Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022 edition - Flipbook - Page 97
Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022
With regard to the entitlement to receive
incentive payments under the Renewable
Energies Act, such entitlement is conditional
upon the commissioning of the respective
OWTG and is valid for 20 years from that
date. Project delays against the statutory
project realisation timeline are subject to the
penalties and consequences described above
under section II.D.
C.Examples of actual
and future tariffs
“In the tender round in September 2021,
three sites with a total capacity of almost 1
GW were tendered. The maximum value was
7.3 ct/kWh. However, the successful bids
were all at 0.0 ct/kWh.21 In February 2022,
BNetzA published the next tender procedure
for an area in the North Sea with a total
volume of 980 MW. Bids can be submitted
until 1st September 2022. The maximum
value is 6.4 ct/kWh22.”
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V. Grid and grid connection
According to the Offshore Wind Energy Act
(sec. 24) , by way of the acceptance of the
bid, the successful bidder receives (i) the
entitlement to get a physical connection of
the OWTGs with a particular GCS and (ii)
the connection capacity, both limited to the
amount of capacity accepted with the bid.
The GCS must be ready and the OWP
connected to the onshore grid by the
“binding completion deadline” for the grid
connection as determined in accordance
with sec. 17d of the Energy Industry Act.
The Energy Industry Act provides the legal
framework for the operation of energy grids
and in particular of electricity grids,
including the obligation to establish the grid
connections for OWTGs by the relevant
dates. Under the current market structure,
three private TSOs, TenneT and Amprion
(North Sea) and 50Hertz (Baltic Sea) are
responsible for the financing, construction,
and operation of all grid onshore connection
systems.
Details of the obligation to construct and
operate the GCS are provided for in sec. 17d
et seqq. of the Energy Industry Act and the
Site Development Plan set up by the Federal
Maritime and Hydrographic Agency. Subject
to detailed procedures, the respective TSO
responsible for the connection has to publish
an estimated completion date for the grid
connection. Such date becomes binding 30
21 (https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2021/20210909_Offshore.html).
22 (https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2022/20220225_Offshore.html).