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RWE Power and General Electric sign declaration of intent to develop highly efficient adiabatic compressed air storage system.
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Vattenfall Europe Transmission plans grid connection of offshore wind parks in Lubmin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
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The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) approves the offshore wind park "Hochsee Windpark He Dreiht". This is the 17th approval in the North Sea. EOS Offshore AG plans to erect 80 turbines 85 km north of the island Borkum.
Corner points of the approval 10 KB [German]
Interactive North Sea chart
REpower Systems AG and Energiekontor AG sign contract upon the erection of wind energy plants for offshore wind park Nordergünde. 18 Repower 5M plants with an overall capacity of 90MW will be installed within the 12sm-zone off Wilhelmshaven.
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REpower plans to start the serial production of its 5M turbine as well as serial production of rotor blades in Bremerhaven mid-2008.
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Oceanteam ASA announces the fusion of its Hydragrid branch with IMERA Power. IMERA Power will actively develop interconnector projects (power cables connecting national electricity networks, grids) and offshore power grids for the renewables market.
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At the European Offshore Wind Conference 2007 in Berlin experts presented recommendations on how to successfully further develop offshore wind energy.
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dena presentation 487 KB
Oceanteam ASA signs contract with DONG Energy about the laying of cables to Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm. The erection of the wind farm is scheduled for 2008. The estimated contract value is € 12 million.
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The German cabinet agrees a package of measures for the implementation of an integrated programme for energy and climate, the "Integriertes Energie- und Klimaprogramm der Bundesregierung", which has the following aims:
The German government´s integrated energy and climate programme 274 KB
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The Bundestag enacted a draft amendment of the renewable energy sources act (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz - EEG). Electricity generated by offshore wind parks that go on line until the end of 2013 will be reimbursed with 14 Ct/kWh according to the amendment. Wind parks going on line from 2014 on will be reimbursed with 12 Ct/kWh for a period of 12 years. This reimbursement rises depending on water depth and distance from coast. The basic tariff is 3.5 ct/kWh, with the annual degression of 3.5%.
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Planning and operating company WPD and the wind turbine manufacturer Nordex have signed an agreement on the delivery of 21 N90/2500 kW turbines. The first turbines in the "Baltic I" project are scheduled for installation in May 2009.
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The first wind plant of type “BARD VM“ has been erected near Emden and will be put into operation at the end of the week. An offshore turbine of this type is also scheduled to be erected in 2008 off Hooksiel in Schleswig-Holstein.
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Windenergie Agentur Bremerhaven/Bremen e.V. (WAB) presents the magazine "Offshore Wind Energy – Future Energy Supply from Wind at Sea" at the opening of the European Offshore Wind Energy Conference (EOW2007) in Berlin. The magazine focuses on offshore wind energy in particular in Germany.
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Germany, Denmark, and Sweden will be cooperating closely in the field of wind energy in the North and Baltic Sea. The cooperation shall enhance the information exchange on the environmental impact of offshore wind farms.
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Siemens AG expects to increase sales from its wind power division by significantly more than 30 per cent in the current business year. "By 2011 we want to be one of the top three in the industry," division head Andreas Nauen said, pointing to the construction of off-shore wind parks as a field of promising opportunities.
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The offshore wind energy and environmental protection forum (FOWEUM) has compiled a list of recommendations for the grid connection of offshore wind parks. The aim of the recommendations is an efficient and coordinated offshore grid development with a minimum impact on nature.
List of recommendations 61 KB
More about the FOWEUM
The European Commission proposes an acceleration plan for the development of future low-carbon energy technologies. The strategic energy technology plan focuses on the deployment of more efficient new technologies such as offshore wind parks.
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The Oldenburg Approval Authority grants approval to Germany´s first offshore wind park within the 12 nm zone. Energiekontor AG, plans to erect 25 wind energy plants with an overall capacity of up to 125 MW at Nordergründe, 15 km northeast of Wilhelmshaven.
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µ-Sen is equipping the first offshore wind energy plant M5000 with a Condition Monitoring System. It is planned to install the CM System into further turbines, particularly at "alpha ventus" off the coast of Borkum.
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Update on Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG): The German grid operators´ association expects more than 20% of the electricity to be produced from renewable energy sources by Dec 2007. This would increase the annual average in 2007 to 16% from renewables.
Detailed information [German]
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety publishes the field report on the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). The report recommends to increase the feed-in tariff for offshore wind energy to 11 up to 15 Cent/kWh.
Press release 17 KB [German], Renewable Energy Act field report 2007 1.9 MB [German], further information [German]
Bremen´s deputation for economy and harbours passes a business development plan for wind energy companies. REpower Systems AG, AMbau and PowerBlade GmbH will receive investment grants of about € 14.6 million for the building of facilities in Bremerhaven.
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The project website GreenNet-Europe has been updated comprehensively. GreenNet-Europe provides a guide to the large-scale, inexpensive grid and market integration of RES electricity in Europe.
Website
offshore-wind.de releases information about the offshore test field "alpha ventus". The page outlines key data on the test field and provides relevant documents.
Offshore test field alpha ventus
IEA releases the outcomes of the workshop "Trading and Transmission of Renewable Electricity: a Roundtable" which took place on 10th Oct 2007 in Berlin.
Detailed information
Minister President Christian Wulff and the Federal Environment Ministry introduce a draft law for underground cables in Lower Saxony. Under this law, open wires must not cross protected landscape areas and may be run as buried cables near residential buildings.
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The German Minister of the Environment plans higher feed-in tariffs for offshore wind energy. Electricity generated by wind turbines that go on line before the end of 2012 shall be refunded at 11 to 15 Ct./ kWh.
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WVW releases the market study “Offshore-Windparks in Europa“ conducted by KPMG. The study gives an overview of European offshore wind parks and an overall market estimate.
KPMG-Study 3.0 MB [German]
Evelop, a subsidiary of Econcern, establishes the Ampere Equity Fund, which will finance the development, installation and operation of offshore wind parks. The Ampere Equity Fund's investor base is comprised of the Dutch pension funds ABP and PGGM, and institutional investors, including Rabobank and Delta Lloyd.
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Nysted, the world’s largest offshore wind farm in the south Baltic Sea off the Danish coast, has gone offline following a serious transformer failure. The reason for the failure is still not known.
wab Newsletter 879 KB [German]
Polish Energy Group BOT GiE S.A. plans Polands first wind parks off the Pomeranian shore. Three farms with 100 turbines each and an overall capacity of 900 MW will be installed.
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Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Ltd. (GGOWL), a partnership between Airtricity and Fluor, has signed a reservation agreement to secure wind turbines from Siemens for the construction of its Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm off the British coast. The agreement involves 140 Siemens 3.6 MW turbines for delivery in 2009 and 2010. Press release 85 KB
Positive experiences with temperature monitoring in E.on field test: According to E.on Netz GmbH, cool weather facilitates the conduction of power in singular open lines.
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E.ON Netz GmbH placed a €300 million order with ABB for the development of a high voltage direct-current transmission system entitled HVDC Light. The system will be installed for the grid connection of the Borkum 2 group of offshore wind parks.
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WIKING Helikopter Service GmbH is currently developing options for a helicopter approach to offshore wind parks in cooperation with the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (Federal Office of Civil Aviation).
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French state-run nuclear group Areva has aquired 51 percent in Germany's offshore turbine manufacturer Multibrid.
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E.ON starts construction work on cable trays for Germany's first offshore wind park "alpha ventus" in the North Sea.
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REpower Systems AG will produce its 5M wind turbines in Bremerhaven and Osterrönfeld, Germany.
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SgurrEnergy has agreed a financing package worth 153 million euros for the first phase of the Belgian offshore project “Thorntonbank” with the Belgian bank Dexia and the Dutch Rabobank. Thorntonbank will be Belgium’s first offshore wind energy project and will be located 30 km off Zeebrugge. The project aims to supply the public power system with electricity by the end of 2008.
Sgurr News 1.3 MB
Cuxhaven Steel Construction (CSC) lays the foundation stone for a production area. After completion of the second construction stage, CSC will be able to produce wind turbine foundations in a 50.000 sqm manufacturing site.
wab Newsletter 879 KB [German]
German Energy Group E.ON plans to erect 80 wind turbines in the offshore wind park "Humber Gateway" 8 km off the Yorkshire coast. The total capacity is about 300 MW.
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Insurance companies are new to the underwriting of technical installations for renewable energies.
fileadmin/offshore/Kurznachrichten/2007/260807_Versicherungen_betreten_Neuland.pdf 20 KB fileadmin/offshore/Kurznachrichten/2007/260807_Versicherungen_betreten_Neuland.pdf 20 KB Press release 20 KB [German]
Decrease in newly installed power of wind energy of about 20% in comparision to the previous year. Commercial Offshore Windparks can be expected from 2010 on.
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Multibrid, the wind energy turbine manufacturer, contracts Aker Kvaerner Verdal for the delivery of 13 tripod foundations for offshore wind farms. 6 foundations are planned to be installed in the German offshore test field "Borkum West". The remaining seven foundations are going to be employed in the french offshore wind farm "Côte d'Albâtre" off the Norman coast.
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Finavera Renewables receives an Investigative Use Permit for a wave energy project off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The permit grants Finavera the right to conduct resource and environmental studies to determine the feasibility of a wave energy project. The project has the potential to become the first offshore wave energy project in Canada.
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Spain´s Industry Ministry will undertake a study of the coastline to identify the best sites for building wind turbines and to assess their impact on the landscape by next July.
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E.ON plans to invest three billion euros into renewable energy, and especially offshore wind energy, by the year 2010.
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Multibrid, the wind energy turbine manufacturer, has contracted µ-Sen GmbH for the delivery of an offshore Condition Monitoring System (CMS). The CMS is tailor-made for use in the M5000, a turbine especially developed for offshore wind turbines.
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The R&D centre of Kiel University of Applied Sciences has accepted the tender of Ed. Züblin AG for the construction of FINO 3, an offshore research platform. FINO 3 will be erected next year 80km west of the island of Sylt in the North Sea. The aim of the planned research activities is to minimize investment risks in the field of offshore wind energy.
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The wind farm "Burbo", off the coast of Liverpool, England, has been erected by Siemens engineers faster than expected. With 25 turbines and a total capacity of 90 MW, Burbo will supply more than 80,000 households with electricity once it has been connected to the grid.
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On 20 July 2007 the German newspaper Nordwest-Zeitung reported that the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI) predicts that offshore wind energy will become one of the most economical of the renewable energy sources within the EU.
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Wind energy experts agree coordination on measuring research in the German offshore test field "Borkum West" (alpha ventus) under the guidance of the Deutsche Windenergie-Institut (the German Wind Energy Institute DEWI). The research project will investigate the grid integration of offshore wind farms, water flows within the wind farms, the impact of waves and wind on turbines, new wind park control systems and logistical and ecological issues.
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The Dutch NIBC bank is financing the offshore wind farm Nordergründe. Energiekontor AG plans to erect 25 turbines that will be located 15 kilometres northeast of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Final approval for the wind farm has not yet been granted.
fileadmin/offshore/Kurznachrichten/2007/180707_Energie_Kontor.pdf 16 KB Press release 16 KB [German]
REpower and rotor blade manufacturer Abeking & Rasmussen Rotec (A&R) found a joint venture for the production of offshore rotor blades for wind energy turbines.
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REpower signs contract for the erection of an administration and production building in Osterrönfeld. Osterrönfeld and the Rendsburg-Eckernförde Economic Development Corporation guarantee the construction of a harbour that meets the requirements of the wind industry.
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The European Parliament’s resolution on a future maritime policy specifically calls on the European Commission to launch an Offshore Action Plan to foster the deployment of offshore wind power.
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Siemens Power Generation wins contract from RWE for 25 wind turbines for the Rhyl Flats offshore wind park off the Welsh coast.
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The German Federal Ministry for the Environment publishes an RES field report 416 KB [German]. The report will be discussed with the other ministries before being forwarded to the German parliament by the end of 2007.
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REpower expects the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) to have a positive impact on the development of offshore wind energy.
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The seven big wind energy organizations of Germany have published a position paper on the development of offshore wind energy in Germany.
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Süddeutsche Zeitung reports that the Norwegian energy company Hydro is developing a floating foundation in cooperation with Siemens AG. Operations are scheduled to start in 2009.
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WAB issues special publication on offshore wind energy entitled “Offshore-Windenergie – Der Wind, das Meer und die Zukunft der Energieversorgung” (Offshore wind energy: The wind, the sea and the future of our energy supply).
Press release 40 KB [German], Download Offshore Magazine 3.9 MB [German]
E.ON Energy, EWE, Vattenfall Europe and the wind energy turbine manufacturer Multibrid have signed a contract on the supply and erection of six 5MW wind turbines.
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The Wind Energy Agency Bremerhaven/Bremen (WAB) considers offshore wind energy to be a growing industrial sector around the coasts of the North Sea and an opportunity for the environment.
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The Federal Environment Agency UBA has published the results of its research project Umweltstrategie zur Windenergienutzung an Land und auf See (Environmental strategies of the use of wind energy on land and at sea). The report makes suggestions on improvements to the legal and organizational framework for a better use of the onshore and offshore wind energy potential.
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Project results 206 KB
The offshore wind park developer Arcadis plans the erection of a floating wind turbine in the Baltic Sea. Commissioning is scheduled for 2008.
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The wind park developer DVD has acquired 100% in Offshore Ostsee Wind AG, the owner of the approved Baltic Sea offshore wind parks Baltic I and Kriegers Flak.
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Douglas-Westwood (DWL) director, Andrew Reid, expects that offshore wind will see US$11.8 billion of capital expenditure in the coming five year period as 3.6 GW of new capacity is installed.
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Suzlon and Areva decide to cooperate and thus end takeover battle for REpower Systems AG.
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REpower delivers six 5M turbines for the first Belgian offshore wind farm “Thornton Bank“.
Press release 31 KB , Fact Sheet about Thornton Bank 64 KB
The steel trade company universal expands capacities for offshore wind energy: universal amplifies storage space in Hannover and expands expertise as supplier.
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The Belgian authorities have approved a 300 MW offshore wind park. The wind park will be errected on Thornton Bank 30 km off the Belgian coast near Zeebrugge.
dpa press release 11 KB [German]
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has approved offshore wind park "Ventotec Ost 2" in the German area of the Baltic Sea. The company Ventotec Ost 2 KG plans the erection of 80 wind turbines 35 km north-east of the island of Rügen.
Press release 14 KB [German], Salient points of the approval 5 KB [German]
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has approved the two offshore wind parks "Meerwind Süd" and "Meerwind Ost" in the German part of the North Sea. Windland Energieerzeugungs GmbH plans to build 80 wind turbines north of Helgoland.
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Rijkswaterstaat Noordzee grants Evelop and Ballast Nedam the exclusive rights to develop offshore wind farm "Scheveningen Buiten". The 300 MW wind park will be erected 30 km off the Dutch coast. Operation is scheduled to start in 2011.
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REpower plans to build a rotor blade factory in Bremerhaven close to the projected production hall for the REpower 5M offshore wind energy turbines.
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WeserWind GmbH Offshore Construction starts the assembly of a jacket foundation in Bremerhaven by order of REpower Systems AG. Completion is scheduled for November 2007 in time for the start of construction of the offshore wind energy test field Borkum West.
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The financial magazine Handelsblatt reports growing resistance to large onshore wind energy turbines.
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According to the German magazine Spiegel Online, the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) considers the deployment of only 10000 MW offshore wind energy to be realistic by the year 2020.
Press release at Spiegel Online [German]
The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has calculated the environmental cost of electricity generated from coal and lignite to be 6 to 9 euro cents per kilowatt hour. In contrast, the environmental cost of renewable energy electricity averages less than 1 euro cent.
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Background paper - External costs 97 KB [German]
Germany’s Minister for the Environment Sigmar Gabriel makes a policy statement to the Bundestag according to which the Federal Government intends to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide by 40% in 2020 as against the reference year 1990.
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The consortium behind the GreenNet-Europe project (supported by the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency of the European Commission) has published its final policy recommendation report and action plan on Least-cost grid integration of RES-E generation technologies in the EU27 Member States.
Press release 37 KB , Policy recommendation 1.4 MB
Bard Engineering contracts Germanischer Lloyd (GL) with project certification, classification of the jack-up barge, certification of two offshore platforms and the testing of the Marine Warranty Survey for the BARD OFFSHORE I wind park.
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The Siemens Power Generation Group (PG) receives major order from DONG Energy A/S for the offshore wind farm Gunfleet Sands in Britain. Siemens will supply 30 wind power systems with 30 wind energy turbines with a capacity of 3.6 MW. The total investment in the offshore wind farm is approximately EUR270 million.
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The supervisory and management boards of REpower Systems AG have published their joint opinion concerning the increased takeover offer from Suzlon Windenergie GmbH and today’s alteration to the AREVA offer.
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The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has approved BARD Offshore 1, the 14th offshore wind park in the German part of the North Sea. BARD Engineering GmbH plans to build 80 wind turbines 89 km north-west of the Island of Borkum.
Press release 12 KB [German], Salient points of the approval 6 KB [German]
The magazines Euromoney and Project Finance priced the dutch wind park Q7 for its financing plan with the "Deal of the Year Award".
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The Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) - the German Energy Agency - has just given the go-ahead for further research into the expansion of wind energy in Germany. The second part of the dena Grid Study will show how the percentage of renewable energies contributing to the electricity supply can be increased to 30 percent between 2020 and 2025.
Presse release 68 KB
The Federal Minister for the Environment Sigmar Gabriel visited the wind energy turbine company Multibrid in Bremerhaven and puts the second prototype of one of the largest offshore wind energy turbines in operation.
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Proceedings of the 2nd Scientific Conference on the Use of Offshore Wind Energy by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment on Feb 20th and 27st, 2007 in Berlin are now available.
Conference Proceedings 3.3 MB
Studies/ szenarios [German]
WAB becomes a member of the competence network “Kompetenznetze Deutschland”.
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Start of construction works on the island of Norderney for the grid connection of the first German offshore wind parks.
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The French energy company AREVA S.A. announces friendly takeover offer for REpower Systems AG.
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A European consortium and the German energy company EWE AG plan to lay a 570km sea cable between Norway and Germany.
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The Kiel Environmental Agency has approved offshore wind park GEOFreE in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act.
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An eight-year study of the world's two largest offshore wind farms has concluded that the impact on birds, fish and mammals is negligible.
Press release 18 KB Study 6.9 MB
