Sandbank
Facts
Country
Germany
Electricity Capacity
288 MWe
Turbines
72
Onshore / Offshore
Offshore
Cut off speed
25
Supplier
Siemens
Vattenfall ownership share
51 %
Status
In Operation
Sandbank offshore wind farm, located 90 kilometres off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein, right next to DanTysk, was completed in 2017. It was Vattenfall's second major wind project in the German North Sea.
The wind farm covers a total area of 60 square kilometres. The Sandbank and DanTysk wind farms benefit from a unique concept in the North Sea, sharing an accommodation platform located in the middle of DanTysk. Another advantage is that the three offshore wind farms Sandbank, DanTysk and Horns Rev achieve synergies by using the same vessels, infrastructure and facilities.
Joint project
Sandbank is the second joint project between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München, following the completion of DanTysk in 2014. Vattenfall owns 51% of Sandbank, while Stadtwerke München owns the remaining 49%.