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In its energy concept for an environmentally friendly, reliable and affordable energy supply the federal government demonstrates the importance of offshore wind energy as part of an integrated economic and environmental future mix.
The accelerated development of offshore wind energy is attributed to the priority for action. Overall, about EUR 75 billion will be invested to develop the offshore wind power by 2030 target to 25 GW.
This capital should flow, especially in offshore wind farms (OWFs) and their grid connections, in areas of marine installations, service industries and in port infrastructure.
The following measures will be pursued:
- Support of the first 10 offshore wind farms to gain necessary experience and cope with technical risks of offshore wind. For this, the “Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau” (KfW) will initiate a special program "Offshore wind energy" in 2011 with a loan volume of € 5 billion at market interest rates.
- Other accompanying measures for the rapid development of offshore wind energy are examined.
- As part of the amendment of the Renewable Energies Act is to be examined whether, as an alternative to the current feed-in tariffs for offshore wind is a no-cost option to facilitate investment (increased initial support and shorter duration).
- Development of the legal basis for the approval of offshore wind farms and amendment of the sea facilities-regulation in order to avoid "stockpiling" of permits for offshore wind farms. In the future, permits are only renewed if the investors demonstrate concrete realisation steps (construction, financing, schedules, etc.). Otherwise, the areas should be awarded to other market players with specific requirements for implementation. The final decision on the permits will be concentrated so that a permit includes all other approvals (concentrationeffect).
- The spatial development plan for the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) should be extended, to ensure the long term development of the offshore activities. Basis for the continuation will be the evaluation report to be submitted in early 2012.