The orders indicate a healthy level of confidence in grid operator TenneT and the German government, which is struggling to contain the creeping reputational damage done to its emerging offshore wind sector by connection delays over the past year.
WindMW, the project company behind Meerwind, is 80% owned by US private-equity giant Blackstone, with the remainder held by German developer Windland Energieerzeugungs.
Blackstone
