Germany wants to create the at the mercy of the changeover to renewable energy. This is very expensive and not easy. But there are also success stories. A new Offshore wind Park in the Baltic sea.
Since the autumn of last year, the rotors of the wind farm Arkona, located 35 kilometers to the East of the island of Rügen in the Baltic sea are turning. Germany’s largest island belongs to the German Bundestag, constituency 15 “Vorpommern-Rügen-Vorpommern-Greifswald I” – the elected members of Parliament, Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor.
The needed it-so a bit of Glamour and an appropriate staging, to the latest green power project to the now ten-year-old German Offshore history, “according to” inaugurate. This Tuesday, it was ready, the head of government came to the Baltic sea and donated to the wind Park, a quasi-government official blessing.
European Community Effort
The Chancellor was not alone: in addition to the Minister President of the Federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Manuela Schwesig, and some Ministers were also many managers from Germany, Norway and Belgium, in the port of Sassnitz – because of the offshore Park Arkona is not only a German company.
Also in the case of large targets, Small not lose sight of: The Chancellor, at the inauguration of the “Arkona”.
Although the German energy group Eon of Essen, operates the wind Park, but also the Norwegian Equinor has invested in Arkona – together, the two group have applied to about a billion euros. The total sum of the investment experts estimate to 1.2 billion euros.
The lake of the installed substation originated from France, the special vessels and the device for the construction of the wind turbines came from Denmark and the Netherlands, the network connection, the company 50Hertz – a subsidiary of the Elia group, Belgium and is responsible for. It brings the Baltic electricity in Lublin in the country, where it is then fed into the German grid.
Faster and cheaper
The operator of the Arkona wind farms emphasize even eager, so many companies from European countries are involved in construction and operation. The again and again the accusations of the German energy transition was not discussed with the neighbors in Europe, and that it was to risky to go it alone in Germany, to see you so exhausted.
Really proud of but the client on something else: Contrary to the Trend, especially in Germany, public construction projects are always more expensive than you had estimated and that they be completed prior to all always be considerably too late, hold on for the Arkona-Windpark, it was “under Budget and ahead of schedule” has been provided.
The locations of Offshore wind farms in the German Bay (on the left, the North sea) and the Baltic sea (right).
Impressive Numbers
Significantly more wind power capacity than in the Baltic sea have been installed in the German North sea. In the German Bay, about 1100 wind turbines currently produce more than 5300 megawatts of “green electricity”.
So a lot of it is not in the Baltic sea. However Arkona has a capacity of 380 megawatts. According to the operators, that’s enough to be able to 400,000 households with electricity. To 60 wind turbines have been installed in the wind Park in an area of around 37 square kilometers.
For the year 2020, the Federal government has set the target to produce in Offshore 7500 megawatts of electricity, with Arkona on the German electricity müller are now at 6400 megawatts. This intermediate target of the German energy turnaround seems to be so accessible.
The construction of the Offshore wind farm Arkona, about 35 kilometres North-East of the island of Rügen in the Baltic sea.
Not afraid of the future
So far on the lake, produced kilos of subsidised watt-hours of electricity customers: at Present, there are still 19 cents per kilowatt-hour, so that Eon for Arkona can calculate. In the coming years, the levies are to be reduced according to the EEG (Renewable energy act). Tenders for projects starting in the year 2022 does not provide for funding of only six cents, however, operators are afraid of the higher financial risk.
The reasons for this: firstly, the operation of an Offshore wind farm thanks to the lessons of experience will be cheaper and the technical progress as well for savings. So Eon has used for “Arkona” a new corrosion protection process, to reduce maintenance costs.
On the other hand, the wind power has secured their place in the German electricity mix and can say clearly: in 2017, they have won more than harvest 15 percent of Germany’s electricity produced by the “Wind” through the wind mills on Land and at sea.
Meanwhile, wind farms are erected preferably on the lake, because the plant builders and operators to the Land of Wind increasingly fierce in the face blows. In 80 percent of the planned Onshore facilities, you see, in fact, with complaints of affected citizens. This is not to be feared on the high seas.