{
  "id": 15329967,
  "title": "Renewable Energy: Offshore Wind Farms Want to Make Money by Refraining from Feed-in",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/erneuerbare-energie-see-windparks-wollen-mit-einspeiseverzicht-geld",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-18T02:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/erneuerbare-energie-see-windparks-wollen-mit-einspeiseverzicht-geld-verdienen/100263017.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Wind farm operators in the North Sea are entering the market for balancing power, also known as Regelreserve, to stabilize the grid. According to transmission system operators 50Hertz and Tennet, several offshore wind farms are undergoing pre-qualification to meet the requirements. Vattenfall and Trianel have started marketing balancing power from their offshore wind farms, with Vattenfall's Veja Mate wind farm, located 95km northwest of Borkum, being pre-qualified by Tennet. The Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy Systems Technology notes that offshore wind farms can provide negative balancing power by reducing their output on demand.",
  "summary": "The balancing reserve compensates for the difference between electricity generation and consumption. So far, operators and marketers of wind turbines have played a subordinate role in the market. This could change.",
  "key_points": [
    "Offshore wind farms aim to earn money through regulation reserve system",
    "Wind farms could provide negative regulation power by reducing output on demand",
    "Battery storage is more efficient than providing positive regulation power"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Offshore wind operators are diversifying their revenue streams by leveraging idle capacity to stabilize the grid, positioning renewable assets as flexible alternatives to traditional gas and battery storage facilities.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}