Nordergrunde was fully permitted in October 2011, the application successfully amended from the originally planned 5MW Repower turbines to use of 6.15MW Repower turbines, raising the total project capacity to 110.7MW.
The station will be located in the Jade-Weser estuary north of the port of Wilhelmshaven and 15 kilometres north west of the island of Wangerooge, within the 12 nautical mile zone of the North Sea.
Energiekontor expects financial close of project financing for the station in the second half of 2012. Several bidders have lodged offers to provide the equity, the company states.