Siemens has handed over the North Sea grid connection SylWin1 to German-Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT and it is now in commercial operation.
The first foundation has been installed by DONG Energy at the Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea.
RWE Innogy has started construction of the Sandbostel wind farm in the rural district of Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Senvion is delivering 18 wind turbines for the Nordergründe offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
A new report by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) states that Germany is expected to install more offshore capacity than the UK in 2015.
Siemens has handed over the first North Sea grid connection, BorWin2, to German-Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT.
Germany has seen a record 4,750 MW increase in onshore wind capacity due to the political situation in the country in previous years along with allocation of land.
The German market for offshore wind energy projects broke through the gigawatt barrier last year with 258 offshore wind turbines in operation by 31st December 2014.
DONG Energy has acquired a 100 percent ownership interest in the German offshore wind development project Borkum Riffgrund West 2 from Energiekontor AG.
Munich Venture Partners (MVP), Chrysalix SET and eCAPITAL have invested almost $10 million in Sonnenbatterie GmbH, a specialist German developer of lithium-ion energy storage systems.
