German Federal Network Agency has informed that RWE secured 4 gigawatts in the German offshore wind auction.
RWE says sites N-9.1 and N-9.2 have a capacity of 2,000 megawatts each. RWE will pay a total bid price of €250 million.
RWE said it will explore the possibility of developing the offshore projects together with TotalEnergies.
RWE will take investment decisions by 2027 and 2028 respectively.
RWE is aiming to start offshore construction in 2029 and 2030 and full commissioning in 2031 and 2032 respectively.
RWE already operates six offshore wind farms off the German coast; Nordseecluster with a total capacity of 1.6 gigawatts under construction.
The awarded sites are located approximately 110 – 115 kilometres north-west of the island of Borkum on the border with the Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone. The sites are large enough to accommodate offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 2,000 megawatts each.
Sven Utermohlen, CEO RWE Offshore Wind, said: “Offshore wind is one of the main pillars of Germany’s energy transition and RWE’s Growing Green strategy. With today’s success, we are adding two more large-scale wind farms to our already strong German offshore wind portfolio.”
A total of three areas (N-9.1, N-9.2 and N-9.3) with a total capacity of 5,500 megawatts were put out to tender in the offshore wind tender in August 2024. The projects have a legal right to be connected to the grid, which is planned for 2030 (N-9.1) and 2031 (N-9.2). The licences have a term of 25 years and can be extended to 35 years.
RWE already operates 19 offshore wind farms, including six off the German coast. The company is also currently building four large offshore wind farms: the Sofia offshore wind farm (1.4 GW) in the UK, the Thor offshore project (1.1 GW) in Denmark and the OranjeWind offshore wind farm (795 MW) in the Netherlands together with TotalEnergies, as well as the Nordseecluster with a total capacity of 1.6 GW north of the island of Juist in Germany. RWE aims to triple its global offshore wind capacity from 3.3 GW today to 10 GW by 2030.