Statement on the federal port strategy: A step in the right direction
The federal government is currently in the process of interdepartmental coordination on the national port strategy. The BWO has written an opinion and statement on this.
North Sea Energy cooperation
North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC)
The North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) supports the expansion of offshore wind energy and the network infrastructure at sea through cross-border cooperation between currently 9 European countries and the EU Commission. After the UK left the EU on January 31, 2020, the member states will include Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The focus of the cooperation lies in the development of cross-border offshore wind and grid projects (hybrid projects). The aim is to reduce the costs and space requirements of offshore projects through cross-border cooperation.
Thimm: Belgium should use the chairmanship of the North Sea cooperation for further initiatives
“With the idea of an“ EU Enabling Framework ”for hybrid offshore wind projects, Germany has already given an important impetus. Belgium should now use the chairmanship of the North Sea Energy Cooperation ", said Stefan Thimm, the BWO managing director.
BWO managing director comments on NSEC ministerial meeting
“At today's ministerial meeting of the North Sea Energy Cooperation (NSEC), the key role of offshore wind energy in achieving the climate goals was correctly recognized. The next step is now to pour the agreed points for the implementation of cross-border projects into a specific regulatory framework as quickly as possible, "says Stefan Thimm, Managing Director of the BWO.
Start of the German EU Council Presidency
“It is right and important that the key role of offshore wind energy in achieving climate goals is recognized and taken into account in the program of the German EU Council Presidency. Europe offers great potential for renewable energies and offshore wind energy can deliver electricity more reliably and cost-effectively than almost any other generation technology,” explains Catrin Jung, Chairwoman of the Federal Association of Offshore Wind Farm Operators (BWO).
10 years of successful offshore wind expansion in Germany
The expansion figures for offshore wind energy 2019 by the German offshore wind industry were presented in Berlin today. According to this, 160 systems with an output of 1.111 MW went online for the first time last year.