Riffgat

Riffgat is a coastal North Sea offshore wind farm sited roughly 15 km north‑west of the German island of Borkum, developed by EWE in partnership with Enova. At a little over 100 MW of installed capacity it was one of Germany’s earliest commercial-scale ventures into the German North Sea and was delivered quickly relative to peers: foundations and an offshore substation were installed in 2012–13 and the project entered commercial operation after the TSO provided grid access in early 2014. The project was realised as a near‑shore, individual AC connection rather than an HVDC hub, with an 80 km Riffgat AC grid connection (sea + land cable) linking the offshore substation to the Emden area onshore grid.