Publications

Andreas Wagner, Managing Director at the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation, on the current status and the future prospects of offshore wind energy in Germany. The presentation was held at the 16th Wind Integration Workshop in Berlin.

Introductury presentation about the realisation process and the success story of the first offshore wind farm in German waters: "alpha ventus".

According to an analysis of Deutsche WindGuard, a total of 1,169 wind turbines with an installed capacity of 5,387 MW were connected to the grid on 31 December 2017. Following the figures from AG Energiebilanzen, offshore wind turbines increased their power generation to 18.3 terawatt hours in 2017. That is almost 50 percent more than in 2016 (12.3 terawatt hours).

Sebastian Boie, Press Officer of the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation, on the importance of offshore wind energy for the German energy transition. The presentation was held at the IKEM "Summer Academy 'Energy and the Environment' 2017".

Andreas Wagner, Managing Director at the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation on the industry's persepective on offshore grid development.

Last year, 156 new offshore wind turbines with an overall capacity of 818 megawatts fed their power into the German grid for the first time. This brought the total number of turbines on grid by the end of 2016 to 947, with a total capacity of 4,108 megawatts. In all positive figures according to the Working Group for Offshore Wind Energy (AGOW), the German Wind Energy Association (BWE), the Offshore Wind Energy Foundation, VDMA Power Systems and the WAB Wind Energy Agency. The amount of power generated by offshore wind turbines was around 13 terawatt-hours in 2016. This represents an increase of almost 57 per cent compared to the 8.3 terawatt-hours generated in 2015. This consolidates offshore wind power’s position in the German power mix, supplying around 3 million households with electricity.

Andreas Wagner, Managing Director of the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation on the role of the Renewable Energy Act and impacts on offshore wind energy

Andreas Wagner, Managing Director at the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation on the historical development of offshore wind energy in Germany.

Andreas Wagner, Managing Director of the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation on offshore wind energy market developments in Germany (and Europe) and cost reduction potential

This study analyses the effects of the construction of eight offshore wind farms within the German North Sea between 2009 and 2013 on harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). It combines porpoise monitoring data from passive acoustic monitoring using Porpoise Detectors (POD data 2010-2013) and aerial surveys (2009-2013) with data on noise levels and other piling characteristics. These data were analysed in detail in connection to pile driving activities, most of which occurred with application of noise mitigation techniques in order to reduce disturbance effects.