With alpha ventus, the focus was net so much on commercial
interests, as from the outset the project had been declared as a
test field and planned to be a kind of shop window. The Offshore
Wind Power Foundation, set up in the autumn of 2005, wanted to
use this project to overcome réservations against offshore wind
power. There were many such réservations in those days held by
politicians, banks and insurers. As there was no expérience of
offshore technology in Germany in contrast to Great Britain, the
Netherlands or Denmark, many people in positions of responsibility saw offshore wind power as risky technology - too expensive
and not yet perfected.
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interests, as from the outset the project had been declared as a
test field and planned to be a kind of shop window. The Offshore
Wind Power Foundation, set up in the autumn of 2005, wanted to
use this project to overcome réservations against offshore wind
power. There were many such réservations in those days held by
politicians, banks and insurers. As there was no expérience of
offshore technology in Germany in contrast to Great Britain, the
Netherlands or Denmark, many people in positions of responsibility saw offshore wind power as risky technology - too expensive
and not yet perfected.
GERMANY WAS NOT REALLY PREPARED TO ENTER THE WATER
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