2nd Permission of the offshore wind park Baltic I given

Rostock-Warnemünde, 23rd of August 2006. The secretary of the environment of the country Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Professor Dr. Wolfgang Methling, has given today in Warnemünde together with the director of the authorizing agency of the national office for environment and nature Stralsund, Reinhard Stahlberg, the 2nd Partial permission for the offshore wind park Baltic I. For the project carrier the Offshore Ostsee Wind AG from Börgerende, the executive committees Dr. Gernot Blanke and Carlo Schmidt received the permission.

The 2nd Partial permission contains the establishment and the enterprise of the electrotechnical net binding (cable systems) within the 12 sm-zone as well as in the land range and the enterprise of a re-clamping platform with wind measuring mast. The 1st Partial permission, which covers the wind park with 21 offshore wind energy plants as well as their park wiring, had been already given at the 31.März 2006. Thus the first completely approved offshore wind energy project in Germany is present.

The enterprise reached thereby an important milestone for the realization of the first German offshore wind park in the 12 sm-zone of the Baltic Sea. It concerns the building and enterprise of 21 offshore wind energy plants of the multi-megawatt class approx. 15-16 km before the coast of the Darß with water depths between 16 and 19 meters. The project lies within a suitability area for the offshore wind power utilization, proven in the national regional development program of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The achievement of the wind park is sufficient, in order to supply annually approx. 57,000 households with pollution free produced energy.

After the present schedule a realization of the project is planned for the year 2007/2008. Dr. Gernot Blanke, responsibly for investment and finances and at the same time chairmen of the board of the WPD AG (Bremen), is confidently: „With the realization of the project extensive investments will be released. At present we work with high pressure on a suitable model “. With the realization of the project the location Rostock is to be developed to the offshore authority center, because: “Whenever possible, enterprises from the region are merged into the creation of value chain. “ so the chairman of the board Carlo Schmidt.


Short information about the Offshore Ostsee Wind AG:

The company was founded in April 2000 by the partners WIND-project Ingenieur- und Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Börgerende, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) and the WPD AG (Bremen). Both companies are involved with in each case 50% in the Offshore Ostsee Wind AG. Object of business are the planning, the establishment, the economical conception, the financing and the operation of offshore wind parks in the Baltic Sea (offshore wind parks Baltic I and Kriegers Flak I).

Please direct any of your questions to Mr. Carlo Schmidt (Wind-projekt) and Mr.
Christian Schnibbe ( WPD AG).
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Offshore Ostsee Wind AG
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Tel.: 038203 / 91 26 0
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28211 Bremen
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