Stiftung Offshore Windenergie

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• 11. September 2017

  Cuxhaven Appeal 2.0 - Northern German states and offshore wind sector call for increased offshore capacity

  Economic and energy ministers of several northern German states are calling on the federal government to facilitate the deployment of offshore wind energy.Ministers and senators from Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hamburg and Bremen have presented the Cuxhaven Appeal 2.0 in conjunction with industry representatives.

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• 11. September 2017

  UK offshore auction results: Cost reductions of more than 50 percent

  The offshore wind projects Triton Knoll (860 MW), Hornsea Project 2 (1386 MW) and Moray Offshore Windfarm East (950 MW) are the winners of the second British auction round based on the Contracts for Difference (CfD) principle. Together the three projects will provide 3.2 GW of new capacity in the UK, enough to power 3.3 million homes by 2023.

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• 20. July 2017

  Offshore wind energy: Two new offshore wind farms come online - Capacity expansion is essential

  In the first half of 2017, 108 offshore wind turbines with a combined capacity of 626MW fed power into Germany's national grid for the first time. Therefore as of 30 June 2017 a total of 1,055 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity to 4,749MW are on the grid. These are encouraging half-year figures, according to Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offshore-Windenergie (AGOW), Bundesverband WindEnergie (BWE), Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems and WAB e.V. The industry expects a total increase of approximately 900MW for 2017 as a whole. In the first half of 2017, offshore wind energy produced 8,480GWh of electricity, already roughly 70% of last year's total output.

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• 1. July 2017

  Dr. Ursula Prall is the new Chair of the Executive Board of the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation

  On June 20^th, the Board of Trustees elected Dr. Ursula Prall as the new Chair of the Executive Board of the Foundation at the 24^th Board of Trustees meeting in Hannover. The promoted lawyer began her honorary function on July 1^st.

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• 21. June 2017

  European Renewable Associations are calling for higher renewable expansion targets by 2030

  The European renewable associations today called on the European Commission to work towards a quicker expansion of renewable energies in Europe by 2030.

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• 15. June 2017

  WindEurope Press Release: Wind Power leading the charge to drive out fossils

  With over 500 GW now installed worldwide, wind power has become the leading source of new power generation in Europe and in many countries around the world. In 2016 alone $112.5 billion were invested in wind power globally, and the industry now employs 1.2 million people making it one of the fastest growing industrial segments in the world. Wind power has become a major driver for a sustainable energy future.

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• 15. June 2017

  Joint statement by European government representatives and the offshore wind industry in London

  On June 6, representatives of the Belgian, Danish and German governments, as well as representatives of the European wind energy industry signed a joint statement at the Offshore Wind Energy 2017 Conference in London. In the statement the signatories are committed to an ambitious offshore expansion by 2030 and to further advance regional cooperation in the field of offshore wind energy.

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• 30. May 2017

  PROMOTioN Side-Event at Offshore Wind Energy 2017: "Tackling the challenges for meshed HVDC offshore grids"

  On 7 June 2017, the PROMOTioN project partners invite interested stakeholders from industry, policy, academia and associations to attend their first stakeholder event this year alongside the Offshore Wind Energy 2017 Conference in London.

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• 13. April 2017

  Bundesnetzagentur publishes auction results

  The Bundesnetzagentur published the results of its first auction for offshore wind energy projects on 13 April 2017. The dramatically reduced prices of these bids, maxing at 6.0 cents per kilowatt-hour, primarily reflect the rapidly falling costs in the industry, resulting from industrialization and a steeper learning curve. A majority of the projects chosen today are to be realized with no financial support at all; the lowest bid selected came in at 0.0 cents per kilowatt-hour. This means that due to the future expansion of offshore wind farms, electricity customers will hardly need to pay for any additional EEG-funded support for new offshore wind farms after 2020.

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• 23. March 2017

  North Seas Energy Forum on the 23rd of March in Brussels

  In June 2016, the North Seas Energy Cooperation was launched with the signing of a political declaration by the ten energy minister from German, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the United Kingdom. On the 23^rd of March, the initiative organized its first stakeholder event in Brussels within framework of the “North Seas Energy Forum” with over 200 participants from the industry and associations. The primary objectives of this cooperation are the cost-efficient expansion of offshore wind energy and the further interconnection of the North Seas countries.

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