial operationTotal capacity
[12]
Auction results2
[19]
Bundesministerium der Justiz2026-06-22◆ de-tender-2017-windseeg-82
WindSeeG 82: Poenale - 100% of security for missing realisation deadline 1 or 2 (30% pre-2021)
supportsTender award · BNetzA Offshore Wind Auction 2017 (transitional)
[20]
Bundesministerium der Justiz2026-06-22◆ de-tender-2018-windseeg-82
WindSeeG 82: Poenale - 100% of security for missing realisation deadline 1 or 2 (30% pre-2021)
supportsTender award · BNetzA Offshore Wind Auction 2018 (transitional)
Trade press5
[7]
offshoreWIND.biz2024-05-08
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFirst powerModelUnit capacity
[8]
offshoreWIND.biz2025-03-06
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOffshore constructionCommercial operationTurbinesModelUnit capacity+2 more
[11]
offshoreWIND.biz2023-02-06
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsmarshalling harbour
[13]
[14]