Through RWE Supply & Trading, RWE plans to qualify additional wind and solar farms for the automatic frequency restoration reserve and will also provide this service for external clients, as the marketing of balancing power opens up additional sources of income for renewable energy plant operators, the Germany-based renewable energy developer said.
To participate in the daily auctions for a secondary reserve, a participant’s bid power must be able to be fully activated within five minutes. Market participants are remunerated by the transmission system operator for the provision of secondary reserve as well as for the actual supply, according to RWE.
The Amrumbank West offshore wind farm has been in operation since 2015.
The 302 MW wind farm is located approximately 37 kilometres west of the North Frisian island of Amrum and comprises 80 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines.
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