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On 24 May 2006, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) issued the SeeAnlV Genehmigung to Nordsee Windpower GmbH & Co. KG for the construction and operation of the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (AWZ) of the North Sea, approximately 160 km northwest of Emden in water depths averaging 40 m. The approval followed a five-year regulatory review after the original application filed on 2 July 2001, making Global Tech I one of the first commercial offshore projects consented in the German EEZ. The Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH project company was subsequently formed in 2009 with Stadtwerke München, Entega and Axpo Holding as shareholders. The as-built project comprises 80 Areva M5000-116 turbines (400 MW) on tripod foundations in roughly 40 m water depth, with first power on 6 September 2014 through BorWin beta (later switched to BorWin gamma / BorWin3 in August 2019) and full commissioning by July 2015.