Iberdrola has achieved all the necessary permits to begin the construction of a new renewable project, the Windanker Marine Wind Park, located in German waters of the Baltic Sea. The German Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a decision of approval of the planning for the construction of this 315 MW marine wind project in the Baltic Sea to which the Spanish will allocate more than 1,000 million euros.
The decision was announced in Rostock to the CEO of Iberdrola Deutschland, Felipe Montero, to the project director, Jesús Rodríguez de Diego Zamorano, and Sergej Drechsel, head of Offshore Development, for the head of the procedure, Jeannette Edler, according to Renews.biz .
Windanker has an planned investment of more than 1,000 million euros and will reach an installed power of 315 MW, after its entry into operation, scheduled for the last quarter of 2026. Most of the renewable electricity generated will be marketed by purchase contracts -Long -term energy sale (PPA) in the German market.
The Epañola electric will maximize Windanker’s efficiency, which will incorporate new generation turbines with a unit power of approximately 15 MW.
The forecast is that the installation of the foundations begin in July 2025, while the interconnection cables are installed as of December of the same year.
The transport and installation of monopilot foundations and interconnection cables will be in charge of the Van Oord company, which participates in the development of the Baltic Eagle Marine Wind Park. As in this other Baltic project, the Dutch company will deploy its 8,000 -ton heavy load ship, called Svanen, which has installed more than 700 foundations throughout Europe.
Germany plans the development of 20,000 MW of marine wind capacity at 2030. This objective could be reviewed up after approval this spring of the need to increase to 65 % the reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030 and at 88 % in 2040, with the aim of achieving climatic neutrality in 2045, five years before the initial commitments. Regulation in Germany is characterized by its stability and predictability, generating a confidence framework for renewable promoters.
Iberdrola agreed with the second Japanese electricity, Kansai, to give entry in this marine wind park. The company will stay 49% of the installation, while the Spanish will maintain the remaining 51%.
Iberdrola currently has 2,400 MW Marine windings installed and plans to reach 4,800 MW in late 2026.The company has four marine wind farms in operation: Saint Brieuc (on the coasts of Brittany, in France), West of Duddon Sands (located in the United Kingdom, on the Costa del Mar de Ireland); Wikinger (in the German Baltic), and East Anglia One (one of the largest marine wind farms in the world, on the British coast of the North Sea). In addition, the company has four other parks under construction that will come into operation in 2025 and 2026: Baltic Eagle, in Germany, whose turbines are already fully installed; Vineyard Wind One, the first large scale of the United States, which has just unlocked its construction; East Anglia Three, in the United Kingdom; and the Windanker park (Germany).
The investment in these operating and construction parks already represents 15,000 million euros. Additionally, last summer Iberdrola was awarded the East Anglia Two projects in the United Kingdom; and New England Wind 1, in the state of Massachusetts (USA) .iberdrola closed in December 2023 Announced in July for the Baltic Eagle Marine Wind Park, in Germany but this park has not finally included in said pact.
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