Post by Robert Speht, MBA

Germany plans to grant more space to offshore wind in North and Baltic Sea A new draft plan for offshore wind power expansion by the German government has allocated additional spaces for renewable power generation in the Baltic and North Sea, reports climate and energy Newsletter Tagesspiegel Background. The plans, which were presented by the interior ministry, identify parts of the Dogger Bank, a transnational sandbank in the middle of the North Sea, as an additional priority area for wind power development. Environmental groups have said the area must remain free of use. But the draft states that the Dogger Bank is well suited for wind energy and should provide an additional potential of four to six gigawatts of installed capacity, if this is possible in a nature-compatible way. The FloatWind View - this a great news - the German offshore wind targets have been somewhat lacklustre in recent years. 20GW by 2030 and even 40GW by 2040 is relatively modest, especially for one of the original large offshore wind markets, as Germany is. Top of Form   #offshorewind #windenergy #floatingwind #windenergie #windpower https://lnkd.in/ddtpq9C