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Location : Germany MW Capacity : 400 Anholt is the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark . Officially inaugurated in September 2013 , the farm consists of 111 Siemens wind turbines which each have a rotor diameter of 120 metres . DONG Energy owns 50 percent and also operates the wind farm . Two pension fund companies ( Pension Danmark and PKA ) hold 30 percent and 20 percent stakes in the project . The wind farm supplies for nearly four percent of Denmark ’ s total power demand .

Location : North Sea , Germany MW Capacity : 400 Bard Offshore 1 is located 100 kilometres north-west of Borkum Island in the North Sea . The wind farm covers an area of 60km ² and has 80 turbines . The first 40 turbines of the wind farm were installed in a record seven months , by using a variety of jack-up and support vessels . The turbines contain over 120,000 tonnes of steel and were all installed by July 2013 , which marked the sites completion . The wind farm was developed by Bard Engineering and it supplies 80 percent of Germany ’ s offshore power production .

24 April 2017