Network operator TenneT last year transmitted 15.97 terawatt hours of electricity from German North Sea wind farms, a 47% jump when compared to 2016.

Wind power from the North Sea accounted for 15.9% of Germany’s overall wind harvest in 2017, TenneT added.

In the Baltic Sea, where offshore wind is transmitted by TSO 50Hertz, offshore wind farms fed 1.49TWh into the German grid in 2017, up from 1.26TWh