Network Expansion in Germany Results in Lower Share of North Sea Offshore Wind in Total Production.
The expansion of onshore networks in Germany has directly impacted the proportion of offshore wind energy from the North Sea for the country’s total wind energy production, as reported by the Dutch grid operator TenneT on Monday.
In 2023, the share of North Sea offshore wind energy fell for the first time to 13% in Germany, down 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 energy.
Offshore Wind Energy: Production Growth and Grid Restrictions
The ‘lost years’ are now having an increasing impact on the ‘wind harvest’ in the North Sea, said TenneT’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim Meyerjuergens, referring to the years of expansion of onshore wind energy capacity.
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Meyerjuergens emphasized that large wind farms in the North Sea are increasingly having to be curtailed due to bottlenecks in the onshore grid.
As the installed capacity of offshore turbines is lower compared to onshore turbines, North Sea turbines are more severely affected by such restrictions.
Offshore Wind Energy and Energy Participation 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 COVID-19 pandemic funds could not be used for climate projects.
Network Expansion and Offshore Wind Energy Capacity
(Reuters – Reporting by Bartosz Dabrowski, editing by Bernadette Baum)
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