Located approximately 70km offshore west of the island of Sylt, the €1bn project features 80 Siemens-built wind turbines which can generate up to 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours of clean power annually for about 400,000 homes.
Vattenfall owns a 51% stake in the wind farm and Stadtwerke München holds the remaining 49%.
German Economic Affairs Federal Minister Sigmar Gabriel said: "Together with the DanTysk wind farm, by the end of this year Germany will generate green power from more than 3,000MW of installed offshore capacity. That is a real boost for the energy transition."
The DanTysk offshore wind farm covers an area of 70km² in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on the border to Danish territorial waters.
The DanTysk plant is connected to the high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore wind grid hub SylWin1, which is operated by transmission grid operator TenneT.
TenneT commissioned SylWin1 earlier this week.
Germany aims to generate 80% power of its total power generate from renewable sources by 2050.
The German Government is also planning to install offshore wind turbines, with a total capacity of 6.5GW, by 2020 with 8.5GW more to be added by 2030.
Image: The DanTysk offshore wind power facility features 80 wind turbines supplied by Siemens. Photo: courtesy of Vattenfall.
