Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm

Sandbank is an offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. It is located 90 km off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein. The wind farm consists of 72 Siemens wind turbines with a capacity of 4 MW each, giving the farm a total capacity of 288 MW. The wind farm was completed in 2017.^[1]

Sandbank
Country	Germany
Coordinates	55°11′N 6°51′E
Status	Operational
Commission date	2017
Owners	Stadtwerke München Vattenfall
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Distance from shore	90 km (56 mi)
Rotor diameter	130 m (430 ft)
Site area	60 km2 (23 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational	72 × 4 MW
Make and model	Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SWT-4.0-130 (72)
Nameplate capacity	288 MW
External links
Website	powerplants.vattenfall.com/sandbank/

Wind farm layout

Sandbank's location in the wind farms of the German Bight

The SylWin transformer platform connects the power from DanTysk, Butendiek and Sandbank offshore wind farm to shore.^[2]

See also

• Wind power in Germany
• List of offshore wind farms in Germany