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POWER: RWE’ Offshore Wind Farm Qualifies for aFRR to Balance Grid

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RWE plans to offer a system-stabilising secondary reserve, aFRR, for the German power grid via its 302MW offshore wind farm Amrumbank West, it said.

  • TenneT recently granted the pre-qualification for a capacity of 60MW, meaning output at the wind farm can be reduced by up to 60MW at the request of the grid operator.
  • Participants in the secondary reserve auctions must be able to be fully activated within five minutes.
  • RWE plans to market this secondary reserve through daily balancing energy auctions from 1Q 2025.
  • The utility plans to qualify additional wind and solar farms for the aFRR.
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RWE plans to offer a system-stabilising secondary reserve, aFRR, for the German power grid via its 302MW offshore wind farm Amrumbank West, it said.

  • TenneT recently granted the pre-qualification for a capacity of 60MW, meaning output at the wind farm can be reduced by up to 60MW at the request of the grid operator.
  • Participants in the secondary reserve auctions must be able to be fully activated within five minutes.
  • RWE plans to market this secondary reserve through daily balancing energy auctions from 1Q 2025.
  • The utility plans to qualify additional wind and solar farms for the aFRR.