BARD Offshore 1 is a 400 MW wind power station in Friesland, Germany. It is operated by Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 340,388 homes (estimated). It ranks #70 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 27.2% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1025858.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG.
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 54.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #1 largest wind power plant of 25 in Germany by capacity.
Germany has 25 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 5,059 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 54.36, 5.98 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
