Top News of the Week, 10-16 April 2017

Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid

Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for grid connections and funding for existing offshore wind farm projects, with at least one of the developers offering the lowest price bid of 0.00 Euro cents per kilowatt-hour.

EnBW Wins Construction of 900MW German OWF by Bidding EUR 0/MWh

EnBW has been awarded the rights to develop its 900MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm by placing a bid for the construction of the project without subsidies at the first competitive tender in Germany.

DONG Secures German Offshore Wind Trifecta, Places Two Zero Bids

In the first of two German auction rounds, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG Energy the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea totaling 590MW, with two of the projects accepted with bids for zero Euros per MWh.

Karpowership Americas Buys SEA POWER

A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel SEA POWER has been sold to Karpowership Americas Company, A2SEA informed on 12 April.

E.ON to Invest in Airborne Wind Tech Demo Site. Teams Up with Ampyx Power

E.ON has announced that it will invest in the development of a demonstration site for airborne wind technology in County Mayo in Ireland, and that it entered into a collaboration agreement with Ampyx Power as the first user of the test site.

Offshore WIND Staff