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On 31 March 2006, the project-wide development consent for the EnBW Baltic 1 offshore wind farm was granted under the Federal Immissions Control Act (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz, BImSchG) — distinct from the SeeAnlV regime used for EEZ projects. EnBW Baltic 1 sits 16 km north of the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern territorial waters, INSIDE the 12-nautical-mile zone, so BSH (which administers SeeAnlV for the EEZ) was not the consenting body. The Land of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern had previously concluded the spatial planning procedure positively on 22 February 2005 and formally designated the area as a special wind-energy suitability zone in May 2005, paving the way for the BImSchG permit. The German Wikipedia source attributes the BImSchG-Genehmigung to "der Bund" (the Federation); the precise federal authority requires further verification. The project comprises 21 Siemens SWT-2.3-93 turbines (48.3 MW) on monopile foundations and was officially inaugurated on 2 May 2011 by Chancellor Angela Merkel as the first commercial German Baltic Sea offshore wind farm.