North Sea Wind Power Hub

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Location of the Dogger Bank within the wind farm in the German Bight

The North Sea Wind Power Hub is a project by several European transmission system operators to set up an international distribution network for wind energy in the North Sea.

Several countries are planning to open up a large area of the Doggerbank for wind energy use . There are plans to build large-scale wind turbines with a capacity of up to 100,000 megawatts in the sea area . This would be realized with an international distribution network.

For the distribution network, the transmission system operators Tennet TSO BV from the Netherlands, Tennet TSO GmbH from Germany, Energinet.dk from Denmark and Port of Rotterdam are planning wind energy distribution hubs in the North Sea under the name North Sea Wind Power Hub . One or more artificial islands ( Power Link Island ) are to be built up in the area of ​​the Dogger Bank . Energy distribution crosses with interconnectors for the distribution of energy from the wind farms and generally between all the North Sea bordering states are to be built on it, as well as a central maintenance station for offshore wind farms . Among other things, the aim is to reduce costs and operate these wind farms more efficiently. For example, converter stations are to be built on the island, which would significantly reduce costs compared to converter platforms in the sea. In addition, spare parts and tools could be stored there in close proximity to the wind turbines and accommodation for service technicians could be created, so that less travel to and from the island would be necessary. For this was on March 23, 2017 agreement in the presence of EU Commissioner for Energy Union , Maroš Šefčovič , signed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Huge electricity distribution network for wind power connects countries bordering the North Sea. iwr.de, March 9, 2017, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  2. ↑ SonneWind & Wärme, BVA Bielefelder Verlag, pp. 20 f, 41st year, ISSN 1861-2741
  3. ↑ Companies are planning an artificial island for wind power . in: Spiegel-Online , April 5, 2017, accessed April 5, 2017
  4. ^ Project Sheet. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
  5. ^ Regional Investment Plan 2017 - North Sea. entso-e, accessed on February 24, 2020 .

Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 29 ″  N , 2 ° 46 ′ 7 ″  E