By Christie U. Omonigho
TotalEnergies, “as a shareholder of North Sea OFW One GmbH” says it has just been awarded the N-9.4 offshore concession by the Federal Network Agency (FNA). Located in the North Sea, approximately 150 kilometers northwest of the German island of Heligoland, the N-9.4 concession an email statement to Energy Window International (Media) revealed, covers an area of around 141 square kilometers and will enable the development of 1GW of offshore wind capacity. The concession is granted for a period of 25 years, extendable to 35 years.
This N-9.4 concession according to the Company is located in very close proximity to the N-9.1 and N-9.2 sites, jointly owned by RWE and TotalEnergies, with TotalEnergies’ intending to “prioritize the development of this cluster and leverage synergies to optimize construction and operating costs for the benefit of its customers.”
Offshore Wind One GmbH will pay, as part of this award, €18 million to the German federal government in 2026, an amount which will equally be allocated to marine conservation and the promotion of environmentally friendly fishing practices, says the French oil major. The statement added that an annual contribution of €8.1 million would still be paid for 20 years to the electricity transmission system operator responsible for connecting the project, starting from the commissioning of the site.
Again and considering the longer delays in the connection timelines announced by the German transmission system operators (TSOs), TotalEnergies said it has already launched a strategic review of the various concessions obtained since 2023, with a view to engaging in dialogue with the German authorities to explore the conditions of their possible developments.
The Oil Major also said that it is already building a competitive portfolio that will combine renewables (solar, onshore wind, offshore wind) and flexible assets (CCGT, storage) to deliver clean firm power to its customers.
The Company recalled that as at the end of March 2025, it already has 28 GW of installed gross renewable electricity generation capacity and this is with the aim of reaching 35 GW by the end of 2025, and more than 100 TWh of net electricity production by 2030.
It said its portfolio in offshore wind has a total capacity of 23 GW, with most farms “bottom-fixed.” These projects it said are located in the United Kingdom (Seagreen, Outer Dowsing, West of Orkney, Erebus), South Korea (Bada), Taiwan (Yunlin, Haiding 2), France (Eolmed), the United States (Attentive Energy and Carolina Long Bay), in the Netherlands (OranjeWind), in Germany (Nordsee Energies 1 & 2, Ostsee Energies, N-9.1 and N-9.2, WindBostel Ost et West).