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A new office building is being developed in Jemgum, located in Germany’s East Friesland region, to serve as the hub for 24/7 monitoring and control of RWE’s current and future wind farms across Germany and continental Europe. The 4,700-square-metre site is being constructed by Real Immobilien GmbH, with RWE securing a long-term lease for the facility.
Groundbreaking took place today, symbolizing the start of construction preparations. Pending final approvals, construction is set to begin in the coming weeks and is expected to be completed by autumn. Once the building is ready, the offices will be fitted out, and technical equipment for the control room will be installed. The offshore wind control centre is slated to become fully operational by spring 2026.Hans-Peter Heikens, Mayor of the municipality of Jemgum: “This project shows very clearly that our municipality provides the ideal conditions for companies in the field of renewables. I firmly believe that our municipality will benefit in many ways from the new control centre for offshore wind farms.”
Jenny Daun, First District Councillor of the district of Leer: “We are delighted that the district of Leer is considered an appealing location when it comes to attracting companies involved in the energy transition. This means that we are not only bearing the burden of the transition as electricity and hydrogen pipelines are laid in our district, but we are also benefiting from the fact that companies are setting up here and bringing jobs with them.”
Dieter Baumann, CEO Real Immobilien: “Here in Jemgum we are not only creating a state-of-the-art, working office building for the employees of RWE, we are also implementing a flagship project for sustainable building which we hope to top off with QNG certification.”
Derk Niklas Janssen, future RWE operations manager on-site: “We are pleased to have our new home base here in Jemgum. This new building will enable us to provide our employees with an ideal, state-of-the-art working environment. But the comfort of our existing operations team is not all: We want to carry on growing and are looking for additional qualified employees, from here in the region in particular.”
