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The Commission concluded that the projects would
contribute to reaching Germany's 2020 targets for renewable
energy without distorting competition. The total investment
costs amount to 29.3 billion euros ($31.19 billion).
Under EU law, the Commission can order the recovery of state aid
given to companies if it finds it distorts competition.
The Commission said that the wind farms will enable new
electricity providers to enter the German market.
E.ON, RWE, Vattenfall [VATN.UL] and EnBW have all said in the
past that they wanted to be part of the construction of offshore
wind farms in Germany.
(Reporting by Julia Fioretti, editing by Robert-Jan Bartunek)
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