Offshore wind · Germany
RIFFGAT
Operator Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH
Operational113 MWData checked 10 November 2026
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RIFFGAT is a 113 MW offshore wind farm 19 km north-west of Borkum, Niedersachsen, Germany. It first operated in 2014. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is operational. No other energy site in the register's datasets is within 10 km. The register holds one incident at this site, the latest in 2013.
Incidents on the register at this site
A diver was killed during construction of the 108MW Riffgat wind farm in the German North Sea, which is being built by EWE and Enova. According to reports, the diver was working on concrete bases designed to tie cables down to the seabed. The incident...
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The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 113 MW
- Capacity figure from
- Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
- Status
- Operational (In operation)
- Operator
- Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH
- Location
- Niedersachsen, Germany
- First operating
- 2014
- Turbines
- 30
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Timeline
- 13 February 2014 Operational
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Questions
- Has RIFFGAT had a fire or other incident?
- Yes. The register holds one incident that names it: Diver killed during construction of Riffgat offshore wind farm (EIR-2158, 2013).
- What is the status of RIFFGAT?
- Operational, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
- Where is RIFFGAT?
- 19 km north-west of Borkum, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Source: Marktstammdatenregister, Bundesnetzagentur, Datenlizenz Deutschland, Namensnennung, Version 2.0 (www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).