German Offshore Wind Strategy1 German Policies on Offshore Wind Energy Cornelia Viertl / Jens Bömer Division KI I 3 / Hydropower and Wind Energy

German Offshore Wind Strategy2 Germany’s offshore strategy Actual Status Offshore wind energy foundation Research: new government continues support EEZ: identification of protected areas and particularly suitable areas Grid Integration Follow-up of Copenhagen Strategy

German Offshore Wind Strategy3 Actual Status 11 applications have been approved (EEZ) Long-term spatial planning started 10 wind turbines with min. 4,5 MW installed Renewable Energy Sources-Law (EEG) revised => next report 2007 Dena grid study, part II to come

German Offshore Wind Strategy4 The Feed-in law (EEG) Priority feed-in for RES guaranteed Guaranteed payment: 20 years Tariffs depending on - distance to shore, water depth and average annual wind speed Degression: 2% Wind offshore: Wind onshore: years: 9.1 €Cts/kWh years: 8.7 €Cts/kWh years: 6.19 €Cts/kWh years: 5.5 €Cts/kWh

German Offshore Wind Strategy5 Offshore Wind Energy Foundation Set up by industry Target: test field by wind turbines in 5 MW range Technological research Ecological research Knowledge exchange and transfer Project available (all licences granted)

German Offshore Wind Strategy6 Research on offshore wind energy million euro per year for wind technology (mainly offshore) and ecological research connected to offshore wind farms Monitoring platform in operation, 2 planned Publication of TU Berlin on research findings

German Offshore Wind Strategy7 North Sea: Potentially suitable and protected areas

German Offshore Wind Strategy8 Baltic Sea: Potentially suitable and protected areas

German Offshore Wind Strategy9 Offshore wind farm applications

German Offshore Wind Strategy10 Findings of dena grid study, part I Grid integration of wind energy is possible: –upgrading of existing overhead lines –construction of new extra-high voltage lines –implementation of additional control units –transitional technical solutions available –no additional conventional power stations needed (balancing and reserve power) –minor costs for private households

German Offshore Wind Strategy11 Grid study: lessons learnt Involve all parties (Governments/TSO/industry) Review of RES scenarios critical Electricity trade scenarios relevant Technical solutions required More research on optimisation measures Wrong assumptions and lack of consideration of “optimisation” will lead to consecutive faults in other studies (e.g. European Studies)  late grid expansion will have negative effects on RES- development!

German Offshore Wind Strategy12 Follow-up of Copenhagen Strategy Germany will invite for a follow-up Time-frame: early 2007 (under German EU- presidency) Topics still to be decided, emphasis on grid integration Target: develop an EU-Action Plan for offshore wind energy

German Offshore Wind Strategy13 Outlook Follow-up study on grid integration of offshore wind energy planned by German Energy Agency (dena) Optimisation of wind power systems and grid operation towards more flexible systems Research programme to be continued Testing field to be realised by Offshore Foundation First “real” Offshore Windfarms to be in operation in 2007  2,000 – 3,000 MW in 2010