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Germany targets 30 GW offshore wind energy by 2030

Friday, January 14 2022

Wind Energy – Germany

Due to wrongly set political framework conditions, no wind turbine construction activity took place in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea in the entire year 2021.

Motivated by the need for climate protection and economic sustainability, the new German government has set higher and more long-term targets in the coalition agreement.

These must now be incorporated into the Wind-on-Sea Act without delay in order to avoid further loss of time.

The commitment of the new German coalition to significantly accelerate the expansion of offshore wind energy is just as correct as the concrete target of at least 30 gigawatts by 2030.

This target creates a positive perspective for the entire value chain according to several German industry organizations. “Now the grid and spatial planning for the implementation of the targeted expansion path should be revised without delay. The aim must be to leverage all acceleration potentials in order to enable an efficient and climate-protection-friendly expansion.”

The planned tender volumes must be significantly increased as quickly as possible in order to maintain and expand the existing innovation potential as well as employment and the value chain in Germany. In addition, the spatial potential in German waters must be fully exploited. Conflicts of use should be resolved pragmatically and in line with climate protection , as such also supporting the interests of environmental protection. It is also important to avoid an expansion bottleneck at the end of the decade, which could lead to bottlenecks in the supply chain and pose challenges for the industry’s capacity planning – especially since other nations have also increased their expansion targets.

Rapid implementation of innovative approaches can also help to meet the higher targets. This includes starting construction of the 2 gigawatt (GW) systems for offshore wind grid connections earlier than previously planned. The potential of German waters must be fully exploited, and European solutions such as cross-border projects are also helpful in obtaining sufficient generation. This will maintain and create skilled jobs in the value chain throughout Germany.

The German government should clarify at an early stage which additional offshore wind expansion requirements the increased target of 10 GW for electrolysis capacity for green hydrogen will require. These areas should also be promptly located and put out to tender without delay. The regulatory framework for green hydrogen requires jointly coordinated specifications in Germany and Europe to make the market ramp-up of the green hydrogen economy  commercially feasible.

The appropriate infrastructure is important for the medium- to long-term expansion of offshore wind energy. This also includes the coordinated expansion of electricity and gas grids for the production of green hydrogen in the North and Baltic Seas.

The authorities responsible for the expansion of offshore wind energy must be quickly reinforced in terms of personnel in order to be able to cope with the significantly accelerated planned expansion. At the same time, it makes sense to also rely on external expertise in case of staffing bottlenecks.

“It could also be helpful to set up a central coordination office that brings all the necessary units and responsibilities for the authorities involved to one table,” say the industry organizations. “The areas of spatial planning and seabed  use, species and environmental protection, grid expansion and the regulations regarding construction and operation of an offshore wind farm should be better coordinated in the future.”

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Filed Under: Baltic, Germany, International News, Windenergy Tagged With: Baltic Sea, Germany, north sea, target


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