Offshore Wind Region Bremen / Bremerhaven
Introduction to Bremen and Bremerhaven
Bremen is a city with about 550,000 habitants, with Bremerhaven having another 120,000 inhabitants. Together they have a size of 400 km2. It is the second oldest still existing urban republic in the world.
The Federal State of Bremen has a long tradition in shipping, logistics and maritime industries. Bremen is also the first aerospace production location in Europe. It is famous for well known brands of the food industry and car-manufacturing site. Due to changes in the maritime sector Bremerhaven is facing severe challenges in restructuring the maritime sector.
A Competence Centre for Offshore Wind Energy
 It is the goal of the Federal State of Bremen to make Bremerhaven and Bremen to the leading competence centre and production area for offshore wind energy in North-West Germany. With 140 member companies the windenergy agency bremerhaven/bremen e.V. (wab) is positioning itself as the regional wind energy business network with competences in offshore wind energy.
The City of Bremerhaven, as an objective 2 area, has started to develop the industrial area "Luneort" to become a prominent production facility for offshore wind energy production. 13 million Euro have been budgeted for the project.
In the near future two 5 MW Multibrid wind turbines will be erected in Bremerhaven. These are very large wind turbines, that have been specially designed for off-shore wind situations, requiring low weight, high reliability and compact design. The first turbine has been built in late 2004.
The regional offshore wind energy sector
 The region has a high concentration of SME’s working in the field of wind energy. Basically the whole supply chain for wind energy is therefore available locally (products and services). The Federal State of Bremen estimates the number of jobs at approx. 1,000. Within the larger region there are probably several thousands of jobs in the wind energy sector. The maritime sector (ship building, maritime support and supply) is still strong but facing restructuring and partially downsizing. There is some, but not too much, experience with offshore oil and gas (or related issues). The turn-over of the wind energy sector in the Federal State of Bremen was estimated at approx. 500 Million Euro in 2002.
Businesses in Bremen and Bremerhaven
There are a lot of companies active in the energy sector in Bremen and Bremerhaven. Key companies in the offshore wind sector include:
Key institutions in research and education
Contact for POWER in Bremen and Bremerhaven:
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Jan Rispens
Windenergie-Agentur Bremerhaven/Bremen
Schifferstraße 10 – 14
27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
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Business advice & contacts
The following organisations work closely together to promote the offshore wind sector and provide advice to businesses and research support.
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Windenergieagentur Bremerhaven/Bremen e. V. (wab): Member based business organisation providing a platform to cluster members´ experience and expertise, to facilitate knowledge transfer and to exploit synergy effects.http://www.windenergie-agentur.de/. Tel. +49 (0) 471/3 91 77 – 0. e: info@windenergie-agentur.de
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Forschungs- und Koordinierungsstelle Windenergie (fk wind): link up of science and research institutions in the Federal State of Bremen, systematic inclusion and coordination of scientific competence in windenergy, identification of research and development needs, transfer of R&E-outcomes to the industry and commerce.http://www.fk-wind.de/. Tel. +49 (0) 471/4823 – 540. e: FK-Wind@hs-bremerhaven.de
All Photos show the Multibrid turbine in Bremerhaven (Senator fuer Bau, Umwelt & Verkehr) |
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