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Iberdrola awarded 486MW of Baltic Sea wind power

By: Matthew White 30/04/2018 Iberdrola

General Windfarms

Iberdrola has been awarded the construction of two offshore wind farms in German waters in the Baltic Sea, totalling 486MW, following the second public tender organised by the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur).

Iberdrola will develop these wind farms at the same time to maximise cost efficiency and economies of scale. The two wind farms are; Baltic Eagle (476MW) and Wikinger Süd (10MW).

For Iberdrola's chairman, Ignacio Galán: “the results of the tender consolidate the company's position as a world leader in renewable energy and one of the biggest offshore wind power promoters and operators in the world.”

Both facilities, together with the 350MW Wikinger wind farm will form an offshore complex of almost 850MW.

Galán affirmed that: “Iberdrola has the knowledge, experience and human team necessary to continue growing in a business area that is central to our company, as we stated in our 018-2022 Prospects”. These projects also contribute visibility to the company's growth over the next decade”.

Ignacio Galán added that: “Together with Wikinger, Baltic Eagle and Wikinger Süd wind farms will increase the offshore wind power capacity of Iberdrola in Germany to almost 850 MW, which will mean thousand million Euros' investment and will make the country a key area for Iberdrola group”.

Iberdrola's chairman pointed out that these projects “reflect Iberdrola's key strategies: the commitment to technological innovation to develop efficient renewable energy, the commitment to reduce emissions to fight against climate change, and a positive economic, environmental and social impact in all of the territories where we are present.”

With these projects, Iberdrola is taking another step towards decarbonised energy. Iberdrola's renewable power capacity as of 31st March 2018 is over 29,000MW and two thirds of the Group's total generation capacity is entirely emission-free.

The new complex, combined with Wikinger, will save 1.65 million tons of CO2emissions each year. The three wind farms will supply the power equivalent to 45% of the total of consumption of the Federal State of Mecklemburg-Western Pomerania. This proportion of clean energy will help Germany fulfil its emission-reduction objectives.

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