Vattenfall has confirmed it will exercise its right of entry to secure development rights for the 980MW N-7.2 area of the German North Sea after RWE Renewables was today selected as the tender winner for the site.
The government awarded RWE Renewables Offshore HoldCo Four GmbH a contract for the site with a surcharge value of zero cents/kilowatt hour.
The award goes hand in hand with the right to a grid connection – financed by the electricity consumer via the grid fees – and the opportunity to operate the offshore wind farm for over 25 years.
The owner of the contract also has the right to apply to the competent Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) for planning approval for the development of the area with an offshore wind farm.
The offshore wind farm is scheduled to go into operation in 2027.
The BSH had previously extensively examined the area on behalf of the Federal Network Agency and determined the suitability of the area for the construction of an offshore wind farm in the tendered capacity.
The BSH examined, among other things, the marine environment, the subsoil and the wind and oceanographic conditions for the area. The costs of the preliminary investigations will be passed on to the bidder who has been awarded the contract.