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RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm will present inexperienced electrical energy to seven main German industrial clients beginning in 2026. On this regard, related Energy Buy Agreements (PPAs) have been inked between RWE Provide & Buying and selling and DHL Group, Ensinger, Evonik, Infraserv Höchst, thyssenkrupp Metal Europe and Vodafone. In Spring 2023, Kaskasi already executed the primary PPA with the retail divisions of the Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland).
The time period of nearly all of the PPAs is ten years. Every PPA additionally has both a direct buy (“as-produced”), a scheduled profile supply (“as-nominated”), or a supply of fixed volumes (“baseload supply”). The dedication below the primary contract might be fulfilled in 2026, and the efficiency of subsequent contracts will comply with in 2027 and 2028 to allocate the electrical energy quantity.
Kaskasi wind farm is located approx 35 kilometers off the coast of Heligoland and consists of 38 wind generators with a complete put in capability of 342 MW. Kaskasi is able to supplying inexperienced electrical energy to 400,000 households yearly.
3 out of 38 generators even have the world’s first recyclable rotor blades. These might be recycled on the finish of their life. On account of a brand new sort of resin, the supplies might be additionally separated from one another. Different notable improvements embrace particular metal collars for a number of the foundations, primarily based on an RWE patent, and a concrete ring that may broaden within the seabed. The thought is to safe a secure connection between the seabed and the piles to provision for the utilization of shorter piles sooner or later.
Kaskasi, a part of the Heligoland cluster, joins Amrumbank and Nordsee Ost, set for operation by spring 2023. RWE’s portfolio additionally consists of Nordsee One, Alpha Ventus 1 and a pair of, and Arkona wind farms, totaling 1.2 GW in Germany. Increasing offshore wind vitality, RWE is growing a North Sea cluster close to Juist, with as much as 1.6 GW capability throughout 4 websites, slated for operation by 2027 and 2029.
