RWE has signed six new Energy Buy Agreements (PPAs) with main German industrial clients for the availability of round 1,000 GW/h of inexperienced vitality per 12 months from its Kaskasi offshore wind farm, ranging from 2026. PPAs have been signed between RWE Provide & Buying and selling and DHL Group, Ensinger, Evonik, Infraserv Höchst, thyssenkrupp Metal Europe, and Vodafone.
Many of the contracts run for ten years and embrace both a direct buy (as produced), a scheduled profile supply (as nominated), or a supply of fixed volumes (baseload supply).
The primary PPA from Kaskasi has already been signed with the retail divisions of the Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland) in spring 2023.
The primary contract will begin in 2026, with additional contracts to observe in 2027 and 2028, respectively, thus absolutely allocating the electrical energy accessible for the PPAs.
Beneath the contract signed with Vodafone, the offshore wind farm will provide a complete of 250 GW/h per 12 months starting in 2026. The availability will likely be devoted to powering round 12,000 of the corporate’s 26,000 cell phone stations in Germany, mentioned Vodafone.
In terms of ThyssenKrupp Metal, the corporate signed a PPA with RWE for the availability of 112 GW/h per 12 months from the offshore wind challenge.
RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm is positioned round 35 kilometres off the coast of Heligoland and options 38 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD Flex wind generators with a complete put in capability of 342 MW.
Kaskasi has been working since December 2022 and was formally inaugurated in 2023. In line with RWE, the challenge can provide 400,000 households a 12 months with inexperienced electrical energy.
Three of the wind farm’s generators are fitted with Siemens Gamesa’s absolutely recyclable blades which might be recycled on the finish of their life.
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