Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm (913 MW) begins commercial operation

Borkum Riffgrund 3 sits in the German North Sea about 53 km off Borkum and has an installed capacity of 913 MW from 83 Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 turbines (11 MW each). It is owned 50/50 by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure; the farm delivered first power in December 2025, with full commercial operation expected in Q1 2026 (target year 2026). It is the world's first subsidy-free offshore wind farm, backed by long-term corporate PPAs with Amazon, BASF, Google and Covestro, among others; the operators have not published a specific investment figure. Update (31 August 2026): The 913 MW wind farm of Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, some 72 km off the North Sea coast, entered commercial operation on 31 August 2026; first power had been exported on 3 December 2025 (offshoreWIND.biz, 31 August 2026).