Power system 2020 for offshore wind power in the German North Sea

The future of wind energy production belongs to Multi MW wind-powered devices and to large offshore wind farms. However, if all planned wind farms in the North Sea come into operation, the task of wind power transportation from offshore to continent and its optimal distribution between different connection points of the German Power Transmission System will play a particular important role. ISET´s developed concept of the High Voltage Power System in the North Sea shows a possible way for future large-scale integration of offshore wind farms into the German Transmission System and the UCTE-network. This proposed concept reduces the total costs of the offshore energy system and the impairment of protected areas in the North Sea. The technical feasibility of ISET´s concept has been confirmed by extensive network computations. It is oriented towards the expected offshore wind power in the year 2020 and beyond.