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On 27 July 2009, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) issued the original SeeAnlV Genehmigung to PNE Wind for the construction and operation of the Gode Wind 2 offshore wind farm in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (AWZ) of the North Sea, approximately 32.5 km north of Norderney on a 57 km² project area in water depths of 28-33 m. PNE Wind had originally applied in 2007 for 144 turbines but reduced this to 80 WEA (480 MW max) during the regulatory review. PNE Wind announced a sale to Danish investor Brancor Capital Partners APS in December 2011 but the deal collapsed in March 2012 after non-payment; Dong Energy (now Ørsted) then acquired the project in August 2012. A final amendment on 31 July 2013 reduced the layout to 42 Siemens SWT-6.0-154 turbines (336 MW max nominal capacity), with the remaining planning area carved off as the separately tracked Gode Wind 4. As built, Gode Wind 2 has 42 turbines (252 MW operational); construction began in April 2015 and the wind farm was inaugurated alongside Gode Wind 1 on 27 June 2017 at the Danish embassy in Berlin.