Post by Ørsted

Closer cross-border cooperation is key to unlocking Europe’s offshore wind potential. That was one of the key takeaways from the North Sea Summit in Hamburg earlier this year ✅ A new study from Fraunhofer-Institut für Windenergiesysteme, ‘International Optimization of Full Load Hours in the German Bight’, reinforces this. As Europe scales offshore wind, how and where we build matters. Germany’s 70 GW capacity target brings maritime spatial challenges, where wake effects between wind farms could reduce both energy yield and full‑load hours. But there is a clearer, more efficient way forward: reallocating offshore wind capacity to Danish waters and feeding power into the German grid. Launched by the BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. and BWO - Bundesverband Windenergie Offshore e.V., together with several developers and grid operators including Ørsted, the study highlights: ➡️ Shifting 10–20 GW from the German North Sea to Danish waters could reduce costs by 6–11 %. ➡️ Higher yields on Danish offshore sites and reduced wake losses could increase generation by 6–13 %. ➡️ Full load hours in the analysed area could increase from ~3,500 to ~4,000.   By planning more strategically across borders, we can deliver more electricity, more efficiently, and at lower cost ⚡ Let’s think more European 🤝 Go to the study: https://lnkd.in/eY8gq-aV