Stiftung Offshore Windenergie

Past projects

• German Offshore-Wind Initiative

  The aim of this three-year initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is to support German companies in the offshore wind energy sector in their export business to three of the most attractive, dynamically growing markets – Japan, Taiwan and the United States. It consists of three measures: an in-depth export market analyses, the organization of networking and sector events on site, and local support within each target market through the employment of representatives in Japan, Taiwan and the United States.

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• Demand-based lighting of offshore wind turbines (BeBeO)

  The overall objective of the project is to develop an initial concept for demand-based lighting of offshore wind farms. A needs-based lighting of offshore wind farms makes it possible to keep the night-time lighting of the plants to a minimum, i.e. to the short periods during which aviation safety requires lighting. The German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation is responsible for project coordination and the issue of the development of a regulatory framework.

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• SeeOff

  Decommissioning is part of the life cycle of energy technologies. In order to be able to use and expand offshore wind energy in Germany in the long term and thereby further strengthen Germany as a business location, cost- and environmentally-efficient deconstruction strategies must be developed at an early stage and findings transferred to the planning, construction and operation of future OWPs.

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• National Test Field Offshore Wind Energy

  In order to implement the necessary further technological developments and cost reduction potentials and to secure and expand Germany's leading technological role in this sector, test areas must be made available for testing and demonstrating offshore wind turbines, foundation structures and other components.

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• GEOWISOL2

  Due to the natural fluctuation of renewable energies such as wind and solar energy, their share in electricity generation also increases the dynamic load on the German electricity grid. In order to create a precise location- and time-resolved knowledge of the feed-in and demand quantities, a database was developed within the precursor project GEOWISOL, which provides these as 15-minute mean values and with a local resolution in the 2-digit postcode area.
  
  

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• PROMOTioN - Progress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks

  A meshed offshore power grid would significantly strengthen the European electricity market from a financial, technical and environmental point of view. Over the next four years, the EU project “PROMOTioN” (Progress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks) will analyse the positive effects of the development of a common offshore power grid infrastructure, in particular on the basis of meshed high-voltage direct-current transmission technology (HVDC). The German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation is a project partner and is responsible in particular for project communication and stakeholder management, including the development of corporate identity and the conception and implementation of online communication.

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• Baltic InteGrid – Integrated Baltic Offshore Wind Electricity Grid Development

  The development of meshed electricity networks in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea can improve the energy efficiency and environmental benefits of offshore wind farms. At the moment, the wind energy potential is not being maximised in the Baltic Sea region, and the national electricity markets are not sufficiently integrated into the European grid. In addition, there are still deficits in the regulatory environment in the individual Baltic Sea states and at the European level, of which some are opposed to the conceptual design of a common offshore power grid infrastructure. In contrast to the North Sea, the development of offshore power grid infrastructure in the Baltic Sea still lags behind. The Interreg project Baltic InteGird (Integrated Baltic Offshore Wind Power Grid Development) therefore aimed to serve as the framework for the development of a common offshore power grid infrastructure for the Baltic Sea states.

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• Together for the Maritime and Offshore Wind Industries: Create Value, Secure Frameworks, Improve Conditions and Reduce Costs

  The goal of the project was the discussion of the further prospects for the value added by the offshore wind energy sector in Germany. The definition of common approaches to solutions was intended to support the maintenance and expansion of domestic value creation.

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• Implementation of the Initiative for Cost Reduction Potential in Offshore Wind Energy (UKOW)

  Irrespective of the positive developments of offshore wind energy, there is an intensive discussion about the cost of changing our energy supply to renewable energy sources. As a result, the competitiveness of offshore wind energy has also increasingly become a part of public discourse. This creates the risk that the development of this new technology is interrupted before its potential and learning effects can be realized. For this reason, it is of crucial importance that potential cost reduction measures are implemented as quickly as possible.

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• Offshore-Wind INSCHOOL: Develop – Understand – Share

  In Germany offshore wind farms are located far out at sea and are therefore not visible or tangible to most people. There is, in turn, no direct link to the general public, and most people do not feel sufficiently informed about this young technology. However, for sustainable development of our energy production, it is important to raise awareness about the importance of offshore wind energy. Young people especially, as the future generations, should be comprehensively informed about it and put into a position to know all aspects of the industry.

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