Stiftung Offshore Windenergie

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• 17. July 2019

  Expansion of offshore wind energy on schedule in the first half of 2019 - urgent demand to increase the expansion targets

  On behalf of the German wind industry associations, Deutsche Wind-Guard today published the expansion figures for offshore wind energy in the first half of 2019 for Germany. With an increase of 252 MW and 42 turbines, the industry is still on track. A total of 1,351 offshore wind turbines with 6,658 MW are currently connected to the grid. In the first half of 2019, renewable energies accounted for 47.6 percent of power generation1; com-pared to the first six months of the previous year, offshore wind recorded an increase of around 30 percent.

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• 7. March 2019

  UK plans significant increase in offshore expansion to 30 GW by 2030

  British Energy Secretary Claire Perry announced on 7th March the launch of the offshore wind sector agreement between government and industry for the UK. Offshore wind energy is expected to cover one third of the UK's electricity needs by 2030 with an installed capacity of 30 GW.

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• 4. March 2019

  New project creates conditions for national test field for offshore wind energy

  At the beginning of March, a new project of the German OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE foundation was launched, which is intended to create the further conceptual, technical and logistical prerequisites for the construction of a national test field for offshore wind energy. The new test field to be built is part of the coalition agreement of the Federal Government. It has already been designated as an area in the in the spatial development programme of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since mid-2016.

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• 28. February 2019

  Joint workshop of the EU research projects MIGRATE and PROMOTioN in Berlin focuses on grid stability in the future energy system

  The two energy research projects MIGRATE and PROMOTioN, funded within the framework of the EU research programme HORIZON 2020, are holding their first joint workshop today in Berlin under the title "Technical challenges and recommendations for the future European power grid".

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• 7. February 2019

  European offshore wind capacity grew by 18% in 2018

  Europe installed 2.6 GW of new offshore wind energy capacity in 2018, according to statistics released today by WindEurope. That’s an 18% increase in Europe’s offshore wind capacity.

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• 21. January 2019

  Expansion of offshore wind energy successfully continued in 2018 - industry sector calls for rapid increase of expansion targets

  Today in Berlin, the most important industry associations presented the current figures for offshore wind energy in Germany for the year 2018. Their core message is: "2019 must be the year of progress in energy policy. Offshore wind energy is of central importance for the achievement of climate protection targets and secures value creation in Germany as an in-dustrial player".

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• 15. October 2018

  PROMOTioN Project: Succesful completion of HVDC gas insulated switchgear (GIS) test installation

  Another milestone reached in the PROMOTioN (Progress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks) project. ABB has successfully completed the installation of the 320 kV HVDC gas insulated switchgear (GIS) test equipment in the DNV GL’s KEMA High Voltage DC Laboratory in Kleefse Waard, Arnhem, Netherlands.

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• 31. August 2018

  Periodic repainting no longer required for offshore wind turbines – German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation makes an impact

  The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has announced that in future it will no longer be necessary to periodically renew the yellow full-surface paint covering the substructures of offshore wind turbines. The agency considers the requirements for the initial coating to be sufficient to comply with international recommendations and standards.

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• 19. July 2018

  Standstill in energy policy must come to an end - German government´s 65 percent target can only be achieved with more offshore wind energy - Current projects up to 2020 are progressing according to plan

  Berlin, 19 July 2018 -The German government has set the goal of covering 65 percent of the country’s power generation from renewable energies by 2030. From an offshore wind industry perspective, the German government is doing too little to achieve this goal. No concrete steps have been taken since the formation of government in March 2018. As stipulated in the coalition agreement, additional ten-ders for offshore wind energy and an increase in the offshore expansion paths are needed as soon as possible, alongside a rapid increase of the expansion paths for all renewables. 

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• 28. June 2018

  PROMOTioN Project: Participants of the midterm conference in Amsterdam discuss interim results and challenges regarding a meshed offshore grid

  On June 6, 2018, the midterm conference of PROMOTioN took place in Amsterdam. With over 150 participants, the conference was very well attended, not only by the project partners but also by numerous representatives of transmission system operators, offshore wind turbine manufacturers, politicians and state agencies, operators and developers of offshore wind farms, associations, academia, as well as (technical) service providers and consultancies.

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