Four REpower 5M for Borkum West offshore wind park- Offshore foundation to promote wind energy on German North and Baltic Sea coasts

Hamburg, 6 September 2005. REpower Systems AG is one of three German manufacturers participating in the newly established “Foundation for Offshore Wind Energy”. REpower is due to construct four REpower 5M turbines in a test field outside Borkum in 2007 and in the process become involved in an offshore wind park located in German waters for the first time. The park will include a total of 12 turbines. German Federal Minister for the Environment, Jürgen Trittin, will grant official approval of the acquisition of the location rights for the test field to the foundation during a ceremony to be held in Berlin today.

The foundation was established to bundle the interests of as many participants in the offshore wind energy industry as possible. The foundation’s board of trustees is composed of manufacturers such as REpower, organisations and major energy providers, as well as institutions including the German Ministry of the Environment and representatives of the German coastal states. The prototype of the REpower 5M is located in Brunsbüttel (Northern Germany) near the river Elbe. The 5-megawatt turbine was developed particularly for offshore use. It has been running reliably since starting automatic operation in February and has been generating more than six million kilowatt hours of energy up to now.

“The future of wind energy is offshore. Thanks to the 5M, we are optimally equipped to benefit from this development,” explains REpower’s CEO, Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt. “We are also involved in the foundation because we want to and have to help ensure that the generation of wind energy for the future at sea moves forward in Germany. We cannot allow protracted approval procedures to jeopardize our competitiveness; thus the acquisition of the location rights at the already approved test field represents an important first step as part of this process.”

Planning is expected to be concluded as quickly as possible, so as to allow construction of the wind park to begin next year. The first turbines are due to be connected to the grid in 2007.


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About REpower:
REpower Systems AG is active in the wind power industry. The company's range of business services includes the system development, licensing, production and marketing of wind turbines. This is supplemented by a comprehensive after sales service. Because of its presence in the decisive stages of the value creation chain, REpower has powerful overall competence in wind energy. With more than 560 employees, the company headquartered in Hamburg can rely on its experience in the production and installation of almost 1,300 wind turbines worldwide. The high-quality, technologically sophisticated turbines are designed in the development centre in Rendsburg and produced in the plants in Husum (North Frisia) and Trampe (Brandenburg). The internationally expanding company is represented through subsidiary companies and joint ventures in France, Greece, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal and Spain as well as in Australia.

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