Archive 2003

12/3/2003
plans to build wind farms 'Kentish Flats' and 'Barrow' approved

7/3/2003
Marine Windfarm Development: Registration of Interest started. Interested companies and consortia must submit one copy of a 10 page Business Development Plan until 1700hrs. March 20th 2003 to The Crown Estates. The opportunity to bid for areas in the second round will be restricted to companies or consortia that have registered by the closing date above.

25/2/2003
German North Sea ports Husum and Brunsbüttel plan cooperation in developping offshore windparks

17/2/2003
BONUS Energy A/S realises Danish Offshore Windpark "Samsoe"

18/12/2002
BSH grants lisence for Offshore-Windpark "Butendiek" in the west of the island Sylt

12/9/2002
Installation of 4.5 MW Enercon E112 near Magdeburg completed (PDF)

3/9/2002
Foundation of the 'Offshore Finance Circle' in Hamburg (PDF)

30/8/2002
Offshore Wind Research Platform online

26/8/2002
Erection work completed at 'Horns Rev'

7/8/2002
Insurance of offshore wind projects - press release of VfU/Marsh (PDF)

6/8/2002
10,000 MW installed windpower in Germany (BWE)

29/7/2002
First electricity produced at 'Horns Reef' offshore windfarm (Newsletter)

23/7/2002
Cross-border grid capacities between Germany and the Netherlands will be expanded (PDF)

22/7/2002
Positive building pre-notification for 4.5 MW offshore wind turbine near Wilhelmshaven

10/7/2002
Report "Experiences with the Renewable Energies Act" (PDF) published by the Federal Government

4/7/2002
Press release of the Federal Government and Coastal States "Offshore Wind" working group (PDF)

1/7/2002
Contract for first offshore research platform concluded

1/7/2002
Newsletter 'Horns Rev' June

11/6/2002
Handelsblatt Special on wind energy

28/5/2002
Lower-Saxony government decides 'Action Plan for Offshore Wind Energy' (Press Release, Action Plan as download (PDF) )

5/2002
Newsletter 'Horns Rev' May

13/5/2002
E.ON participates in offshore windfarm "SKY 2000" in the Baltic Sea

2/5/2002
Weser-Ems local administration licenses cable for pilot phase of Prokon project

17/4/2002
British Government licenses 76 MW windfarm on Norfolk coast

3/4/2002:
Construction of the foundations for the Horns Rev project in Denmark has begun:
Horns Rev project status

17/4/2002
The federal Environment Ministry releases the report "International Activities and Experiences in Offshore Windenergy" (English summary - PDF)

11/4/2002
BUND and Nabu organizations in Lower-Saxony oppose windfarms in the Wadden Sea

11/4/2002
Article from "die Zeit" Magazine: "The Vision of Clean Electricity"