Nordlicht II is the second phase of Vattenfall’s Nordlicht offshore wind cluster in the German North Sea, sited about 85 km north of Borkum on BSH area N‑6.6. At ~630 MW (44 × 15 MW turbines) it forms the smaller half of the 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster alongside Nordlicht I. The project is notable f...
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On 13 January 2026, after the BSH permit for the Nordlicht II offshore wind farm became irrevocable, Vattenfall confirmed the full Final Investment Decision (FID) for the entire 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster, including the 630 MW Nordlicht II. This decision, based on secured permitting and financing arrangements, allows construction to start in 2026 with Nordlicht I followed by Nordlicht II around a year later, targeting commercial operation in 2028.
On 13 January 2026, Vattenfall announced that the permit for its 630 MW Nordlicht II offshore wind farm, issued by the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), had become irrevocable. This confirmation removed remaining legal uncertainty around the planning approval for Nordlicht II and enabled Vattenfall to take the full Final Investment Decision for the Nordlicht offshore wind cluster and proceed towards starting construction, with monopile installation on Nordlicht II to follow approximately one year after Nordlicht I.
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Nordlicht 2, Atlantis I, Nordlicht II (N-6.6)
On 3 December 2025, the German Federal Network Agency’s Decision Chamber 6 (Bundesnetzagentur, BK6) issued decision BK6-25-438 granting Nordlicht Offshore Wind GmbH, developer of the N-6.6 (Nordlicht II) area, an extension of the statutory deadline under § 81(2) No. 2 WindSeeG to provide proof of financing for the offshore wind farm. The regulator found the company was prevented without its own fault from meeting the original deadline, mainly due to timing of the BSH planning approval, and extended the realisation deadline until 26 February 2026 while confirming that the developer remains willing and technically and financially able to complete Nordlicht II.
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) issued the planning approval decision for the construction and operation of the Nordlicht II offshore wind farm on 29 October 2025. This permit authorises Vattenfall to build the 630 MW project on site N-6.6 in the German Exclusive Economic Zone north of Borkum, comprising 44 turbines of 15 MW each over roughly 44 km², with power exported via the BorWin Delta converter platform as part of the NOR‑6‑3 grid connection system.
In March 2025, BASF divested its 49% equity stake in the Nordlicht offshore wind portfolio back to Vattenfall in exchange for secured long-term access to renewable electricity from the Nordlicht projects, including Nordlicht II. Under this arrangement, BASF will purchase power from the Nordlicht offshore wind complex to supply its European chemical manufacturing facilities, with a focus on the Ludwigshafen site, providing a long-term revenue stream for the projects.
By 31 January 2025, CS Wind Offshore had been awarded a contract by Vattenfall and BASF to supply 112 transition pieces for the Nordlicht offshore wind cluster, comprising 68 units for Nordlicht 1 and 44 for the Nordlicht II project on site N‑6.6.
As part of the key contract awards announced on 31 January 2025, DEME was contracted by Vattenfall and BASF to transport and install the monopile foundations and transition pieces for the Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.
On 31 January 2025, Vattenfall and BASF awarded Jan De Nul a contract to install approximately 196 kilometres of inter‑array cables connecting 112 turbines across Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht II, using the cable‑laying vessel Connector to deliver internal power collection for the cluster.
On 30 January 2025, Vattenfall signed two contracts with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) for the fabrication of 112 monopile foundations, processing around 141,000 tonnes of steel at EEW’s Rostock site to support turbines at both Nordlicht 1 and the 630 MW Nordlicht II offshore wind farm.
In 2024, Vattenfall and BASF awarded Vestas a contract to supply and install 112 V236‑15.0 MW offshore wind turbines for the Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht 2 wind farms, providing a combined capacity of about 1.6 GW including the 630 MW Nordlicht II project.
In 2024, Havfram was contracted by Vattenfall and BASF to provide low‑carbon transport and installation services for the Vestas turbines on the Nordlicht offshore wind cluster, covering both Nordlicht 1 and the 630 MW Nordlicht II site.
Also in 2024, Vattenfall and BASF awarded TKF a contract to supply the inter‑array cables for the Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farms, which together will require about 196 kilometres of subsea array cables to connect 112 turbines including those at Nordlicht II.
In 2024, BASF SE acquired a 49% equity stake in Vattenfall’s Nordlicht offshore wind portfolio, including the 630 MW Nordlicht II phase, creating a joint ownership structure with Vattenfall retaining 51% and giving BASF direct access to renewable power for its European chemical operations.
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