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On 23 August 2005, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) issued the SeeAnlV Genehmigungsbescheid to Gesellschaft für Energie und Oekologie mbH (Enge-Sande) for the construction and operation of the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (AWZ) of the North Sea, approximately 70 km west of Sylt in water depths of 21-31 m on a 71 km² project area. The application had been filed on 7 March 2000 for 300 turbines at 5 MW (1,500 MW total); BSH approved 80 WEA as a pilot phase, with the remaining area split off as the separately-tracked "Nordpassage" project. Vattenfall Europe New Energy GmbH acquired the project rights in April 2007 and Stadtwerke München took a 49% stake in October 2010. The as-built project comprises 80 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 turbines (288 MW) on monopile foundations, with first power in December 2014 and official opening by Federal Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel on 30 April 2015.