GCs Folien, Daten und Veröffentlichungen über regenerativen Energien

The use of offshore wind energy is dependent on relatively low depths of the sea ground. Today some offshore wind farms are planned within areas with up to 40 m depth. So it seems to be reasonable to select areas where the depth lies within this order. On this map the depth up to 55 m are displayed for the Baltic Sea. The total area flatter than 50 m is 260000 km^2. At 4 MW/km^2 this would be sufficient for 1000 GW of erected wind turbines and thus allows a careful selection of the best sites where negative environmental and other unfavourable effects can be minimized and the sites with better wind conditions could be chosen.