Feasibility Study “Base Load Current from the North Sea”

Environmental Aspects of the “Base-Load Electricity from the North Sea” Project
The TU Clausthal-Zellerfeld completed the feasibility study “Grid integration of offshore wind turbines – base load from the North Sea” on behalf of the BMU. The central idea was to perpetuate the flow of current from submarine cables of offshore wind farms through additional power generation from forthcoming reserves of natural gas as well as additional establishment of compressed air storage caverns in salt deposits under the German Bight. OECOS GmbH accomplished a preliminary assessment of environmental planning issues in the feasibility study. Here the offshore hybrid power plant consisting of gas power generation, cavern deposit and wind energy was assessed from an environmental perspective. Recommendations were developed after the identification of aspects that are critical to the environment.