EnBW wins bid of 900MW German offshore Wind farm

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG won an auction bid of 900 MW (He Dreiht) subsidy-free German Offshore wind farm.

He Dreiht a cost and efficiency perspective offers a combination of benefits unique in Germany. The wind farm is scheduled to be commissioned in 2025 and will benefit from rapidly advancing technological developments and the further professionalization of the wind energy sector.

He Dreiht is also based on excellent foundations for the highly efficient realisation of the project. Important synergy and thus cost-saving effects also arise due to its proximity to the two EnBW wind farms in the North Sea: around 1,500 megawatts of capacity can be realised and operated in close proximity with Hohe See, Albatros and He Dreiht. In combination, these factors ensure that EnBW He Dreiht will offer particularly low electricity generation costs and can be realised and operated without EEG subsidies.

Dirk Güsewell, in charge of the expansion of renewable energies at EnBW said that they have set a clear signal for the direction in which offshore technology is headed with our successful bid. Offshore wind farms are power plants at sea that can be refinanced in future on the electricity market and thus even without funding and additional economic costs can also make an important contribution to the Energiewende and the security of supply in an energy system based on renewable energies. The results of the auction are the best advertising for this concept. The reduction in the expansion targets for offshore wind, as agreed in the recent past in Germany, should thus be urgently reviewed.

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