According to TenneT, a European electricity transmission system operator, the wind energy that was transmitted from the North Sea to land, operated by TenneT, increased to 9.51 TWh in the first six months of 2019, seeing a 16% rise, in comparison to the same period last year, where it generated 8.17TWh.
In the meantime, Germany’s offshore wind farms accounted for the 11.64 TWh of electricity to the grid during the first half of 2019, experiencing a 28.8% increase in comparison to the same period last year when the wind farms delivered 9.04TWh of electricity.
On the contrary, Baltic Sea’s wind turbines that are not operated by TenneT, generated 2.13TWh in the first half of 2019, a 145% increase compared to 0.87TWh delivered in the first half of 2018, mainly due to the commissioning of the Arkonaand the Wikinger wind farms.
TenneT reports that it plans to increase the offshore transmission capacity in the German of the North Sea to almost 9GW by 2024.
Moreover, TenneT COO Tim Meyerjürgens commented
We see the share of electricity transmission from the North Sea stable at around 15% of the total wind power generation in Germany, which reached almost 64 terawatt hours in the first half of 2019.
Also, on March 24, 2019, the maximum infeed performance of offshore wind farms generated 4,989MW. The capacity expansion of the offshore wind farms in the North Sea amounted to 5,577MW on 30 June 2019. TenneT’s offshore transmission capacity is 6,232MW.
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The COO also added that looking at Europe’s offshore wind sectors, it is impossible to accomplish the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Based on this, the operator launched a feasibility study by the North Sea Wind Power Hub consortium on the implementation of wind power hubs in the North Sea.
Since the North Sea has a great potential for offshore wind energy, the implementation of 180GW of offshore wind by 2045 could be achieved through the consortium’s approach, according to TenneT.
