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On 6 April 2005, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) issued the SeeAnlV Genehmigung to Offshore Ostsee Wind AG for what was then called "Kriegers Flak" — the first offshore wind farm consented in the German Baltic Sea EEZ. The project sits 32 km north of Rügen in the German AWZ on a 27 km² area in water depths of 23-44 m, at the border with the Danish and Swedish EEZs. EnBW acquired Offshore Ostsee Wind AG in May 2008 and renamed the project EnBW Baltic 2. The as-built project comprises 80 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 turbines (288 MW) on mixed monopile (≤35 m depth) and jacket (>35 m depth) foundations. Construction started August 2013 (delayed from 2012 by difficult seabed conditions), first power was generated in April 2015, full installation completed mid-June 2015, and commercial operation began September 2015. Macquarie Capital acquired 49.89% after completion, with EnBW retaining O&M.