Qualla: Gode Wind Farm https://qualla.com/gode-wind-farm en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:34 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/s/g/gode-wind-farm-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Gode Wind Farm https://qualla.com/gode-wind-farm Gode Wind Farm: Introduction https://qualla.com/gode-wind-farm/ Photo credit Sten Dueland from Haugesund and Stavanger, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0. On a clear day from the dunes of Norderney, you can sometimes glimpse them on the horizon — a line of pale shapes that look like geometry homework drawn on the sky. Gode 1, 2, and 3. Three wind farms, one cluster, 120 turbines, and a project that took so long to finish that the turbines at the end were nearly twice as powerful as the ones at the beginning. Building offshore in the German Bight rewards patience. The companies that started this cluster aren't even called by the same names they were when it began.

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]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/s/g/gode-wind-farm-wp/u1sg-gode-wind-farm-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Gode Wind Farm: From PNE to Orsted to Anyone Watching https://qualla.com/gode-wind-farm/ Photo credit Sten Dueland from Haugesund and Stavanger, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Gode permits originally belonged to PNE Wind AG, a Cuxhaven developer that had spent years coaxing approvals out of Germany's Federal Agency for Marine Shipping and Hydrography. In August 2012, the projects were sold to DONG Energy — the Danish state utility that, in 2017, wo...

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]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/s/g/gode-wind-farm-wp/u1sg-gode-wind-farm-from-pne-to-orsted-to-anyone-watching.mp3 0:06 2 full Gode Wind Farm: A Two-Billion-Euro Bet on Wind https://qualla.com/gode-wind-farm/ Photo credit Sten Dueland from Haugesund and Stavanger, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0. On 18 November 2013, Orsted's predecessor announced it would invest €2.2 billion to build Gode 1 and 2. The German regulatory environment made that calculable: the Stauchungsmodell support regime guaranteed a fixed electricity price for ten years, removing the market risk that ha...

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]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/s/g/gode-wind-farm-wp/u1sg-gode-wind-farm-a-two-billion-euro-bet-on-wind.mp3 0:06 3 full Gode Wind Farm: Gode 3 and the Eleven-Megawatt Generation https://qualla.com/gode-wind-farm/ Photo credit Sten Dueland from Haugesund and Stavanger, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0. Gode Wind 3 didn't enter commercial operation until March 2025 — eight years after its siblings. The wait was worth it. Where Gode 1 and 2 use six-megawatt turbines, Gode 3 deploys 11-megawatt machines, a near-doubling of per-turbine output achieved by simply making everything bi...

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]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/s/g/gode-wind-farm-wp/u1sg-gode-wind-farm-gode-3-and-the-eleven-megawatt-generation.mp3 0:06 4 full Gode Wind Farm: Hazards of an Industrial Sea https://qualla.com/gode-wind-farm/ Photo credit Sten Dueland from Haugesund and Stavanger, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0. The North Sea is not empty. In April 2023, a cargo ship struck one of the Gode Wind 1 turbines, sustaining massive damage to its own hull. The turbine remained standing. Routine maintenance, helicopter visits, and crew-transfer vessels keep technicians shuttling between Norderney...

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]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/s/g/gode-wind-farm-wp/u1sg-gode-wind-farm-hazards-of-an-industrial-sea.mp3 0:06 5 full