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OffshOre #2 | The Magazine “at least a billion euros per year for renewable energy” Offshore magazine: the uk has announced a new round of tenders for the expansion of offshore wind power. is rWe bidding for more wind farms? Vahrenholt: Of course. For the third round we have formed a strong bidding consortium with airtricity/SSe, Statkraft and Statoilhydro. With our know-how, expertise and financial strength, we’ve got a good starting position in the upcoming award procedure. if we are successful and obtain approval to develop zones in the third round, we want to work together on building the wind farms. at the moment we already have a strong presence off the British coast and we operate the UK’s first offshore wind farm, north hoyle. We want to connect Rhyl Flats to the grid this year, which is 90 MW. The offshore work for the greater gabbard wind farm, which will generate around 510 MW and in which we have a 50 percent stake, is also starting in 2009. We have nearly all the necessary permits for the 750 MW gwynt y Mor wind farm. Together with Seaenergy we’ve also got the green light from the Crown estate for plans to build an offshore wind farm with around 900 MW. On top of this, there are plans to install another 2000 MW in the UK. rWe is getting involved in german offshore development with an enOVA project, innogy 28 Shortly after leaving REpower to become CEO at RWE Innogy, FRITz VAhREnhOLT announced ambitious plans for the offshore business. Never mind the future of the group’s nuclear power stations – the future belongs to renewable energy. RWE aims to operate 4,500 MW. Vahrenholt is now even considering acquiring his own installation vessels for offshore. nordsee 1. When are the first installation vessels going to be sourced and the first supply agreements signed – aside from the framework agreement with repower? The framework agreement with Repower concerns the delivery of up to 250 offshore wind turbines in the five and six-megawatt class. incidentally, with a potential volume of around two billion euros this is the largest contract that has been concluded to date for offshore wind energy use. With this agreement we have secured the 150 to 180 turbines that are required for innogy nordsee 1. The possible increment to 250 turbines will help us to implement further projects in our offshore pipeline – for example in the UK or the netherlands. Of course we are also in talks with other companies concerning supply contracts. For the construction vessels we also wanted to be on the safe side and are therefore looking at various options. One is to procure our own ships that are designed to meet our exact needs and, above all, that we would be able to use flexibly. Are you sure that you can achieve your target returns with the current payment rates for offshore power? A figure of 15 percent is often quoted here. Our targeted returns are ambitious, but they are still below 10 percent. if we couldn’t achieve this, we wouldn’t be investing. RWe is a stock exchange listed company that is careful in the use of its investment funds. Will rWe still build the wind farm if the operational terms of the nuclear power plants are extended? Of course we will. The future belongs to renewable energy and RWe is pursuing a very clear growth strategy. We are aiming to have 4,500 MW under construction and in operation by 2012. if turbines run at average capacity, this works out at around 15,000 gWh of power generation per year. however, we need nuclear power to give renewable energy sources sufficient opportunity to develop. Our neighbours in Denmark or italy, for example, have clearly understood this. if the nuclear power stations in germany were shut down tomorrow, then to a considerable extent they would have to be replaced with conventional technology. That would mean an additional 150 million tons of CO2, which is roughly as much as all the road traffic in germany emits in a year. What do you consider to be the most important difference between the german and uk markets? The structure of the funding system is completely different and the way the wind farms are connected to the grid is regulated differently. another major difference is the distance of the wind farms to the shore. Compared to the UK, in germany we have to build farms a relatively long way from the coast in deep waters. Just one example: our British wind farm north hoyle is situated eight kilometres from the coast; Rhyl Flats is currently being built right next to it. By contrast, innogy nordsee 1 is being built 40 kilometres north of Juist island. This creates even greater challenges for planning, implementation and technology. is rWe still looking for more projects in germany? Our target of 4,500 MW under construction or in operation by 2012 relates to europe. germany is an important market here, i’m not ruling anything out. is the financial crisis making it more difficult for rWe as well to obtain offshore financing? By 2012 we will invest at least one billion euros every year in renewable energy. We are sticking to this – there are no ifs and buts. We are able to do this as a result of the solid cash flow from RWe.
Reaching higher and higher to harness more wind, your wind farm power plant should be on a solid foundation. With over 40 years experience in off shore rig installation we can safely say, no depth is too deep, no pile too wide, no project too large. Our complete hydraulic hammer systems: ■ deliver energy from 100 kJ to 3000 kJ in diff erent hammer sizes ■ use a double acting system (hydraulically accelerated ram) ■ dive underwater up to 2000 m and deeper ■ drive large monopiles up to 5.2 m (larger OD planned) ■ moore tripod and jacket installation reliably ■ are working on noise reduction solutions We also off er fi rst class Engineering, Logistical Support, Project Management and After Sales Service. Big plants need strong roots OffshOre #2 | The Magazine info@menck.com Germany +49 (0) 4191-911-0 www.menck.com YOUR SUCCESS – BASED ON MENCK 29
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