In a major grid allocation process, Germany has assigned connection capacity for eight offshore wind farm projects in the North Sea totalling 1.5GW, reports Re News.
The Riffgat wind farm will get 5.4MW connection capacity in addition; Trianel Windpark Borkum will receive 200MW, Borkum Riffgrund 20.4MW, Borkum Riffgrund 2 100.8MW, Wikinger 350MW, and Arkona Becken Südost to have 385 MW.
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The cluster number eight which consist of BorWin 3, already produce 450MW, but the demanded exceeded the production recently.
Now Strabag and EnBW will together apply for some 766MW, which will be operational by 2019.
There are also plans to transfer Global Tech I’s link from BorWin 2 in cluster six to BorWin 3, located in cluster eight.
According to federal network agency BNA, an auction will be conducted in the cluster.
BNA did not offer any capacity for clusters seven and 10.
WPD tried to apply to connect Kaikas via cluster 10, but the bid was rejected.
In addition, Gicon’s application for a 2.3MW floating demo wind turbine was declined due to an incomplete application.
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The allocation method reformed in August has proved itself in practice, stated, Jochen Homann, president, BNA, in a statement regarding the assignement confirmation.
Developers adjusted their application to the capacity available, requiring only one auction in one cluster. This will allow for a speedy conclusion of the process, added Homann.
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