GE Renewable Energy has been selected by German wind developer wpd to supply 16 onshore wind turbines to three wind farms to be built in Hamburg, Germany.
Situated in Landkreis Uelzen, Niedersachsen, 100km south-east of Hamburg, the wind farms will have a total capacity of 88MW.
Together, the 3 wind farms will produce enough power to supply electricity to the equivalent of about 90,000 households per year.
GE will supply their 5.5MW turbines with a rotor diameter of 158m and has signed a full service contract for 15 years.
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Two projects, Bankewitz and Müssingen, are expected to be commissioned and operational by the end of 2023 while the third one, Flinten, is scheduled in the first quarter of 2024.
Dr. Hartmut Brösamle, COO at wpd said in a statement: “Our Bankewitz, Müssingen and Flinten wind farms are three further exciting and important projects in the German market for which construction is about to start. We can build on a promising project pipeline with which we will continue to drive forward the expansion of German onshore wind energy.”
Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act states that by 2025, 40-45% of electricity consumed in the country must be generated by renewables.
According to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, wind energy is one of the driving forces behind Germany’s expanding renewables. In 2018, onshore and offshore wind energy installations accounted for an installed capacity of 52.5GW and 6.4GW respectively. In total, approximately 110TWh were generated by onshore (90.5TWh) and offshore (19.5TWh) installations.
The share of wind energy in Germany’s gross electricity consumption now stands at 18.6%. According to plans drafted by the Federal Government, offshore wind capacity is to reach 15GW by 2030.
