The REH (EEHH) Newsletter
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In January the North German city Hamburg was the host of the 3rd North Sea Summit. The audience experienced a strong commitment for offshore wind on the level of European political leaders.
Many agreements and cooperations were signed. We are hoping for a quick realisation of these enormous projects.
Enjoy reading our news!
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Bildquelle: Istock
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The Offshore Wind Summit showed that the North Sea countries agree that the North Sea has one of the largest domestic energy potentials in Europe and that it is important to systematically develop this potential together in the coming decades.
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Bildquelle: Fotofritze Berlin
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"Offshore Wind has become European" | Ínterview with Stefan Thimm on Hamburg Offshore Wind 2026
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Stefan Thimm, managing director of the German offshore wind association BWO, reflects on the outcome of the North Sea Summit in Hamburg in January 2026.
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Bildquelle: RWE: Thor
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European offshore wind cooperation increases electricity yields and significantly reduces costs
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On the occasion of the North Sea Summit in Hamburg, a new study by Fraunhofer IWES on behalf of the Federal Association of Offshore Wind Energy (BWO) and the Federal Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) shows that if offshore wind farms in the Danish and Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) were to be connected directly to the German electricity grid
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Bildquelle: Energinet
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Amprion and Energinet drive forward offshore interconnector between Germany and Denmark
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The Federal Ministry of for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) and the Danish Ministry of Energy (KEFM) have signed an agreement for a strategic energy partnership at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg.
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Bildquelle: Daniel Reinhardt
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Regional electricity bidding zones in Germany – grid relief or price trap? | Double interview with Prof. Dr Hans Schäfers (HAW) and NRL project coordinator Mike Blicker
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The debate on the division of the Germany-wide electricity bidding zone into several regional zones is not new, but it has picked up speed again with the calls of the heads of government of the northern German states of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein in the summer of this year. Views on the consequences of this sort of division on electricity prices and, as a consequence, hydrogen prices, grid expansion and Germany as an industrial location are contentious.
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Bildquelle: MHB Architekten
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New research building for the energy transition
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A strong signal for the future of energy research: the Authority for Science, Research and Equality (BWFG) is planning to build a new research building for the Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (CC4E) at HAW Hamburg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES.
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Bildquelle: DACMA
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Groundbreaking ceremony for the new DACMA Competence Center in the Port of Hamburg
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The research and development center will serve as a central platform for the further development of modular direct air capture (DAC) plants.
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