Germany’s Federal Association of Wind Farm Operators Offshore (BWO) has welcomed the results of the 7GW wind auction in the country, which saw BP and TotalEnergies secure seabed leases.
BWO managing director Stefan Thimm (pictured) said the successful bidders have shown “their strong commitment to the further expansion of offshore wind energy in Germany”.
He added: “The results of the 7GW auctions underline the great willingness of investors to support the expansion of this established technology.
“These investments are of enormous importance for the expansion of renewable energies and for achieving the climate policy goals of the German government.
“Now we need to create the industrial policy basis so that the winners of the auctions can successfully implement their projects.
“The high negative bid component puts additional pressure on the value chain.
“We need, however, appropriate framework conditions to remove the foreseeable bottlenecks in the value chain, such as industrial capacity for the construction of wind turbines, foundations and the installation vessels needed for them.”