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Construction of the wind turbines began in March 2010.<ref>[http://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/Home/Region/Cuxland/Weg-frei-fuer-den-Windpark-im-Meer-_arid,182964_puid,1_pageid,17.html Wind farm in the ocean ready to go (in German)]</ref> The first turbine became operational at the beginning of December 2010. Construction was assisted by the purpose-built ''Wind Lift&nbsp;1'' barge / platform, which placed the 470&nbsp;ton, 21 meter foundations on the sea bed.
Construction of the wind turbines began in March 2010.<ref>[http://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/Home/Region/Cuxland/Weg-frei-fuer-den-Windpark-im-Meer-_arid,182964_puid,1_pageid,17.html Wind farm in the ocean ready to go (in German)]</ref> The first turbine became operational at the beginning of December 2010. Construction was assisted by the purpose-built ''Wind Lift&nbsp;1'' barge / platform, which placed the 470&nbsp;ton, 21 meter foundations on the sea bed.


The project has run into serious and unclear problems, including being three years behind schedule and, at a cost of €3 billion, run significantly over budget. A [[Scuba diving|diver]]<ref>"[https://www.welt.de/die-welt/regionales/hamburg/article8665362/Tauchunfall-im-Windpark.html Tauchunfall im Windpark]" [https://translate.google.dk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=da&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.welt.de%2Fdie-welt%2Fregionales%2Fhamburg%2Farticle8665362%2FTauchunfall-im-Windpark.html&edit-text= Diving accident in the wind farm] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 27 July 2010. Accessed: 25 February 2015.</ref> and a worker died during construction.<ref name="Pressemitteilung 27. Januar 2012 BARD">[http://www.bard-offshore.de/uploads/media/BARD_Pressemitteilung_VermissterOffshoreMitarbeiter_20120127.pdf Pressemitteilung der BARD-Gruppe vom 27. Januar 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093122/http://www.bard-offshore.de/uploads/media/BARD_Pressemitteilung_VermissterOffshoreMitarbeiter_20120127.pdf |date=2015-04-02 }} (PDF; 117&nbsp;kB)</ref><ref name="Mitteilung der DGzRS, retrieved, 4 February 2012">[http://www.dgzrs.de/index.php?id=62&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=690&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=30&cHash=3ac7dee015e35d01b81cf543d28f6ab8 Mitteilung der DGzRS, retrieved, 4 February 2012]</ref> The farm was supposed to go online in August 2013, but a series of setbacks, including a fire at a transmission station in March 2014, have delayed its activation.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/germanys-expensive-gamble-on-renewable-energy-1409106602 Germany's Expensive Gamble on Renewable Energy] by Matthew Karnitschnig, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', August 26, 2014.</ref> BARD went [[bankrupt]] in November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.renewablesinternational.net/bard-is-bankrupt/150/435/74916/|title=Bard is bankrupt|work=renewablesinternational.net|access-date=2015-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061124/http://www.renewablesinternational.net/bard-is-bankrupt/150/435/74916/|archive-date=2016-03-04|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Problems include [[overvoltage]] and [[Harmonics (electrical power)|harmonics]]<ref>"[https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article131879638/Raetselhafter-Defekt-legt-groessten-Windpark-lahm.html Rätselhafter Defekt legt größten Windpark lahm]" [https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=da&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.dk&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article131879638/Raetselhafter-Defekt-legt-groessten-Windpark-lahm.html&usg=ALkJrhhjIbA5wh998NQ8nKLfE5lj2lXKUg Enigmatic defect paralyzes largest wind farm] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 3 September 2014. Accessed: 25 February 2015.</ref> between BARD and the [[HVDC BorWin1|BorWin 1 grid link]] and [[BorWin Alpha|BorWin Alpha HVDC converter platform]].<ref name=wpm2015-05-29>{{cite web|url=http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1349269/politics-block-german-offshore-wind-link |date=29 May 2015 |first1=Sara |last1=Knight |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906182458/http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1349269/politics-block-german-offshore-wind-link|title=Politics block German offshore wind link |archivedate=6 September 2015|work=windpowermonthly.com}}</ref>
The project has run into serious and unclear problems, including being three years behind schedule and, at a cost of €3 billion, run significantly over budget. A [[Scuba diving|diver]]<ref>"[https://www.welt.de/die-welt/regionales/hamburg/article8665362/Tauchunfall-im-Windpark.html Tauchunfall im Windpark]" [https://translate.google.dk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=da&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.welt.de%2Fdie-welt%2Fregionales%2Fhamburg%2Farticle8665362%2FTauchunfall-im-Windpark.html&edit-text= Diving accident in the wind farm] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 27 July 2010. Accessed: 25 February 2015.</ref> and a worker died during construction.<ref name="Pressemitteilung 27. Januar 2012 BARD">[http://www.bard-offshore.de/uploads/media/BARD_Pressemitteilung_VermissterOffshoreMitarbeiter_20120127.pdf Pressemitteilung der BARD-Gruppe vom 27. Januar 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093122/http://www.bard-offshore.de/uploads/media/BARD_Pressemitteilung_VermissterOffshoreMitarbeiter_20120127.pdf |date=2015-04-02 }} (PDF; 117&nbsp;kB)</ref><ref name="Mitteilung der DGzRS, retrieved, 4 February 2012">[http://www.dgzrs.de/index.php?id=62&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=690&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=30&cHash=3ac7dee015e35d01b81cf543d28f6ab8 Mitteilung der DGzRS, retrieved, 4 February 2012]</ref> The farm was supposed to go online in August 2013, but a series of setbacks, including a fire at a transmission station in March 2014, have delayed its activation.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/germanys-expensive-gamble-on-renewable-energy-1409106602 Germany's Expensive Gamble on Renewable Energy] by Matthew Karnitschnig, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', August 26, 2014.</ref> BARD went [[bankrupt]] in November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.renewablesinternational.net/bard-is-bankrupt/150/435/74916/|title=Bard is bankrupt|work=renewablesinternational.net|access-date=2015-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061124/http://www.renewablesinternational.net/bard-is-bankrupt/150/435/74916/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> Problems include [[overvoltage]] and [[Harmonics (electrical power)|harmonics]]<ref>"[https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article131879638/Raetselhafter-Defekt-legt-groessten-Windpark-lahm.html Rätselhafter Defekt legt größten Windpark lahm]" [https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=da&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.dk&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article131879638/Raetselhafter-Defekt-legt-groessten-Windpark-lahm.html&usg=ALkJrhhjIbA5wh998NQ8nKLfE5lj2lXKUg Enigmatic defect paralyzes largest wind farm] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 3 September 2014. Accessed: 25 February 2015.</ref> between BARD and the [[HVDC BorWin1|BorWin 1 grid link]] and [[BorWin Alpha|BorWin Alpha HVDC converter platform]].<ref name=wpm2015-05-29>{{cite web|url=http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1349269/politics-block-german-offshore-wind-link |date=29 May 2015 |first1=Sara |last1=Knight |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906182458/http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1349269/politics-block-german-offshore-wind-link|title=Politics block German offshore wind link |archivedate=6 September 2015|work=windpowermonthly.com}}</ref>


BARD's original owner had decided to make all components within the company, and troubles from the custom transformer are unrelated to standard equipment used elsewhere.<ref>"[https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/energie/article129894382/Groesster-deutscher-Meereswindpark-faellt-aus.html Größter deutscher Meereswindpark fällt aus]" [https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=da&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.dk&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/energie/article129894382/Groesster-deutscher-Meereswindpark-faellt-aus.html&usg=ALkJrhgtTRAJI6LR0JPpv8bAU38XU2Mnvg The largest German offshore wind park falls out] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 7 July 2014. Accessed: 25 February 2015.</ref>
BARD's original owner had decided to make all components within the company, and troubles from the custom transformer are unrelated to standard equipment used elsewhere.<ref>"[https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/energie/article129894382/Groesster-deutscher-Meereswindpark-faellt-aus.html Größter deutscher Meereswindpark fällt aus]" [https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=da&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.dk&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/energie/article129894382/Groesster-deutscher-Meereswindpark-faellt-aus.html&usg=ALkJrhgtTRAJI6LR0JPpv8bAU38XU2Mnvg The largest German offshore wind park falls out] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 7 July 2014. Accessed: 25 February 2015.</ref>

Revision as of 14:26, 13 September 2019

BARD Offshore 1
Map
CountryGermany
LocationNorth Sea
Coordinates54°22′N 5°59′E / 54.36°N 5.98°E / 54.36; 5.98
StatusOperational
Construction beganMarch 2010
Commission date26 August 2013
OwnerEnovos
Wind farm
TypeOffshore
Distance from shore90 km (56 mi)
Hub height90 m (295 ft)
Rotor diameter122 m (400 ft)
Power generation
Units operational80 x 5 MW
Make and modelBARD 5.0
Nameplate capacity400 MW
External links
Websitewww.bard-offshore.de/en/projects/offshore/bard-offshore-1
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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BARD Offshore 1's location in the wind farms of the German Bight

BARD Offshore 1 is a 400 megawatt (MW) North Sea offshore wind farm with 80 BARD 5.0 turbines. Construction was finished in July 2013[1] and the wind farm was officially inaugurated in August 2013.[2] The wind farm is located 100 kilometres (60 mi) northwest of the isle Borkum in 40-metre (130 ft) deep water.[3]

Laying of cables to connect the wind farm started on 23 July 2009.[4] The 200 km connection is the longest of its kind in the world. It is also the first connection of an offshore wind park realized as HVDC-transmission. Construction of the wind turbines began in March 2010.[5] The first turbine became operational at the beginning of December 2010. Construction was assisted by the purpose-built Wind Lift 1 barge / platform, which placed the 470 ton, 21 meter foundations on the sea bed.

The project has run into serious and unclear problems, including being three years behind schedule and, at a cost of €3 billion, run significantly over budget. A diver[6] and a worker died during construction.[7][8] The farm was supposed to go online in August 2013, but a series of setbacks, including a fire at a transmission station in March 2014, have delayed its activation.[9] BARD went bankrupt in November 2013.[10] Problems include overvoltage and harmonics[11] between BARD and the BorWin 1 grid link and BorWin Alpha HVDC converter platform.[12]

BARD's original owner had decided to make all components within the company, and troubles from the custom transformer are unrelated to standard equipment used elsewhere.[13]

As of January 2015, most of the turbines are not supplying power to shore, costing ratepayers €2million per day.[14]

In September 2015, StatKraft and Ocean Breeze extended their contract for two years.[15]

By May 2016, the company website stated that the wind farm had produced 3 terawatt-hours (11 PJ), and was running stably at full capacity.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ Press release: Pioneering wind farm project BARD Offshore 1 successfully completed on the high seas Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ German Federal Minister Inaugurates BARD Offshore 1
  3. ^ 5-MW BARD Near-shore Wind Turbine Erected in Germany
  4. ^ DDP: Laying cables to wind farm started (in German)
  5. ^ Wind farm in the ocean ready to go (in German)
  6. ^ "Tauchunfall im Windpark" Diving accident in the wind farm Die Welt, 27 July 2010. Accessed: 25 February 2015.
  7. ^ Pressemitteilung der BARD-Gruppe vom 27. Januar 2012 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 117 kB)
  8. ^ Mitteilung der DGzRS, retrieved, 4 February 2012
  9. ^ Germany's Expensive Gamble on Renewable Energy by Matthew Karnitschnig, Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2014.
  10. ^ "Bard is bankrupt". renewablesinternational.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  11. ^ "Rätselhafter Defekt legt größten Windpark lahm" Enigmatic defect paralyzes largest wind farm Die Welt, 3 September 2014. Accessed: 25 February 2015.
  12. ^ Knight, Sara (29 May 2015). "Politics block German offshore wind link". windpowermonthly.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Größter deutscher Meereswindpark fällt aus" The largest German offshore wind park falls out Die Welt, 7 July 2014. Accessed: 25 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Im größten Meereswindpark dreht sich wenig" In the largest offshore wind park little turns Die Welt, 26 January 2015. Accessed: 25 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Statkraft vermarktet Strom aus Bard Offshore 1 für weitere zwei Jahre". windmesse.de.
  16. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160705204457/http://www.oceanbreeze.de/en
Technical information
Media articles
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