RWE Gets Approval for First Part of $4 Billion Nordsee Wind Farm
2012年4月5日 11:35 智信中国低碳投资 www.chineselowcarbon.com 来源：Bloomberg
RWE AG (RWE), Germany’s second-largest utility, won permission to begin building the first phase of what may become the country’s biggest wind farm at sea.
German authorities approved the 330-megawatt Nordsee 1 wind farm, Essen-based RWE said today in a statement. It also expects to get permits for the two other sections, Nordsee 2 and Nordsee 3. RWE hasn’t made a final decision on investing in the project because of delays with connecting offshore farms to the grid, it said, adding that work may potentially begin in 2014.
Once completed, the 3 billion-euro ($4 billion) project will have 162 turbines with a total 1,000-megawatt capacity.
The permit “is an important milestone for us which we have been pursuing for about three years,” said Fritz Vahrenholt, chief executive officer of RWE renewables unit Innogy.
RWE plans to invest about 5 billion euros on renewable energy, mainly offshore wind farms, in four years as Germany shuts nuclear reactors after last year’s Fukushima disaster.
German authorities approved the 330-megawatt Nordsee 1 wind farm, Essen-based RWE said today in a statement. It also expects to get permits for the two other sections, Nordsee 2 and Nordsee 3. RWE hasn’t made a final decision on investing in the project because of delays with connecting offshore farms to the grid, it said, adding that work may potentially begin in 2014.
Once completed, the 3 billion-euro ($4 billion) project will have 162 turbines with a total 1,000-megawatt capacity.
The permit “is an important milestone for us which we have been pursuing for about three years,” said Fritz Vahrenholt, chief executive officer of RWE renewables unit Innogy.
RWE plans to invest about 5 billion euros on renewable energy, mainly offshore wind farms, in four years as Germany shuts nuclear reactors after last year’s Fukushima disaster.
