en.Wedoany.com Reported - German grid operator 50Hertz has awarded a contract for the construction of key components for offshore converter station platforms to the NEPTUN Shipyard in Rostock-Warnemuende, with a total contract value estimated at approximately €2.5 billion. The majority of the work will be carried out in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Converter station platforms are critical infrastructure for offshore wind power, used to convert electricity generated at sea for transmission to shore. The German Offshore Wind Energy Association (BWO) welcomed the order, viewing it as a positive signal for the resilience of the domestic industrial value chain and supply chain. According to assessments, the project is expected to create over 500 new jobs across related companies and suppliers. BWO stated that revitalizing domestic offshore manufacturing capabilities helps strengthen the resilience of the offshore wind supply chain, reduce external dependencies, and secure industrial capacity for the further expansion of wind power in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
BWO Managing Director Stefan Thimm stated that the order demonstrates the potential of offshore wind power in industrial value creation, employment, and innovation, and viewed it as a reflection of industrial policy efforts by federal and state governments. The governments of Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have previously pushed multiple times to strengthen shipyard bases. BWO also linked the order to its broader reform demands, arguing that achieving industrial value creation requires a reliable project pipeline. The association is promoting an indexed two-way contracts-for-difference model and advocating for a legally defined option allowing offshore wind farm sites that can no longer remain profitable under current economic conditions to be returned. This provision has been included in the discussion scope of the planned amendment to Germany's Offshore Wind Energy Act.
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