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Grid expansion in Germany results in lower share of North Sea wind energy in total production.
The expansion of the onshore grid in Germany has directly impacted the proportion of offshore wind energy coming from the North Sea to the country's total wind energy production, as reported by the Dutch grid operator Tennessee on Monday.
In 2023, the share of North Sea offshore wind energy fell for the first time to 13% in Germany, from 17% in 2022, according to TenneT. The Dutch company, which operates the high-tech plant and part of the German grid, plays a key role in the energy transition away from fossil fuels, including offshore wind power.
Offshore Wind Energy: Production Growth and Grid Constraints
The 'lost years' are now having an increasing impact on the 'wind harvest' in the North Sea, said TenneT Chief Operating Officer Tim Meyerjuergens, referring to the company's years of expansion. power capacity onshore wind.
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Meyerjuergens emphasized that large wind farms in the North Sea were increasingly having to be scaled back due to onshore energy bottlenecks. network.
How the capacity installed by offshore turbines is smaller compared to the onshore turbines, those in the North Sea are most severely affected by such restrictions.
Offshore Wind Energy and the Participation of Energy at Sea
The German government is still planning to buy TenneT's business in Germany, but the plan hit a snag after the country's constitutional court ruled that unused funds from the COVID-19 pandemic could not be used for climate projects.
Grid Expansion and Offshore Wind Capacity
(Reuters – Reporting by Bartosz Dabrowski, editing by Bernadette Baum)
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