The on-schedule connection with the grid for the offshore wind park ´Deutsche Bucht´ is now a good deal closer. At the hearing with the Federal Network Agency yesterday, it became clear in intensive negotiations over several hours that both sides - the wind park builder Windreich AG and the network operator TenneT - have a high interest in a rapid and constructive solution. The hearing was part of a malpractice procedure that Windreich initiated with the Federal Network Agency.
´Our joint interest is to realise the energy change, in favour of which both companies have put in motion investments worth billions independently of each other. Therefore, I am pleased that we have discussed pragmatic solutions today, very cooperatively and constructively, for the on-schedule connection with the grid of our third wind park ´Deutsche Bucht,´ says Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz, chairman of the board of directors of Windreich AG.
An additional cable to an already commissioned transformer substation was discussed, with which ´Deutsche Bucht´ will be able to be connected to the network on schedule. Existing capacities there could be used to bring the electricity from ´Deutsche Bucht´ to the land, until completion of the transformer substation originally provided for the park. Windreich AG also has plans for two further offshore wind parks:
Global Tech I:
Last month, the start of construction began on schedule for the park ´Global Tech I´. Last week the first three 950-tonne tripods were loaded from the new Hochtief installation vessel ´Innovation´. The park ´Global Tech I´ will be completed by the end of 2013, and will provide a million people with clean, affordable electricity. Up until today, EUR1.25 billion has been invested in Global Tech I.
Windreich MEG 1:
With the authorisation of the transformer platform ´DolWin Alpha´ and the undersea cable system ´DolWin1´ by the Federal Network Agency, there is nothing else standing in the way of the on-schedule connection to the grid of the second Windreich offshore park, Windreich ´MEG 1´. As the only park in the German Baltic Sea, ´MEG 1´ will obtain its connection to the grid significantly before the start of installation of the park. Windreich ´MEG 1´ will be built before ´Deutsche Bucht´ and will provide energy for a further million people, and therefore, together with ´Global Tech I´ will already replace a nuclear power station in 2014!
´This proves that due to the excellent wind conditions in the German Baltic Sea, impressively proven by Alpha Ventus, and the persistence of German medium-sized businesses, the energy change will be successful,´ says Willi Balz. ´Windreich AG will install an offshore wind park per year, as planned. In particular, also because all important components, such as AREVA wind turbines, have already been secured.´
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Caption: The 12 offshore wind parks with authorisation for connection to the grid
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