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E.ON has a proven recordof delivering offshore windfarms — the largest being

Robin Rigg, Rødsand andLondon Array — and has madesteady progress in standardisingthe construction of projects.

Now it is looking at how to applythe lessons for a next generationof projects, says Michael Lewis,chief operating officer for windat E.ON Climate & Renewables.

“We have completed a numberof large projects and have beenable to standardise certainelements of what we are doing,integrate our projects and makesure standard learnings are beingapplied,” he tells Recharge.

For instance, the vesselagreement signed with MPIOffshore in 2011 has allowed theGerman utility to plan long-termproject timelines that have linkedthe construction of different windfarms. It has also gained valuable

experience of using the sameturbines — such as the Siemens3.6MW and the Vestas 3MWV112 — across different projects.

“We have had the benefit ofbeing able to do a number of

projects continuously and inparallel that has really helped toget continuity andstandardisation,” he adds, butthere is “some way to go” in termsof standardising the supply chain,and there are big differences innational regulations, particularlyregarding offshore substations.

Once E.ON has completed theHumber and Amrumbank windfarms in 2015, it will be lookingat the next generation of projects,potentially using 5-6MWturbines. “We are trying to

extract all the learnings we canbefore we move up to the nextgeneration,” says Lewis, and therewill be an element of “retooling”to adapt to bigger turbines,including in foundations,logistics and with vessels thatmay no longer be suitable.

Tis month, E.ON announcedthe sale of an 80% stake inRödsand 2 to Danish energycompany SEAS-NVE for €430m($580m). Tis transactionrepresents a major step in its

strategy of “less capital, more value”, and the funds will berecycled into future projectinvestment opportunities.

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E.ON isready to

reap therewardsGerman utility will put itsexperience to good use in Europe’snext generation of offshore windfarms, writes Ben Backwell

Being able to do a number ofprojects continuously has really helpedto get continuity and standardisation

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2016-17 time frame is the700MW Rampion off southeastEngland, where E.ON is on courseto make a final investmentdecision next year. It is thesmallest of the UK’s Round 3projects, but is still bigger thanLondon Array phase 1, theworld’s biggest wind farm so far.

Te company is also developingprojects in the German North Seaand the Baltic, and is closelyfollowing the development of theDanish tender system.

Lewis urges turbine supplierssuch as Siemens and Vestas to

pursue plans to set up Britishfactories. “It makes sense tolocate where the greatest marketpotential is, and that remains theUK. urbine suppliers need tomake significant further progressto reduce their costs and prices,and I would have thought thismeans being close to the market.”

Manufacturers also realise it isimportant that the UK sees“tangible benefits” from offshorewind in investment and jobs.

Lewis emphasises that E.ON is

driven by cost reduction and is“fully on board” with the UK

government offshore target of£100 ($161) per MWh. “We don’twant to sit here harvestingsubsidies for ever,” he says. “Weare about making thistechnology commerciallycompetitive to build a long-termfuture for the industry.

“Te political noise in the UK isa distraction, but hopefully thatwill die down once it is clear howmuch progress we are making.

“[Electricity Market Reform] isa good thing. We have clear strike

prices. Tese will evolve towardsa competitive system where strike

prices are decided by auctionand we can develop the bestprojects for the best prices.”

In Germany, the shape ofcontinued support for offshorewind is far from defined, andLewis says current discussionsare not conducive to investmentsthat require years of planning.

On the other hand, gridproblems are easing and thechanges announced lastDecember on liability have been“very helpful”.

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BERND RADOWITZ

In a move that will have hugerepercussions for the entirewind industry, Germany’s

incoming government seemsdetermined to drastically lowerits target for offshore wind.

Environment minister PeterAltmaier, of the ChristianDemocrats (CDU), and HanneloreKra, the Social Democrats’(SPD) representative in coalitiontalks on the energy policy of afuture government, have agreedto a preliminary version of thissection of the coalition contract.

Tis version, seen by Recharge,lowers national offshore windtargets to 6.5GW in 2020 and15GW in 2030 — a big step downfrom current targets of 10GW by2020 and 25GW by 2030.

Te text acknowledges that“lengthy forward planning” isneeded for offshore projects andthat upcoming investmentsshould not be put at risk. But thenecessary measures to avoidsuch a risk still need to be agreedby the coalition negotiators,leading to considerable unease inthe energy industry.

Frank Mastiaux, chief executiveof Germany’s third-largest utility,EnBW, was so upset that he tookthe unusual step of interfering

directly in the talks, writing toAltmaier and Kra.Because of the huge investments

needed, the cuts to the offshoretarget will “very likely result in acollapse of the appropriateexpansion efforts”, the letter

warns. Utilities, banks and otherinvestors are waiting for a firmcommitment to offshore wind bythe incoming government beforeputting forward the largeamounts of money that are

needed for offshore projects.Late last year, EnBW put onhold a final investment decisionof more than €1.5bn ($2bn) for its500MW Hohe See project in theNorth Sea. Te company cited,among other things, regulatory

uncertainty, which has hardlylessened since then, given theplanned cuts to targets andwavering support for offshore bythe incoming administration.

In August, EnBW began the

“hot phase” of construction at its288MW Baltic 2 offshore project,starting to install 80 subseafoundations. It already operatesthe 48MW Baltic 1 offshore windpark, which has been supplyingpower to the grid since 2011.

German offshore targetcut could cause ‘collapse’

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Coalition talks

Angela Merkel’s CDU, her

Bavarian ally, the Christian

Social Union, and the SPD

are in negotiations to form a

new government.The talks may drag on into

December, and the

formation of a coalition

would still need the approval

of SPD members in a party

referendum next month.

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ermany’s offshore windindustry is urging the

leaders of talks aboutfuture government energy policyto include a firm commitment tosupport the sector.

Te industry wants a volume-based extension to Germany’s“compression model” for offshorefeed-in tariffs (FIs) under whichwind farm operators can opt toreceive a higher FI of €0.19($0.26) per kWh in the first eightyears of operation, beforereverting to a lower-than-normalFI of €0.035 for the next 12 years.

“A fast regulation to extend thecompression model would takeaway investor insecurity,” saysRonny Meyer, managing directorof offshore wind group WAB.“Only then will investors bewilling to spend.”

Most developers and operatorshave chosen the compression

model to meet elevated upfrontinvestment costs. But under thecurrent regime, only projectsonstream by the end of 2017 will

get the higher initial FI underthe compression model.

Most investors fear thatprojects now reaching financial

close may not be in a position toprofit from the compressionmodel, as they might not be ableto meet the 2017 deadline, givenlengthy construction times andgrid connection delays.

WAB and a group of offshore

operators, such as Dong Energy,EnBW, E.ON and StadtwerkeMünchen, are proposing anextension that would still enable

projects of up to 6.5GW to optfor the compression model, aslong as they have received abinding allocation of grid

capacity by the federal networkagency before 2017. Such anallocation is seen as aprerequisite for a finalinvestment decision (FID).

WAB originally had an 8.5GWcap in mind, but the coalition

energy negotiators haveunexpectedly agreed to lower thenational 2020 offshore windtarget to 6.5GW, down from the

10GW envisaged earlier.“We’re not unhappy with

6.5GW if, for those 6.5GW, thecompression model will beextended,” Meyer says.

Investors have held back FIDsthis year, waiting for a firmcommitment to offshore wind.

An exception is Dong. OnMonday, it announced the FIDfor Gode Wind 1 and 2, as theirgrid connection will be via atransmission link cluster that isalready being built by transmissionsystem operator enne.

Environment minister PeterAltmaier is likely to regard anyproposal that could mean higheroverall FI payments in theshort run with critical eyes. Hehas made it clear that he wantssupport for renewables to bereigned in.

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Plea to keep FI compression model

We’re notunhappy with6.5GW if, forthose 6.5GW, thecompression modelwill be extended

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We also need to tap into new sources ofrenewable energy and are actively lookingat interconnectors to France and Belgium

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Britain’s National Grid is

stepping up efforts toconvince the government

to increase the number ofclean-power interconnectionlinks to other countries.

Te grid operator believes theseinterconnectors can head offfuture power shortages and helpthe UK become a Europeanelectricity hub.

“Te need for moreinterconnection to the UK hascome to the fore, and there is

value in moving these projectsforward,” says Paul Johnson, headof European businessdevelopment at National Grid.“We feel there is now the politicalwill in the UK to see these typesof projects move forward.

“Tese days we are looking atall the opportunities we can tobring other power sources intothe... grid system. With the UK’spower demand ranging from50-70GW in a typical day, wefeel interconnection is probablyour best way forward.”

Britain meets less than 5% of its

peak electricity demand throughinterconnection. Te EUproposes that the proportionshould be about 10%. “We willhave to go for some very costlyinterconnections to achieve thatfigure,” says Johnson.

Te UK has two interconnectors,linked to France and theNetherlands. “We also need to

tap into new sources ofrenewable energy and areactively looking at newinterconnectors to France andBelgium,” Johnson adds.

“At present we have shorterlinks to the south of the UK.

When you move to the UK’snorthern shores, then you arelooking at links to Denmark,

Norway, Iceland and Ireland —essentially tapping into a largedemand pool in the UK andbeyond, into the Europeanmarket.”

Tis month, Iceland’s president,Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, called

for “hard-headed analysis” ofthe viability of constructing a£4.3bn ($6.87bn) subseacable to flow clean powerfrom his country to Britain.Te ambitious 1,000km cable

— the longest in the world —would draw on Iceland’s hydro,geothermal and wind resources.

“From a technology point of view, there have been majoradvances in recent years inHVDC technology,” saysJohnson. “But we need to bringoutside financial investment intothese interconnection projects tomake them a reality.”

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Europe’s renewables leaderswill mount a campaignbacking ambitious 2030

targets that they hopegovernments will adopt nextMarch.

Stephane Bourgeois, head ofregulatory affairs at EWEA, tellsRecharge that the EuropeanCommission will dra a whitepaper with detailed proposals,likely to be published in January.

Te wind industry is expressingquiet confidence that it will winits arguments on legally binding2030 targets, but it acknowledgesthat big obstacles lie in the way.

“Everyone in the wind industryis worried about 2030 targets. It’sthe issue of the moment andpeople can’t talk about anythingelse,” says Bourgeois.

“It makes sense to driverenewable energy with 2030targets, which combine economicgrowth with climate changemitigation. Te commissionitself has called it a ‘no regretsoption’, along with energyefficiency and infrastructure.”

EWEA says the current bindingtargets for 2020, introduced in2009, have worked well in movingthe sector forward, boosting jobsand exports while cuttinggreenhouse gas emissions.

A group of eight top Europeanenergy companies — Acciona,Alstom, Dong, EnBW, ERG,Gamesa, RES and Vestas — havecalled on the EU to come outwith a strong 2030 framework.Tey warn that the sector haslong investment cycles and

needs as much policy certaintyas possible.

It follows a similar call from theEuropean Renewable EnergyCouncil, together with 67companies and associations, in aletter to the EuropeanParliament.

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Thomas Becker wants theEU to end fossil-fuel andnuclear subsidies now. It’s

an ambitious hope, but the chiefexecutive of the European WindEnergy Association (EWEA)believes the tide may finally beturning in his favour.

He points to the recent findingsof a UK think-tank that showshow fossil-fuel subsidies distortthe price of carbon and favour therich elite in the developing world.

“Tis report draws welcomeattention to the streams of moneypoured into the laps of coal, oiland gas producers around theworld,” says Becker. “It is anothersign researchers are finallywaking up to the fact that globalenergy markets are massivelydistorted by huge subsidies paidto fossil fuels and nuclear.”

Te Overseas DevelopmentInstitute (ODI) study showshow fossil-fuel producers arereceiving more than $500bn ayear in government subsidies,dwarfing the amount spent ongreen inventives. Te ODI saysthe richest countries are spending

six times more on supportingcoal, oil and gas than they areon helping poorer nations fightclimate change, and it calls onthe G20 nations to phase outsuch payments by 2020.

alking to Recharge, Becker isin combative form. “Why should

European taxpayers continue tohave their hard-earned moneythrown at power plants whichpollute the air they breathe,whose expensive fuel supplydepends on the goodwill of Russiaor Algeria, or which — in the caseof nuclear — comprise risks sohuge it makes the mind boggle?

“Let’s pay heed to reportssuch as this and its message:removing fossil-fuel and nuclearsubsidies will help to establisha fairer energy market, boostrenewables, help tackle climatechange and create green jobsaround the world.”

Becker says the EuropeanCommission (EC) has taken abig step in the right direction byannouncing that it will launcha study into energy subsidiesin the EU. “A bigger and more

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effective step would be for thecommission to put an end tofossil-fuel and nuclear subsidiesnow,” he comments.

EU energy commissionerGünther Oettinger says the ECis going to carry out in-depthstudies so that by late spring

2014 it has a complete overviewof energy prices and subsidies.

“I want to knowwhich subsidiesexisted in thepast, and whichstill exist fornuclear energy,fossil fuels andrenewables,”Oettinger says.“I think there needs to be fullcalculation of costs because wewant to take more cost-efficientdecisions in the future.”

is month, the EU saidit wanted to see renewablesincentives tied more firmly topower price movements. In itslatest guidance on state subsidiesin the electricity sector, it saysit wants the market, rather thangovernment guarantees, to be the

prime driver of wind, solar andother renewable sources.

In a statement on the guidance— which could help determinewhether national governmentsare within future EU state-aidrules — the EC said “in practicalterms” this would mean feed-in

tariffs being replaced by feed-inpremiums, with the incentive

element rising or falling withpower prices.

e EC favours auctions toallocate renewables generationto the lowest bidder, which itsays would make the cost ofproduction more transparent andlead to renewable sources battlingit out between themselves. It alsowants to see incentives disappearas soon as technologies are ableto stand on their own feet.

Removing fossil-fuel andnuclear subsidies will helpestablish a fairer energymarket and boost renewables

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Event launch & high-level plenary:

2030 Targets — the Magic Number?

10:00 - 12:00 (Panorama 1 & 2)

With 2020 climate and energy targetslooming large, and the 2050 climate

goal still a long way off, political

attention is turning to the period

up to 2030. The EU’s energy future

is top of the agenda for European

decision makers, but consensus still

needs to be reached on what form

it should take. Heads of state will

discuss the issue of 2030 climate and

energy targets affecting the entire

renewable energy sector at the Spring

Summit in March 2014. EU member

states are setting out their positions

and priorities for the 2030 Climate

and Energy package. What do these

positions mean for the wind industry?

Can binding renewables targets be

part of the mix? Should low-carbonobjectives take precedence? Where

does energy-efficiency fit? Leading

decision makers from across Europe

share their views on a debate that will

have an enormous impact on the wind

industry.

High-level panel: Is Offshore Wind

Worth the Money?

14:00 - 15:30 (Panorama 1)

While offshore wind is currently more

expensive than other technologies

and requires significant investment

and public support, it has enormous

potential for growth and job

creation. As such, it symbolises the

competitiveness debate in Europe

today. Should Europe go offshoreas fast as possible to bring down

costs and reap the macro-economic

benefits, or should it focus on the

cheapest technologies and control

electricity price increases?

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The Next Boom: New Market

Opportunities in Europe

09:00 - 10:30 (Panorama 1)

In challenging times, the wind industry

always needs to be on the lookout

for new opportunities for growth.This session examines new market

opportunities in the Baltic Sea region

and other emerging offshore wind

energy markets, including the Atlantic,

Mediterranean and Black Sea regions.

Learn about the energy outlook for

each of these markets and get a more

detailed analysis of each region:l What are the specific operating

conditions in these markets and

what impact do they have on cost-

effective electricity production?l What do investors think about these

markets? What are they looking

for? What do we have? What do we

need?

Finance sessions

Financing is one of the key issues for

the offshore wind industry. Where will

the money come from to build new

offshore projects, as well as the grids,

ports and vessels needed to makethem operational? For the first time,

we’re including a dedicated financing

track, designed by finance specialists,

to examine the impact of the

regulatory environment and explore

how the sector can attract investors.

Collect your copy of the new EWEA

publication, Where’s the Money

Coming From? Financing Offshore

Wind Farms, at the EWEA stand

(31C100)l Printed copies of the full report are

available to EWEA membersl Come and chat to EWEA staff and

discover the benefits of becoming

an EWEA member

Poster reception:

One-to-ones with the experts

17:30 – 19:00 Poster areal Hundreds of poster presentations

covering the entire spectrum of

track topics can be viewed duringthe event in the poster areal Designed to facilitate information

sharing and networking between

participants and poster presenters

UK Offshore Wind Market

Development workshop

12:30 - 16:00 (Room Facette, Hall 3

via west)

The workshop will be of interest

to developers, OEMs and service

providers alike seeking to put the

UK’s progress into perspective against

wider EU programmes. There will be

an opportunity to address technical

and legislative experts individually

and hear first-hand how you make the

most out of the unique UK market.

EU Project: Design Tool for Offshore

Wind Farm Clusters

16:00 - 18:00 (Room Substanz 1 & 2,

Forum, level C)

EERA–DTOC is a EU (FP7) funded

project that aims to design a robust

modelling tool to better plan offshore

wind farms so that they produce as

much power as possible.

Developers, strategic planners, wind

farm operators and others in the wind

industry will be able to use the tool

given the unique advantages it is

set to bring to the planning process.

Speakers from DTU Wind Energy,

Fraunhofer, CENER and ECN will

provide participants with the latest

intermediary findings, explain the

main steps during the development

stages, and reveal how the tool will betested.

REpower stand party

16:30 - 18:00 (Stand 31D10)

REpower Systems SE (a Suzlon

group company), one of the world’s

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Opening reception –

Get a taste of Denmark!

18:00 - 20:00 (Danish Pavilion, Hall 3)

Denmark, global leader in offshore

wind energy, invites you to join

the EWEA Offshore 2013 opening

reception at the Danish Pavilion.

Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy

a taste of Denmark and networkwith the Danish delegation prior to

Copenhagen hosting EWEA Offshore

in March 2015.

Workshops

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IN DEMAND: Lizhen Xu, above,is optimisticabout jobs

growth in theoffshore windindustry

CHRISTOPHER HOPSON

The European offshore windindustry may be goingthrough a lull — but it’s an

exciting time for skilled workers.Many companies are reporting

skill shortages, and therecruitment and retention ofqualified staff are a headache.

At the EWEA Offshore 2013careers day on Tursday,headhunting and recruitmentcompany Greenfish Consultingwill present the results of asurvey assessing recruitmenttrends.

It will identify the most wantedprofiles, highlight the challengesfaced by companies and help

recruiters meet candidates. oallow more participants to takepart in the jobs survey,interviews will be carried out onthe first two days of EWEAOffshore.

Preliminary findings from the

Greenfish survey show thatopportunities are predominantlyin wind farm development, portrefits and supply-chainmanufacturing. Developers arerecruiting project managers,business development managers,commercial/sales managers andproject engineers.

Tere is growing demand forconstruction and operationsmanagers too, as many projectsare moving from the planning to

construction phase. Another keytrend is the increased need forqualified staff to integrate windpower into the network.

Greenfish senior projectmanager Lizhen Xu tellsRecharge that despite the current

slowdown, she remainsoptimistic about jobs growth inthe industry.

She says there is a real will fromcompanies, academic institutionsand candidates to work togetherto ease skills gaps and shortages.

Greenfish says offshore wind isa concentrated market with alimited number of big players, soresolving the skills shortage is ofparamount importance tosustaining growth.

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Senior offshore project

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Project and business

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Electrical engineer

Electrical package manager

Project manager (cables)

Cables engineer

Offshore turbine service

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O&M technician

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The International EnergyAgency (IEA) warns thatthe world faces an “energy

trilemma” as it battles to deliversecurity of supply, sustainabilityand economic prosperity.

Te Paris-based watchdog saysin its latest report that the world

will probably need to sourceabout 48% of its total electricitygeneration from renewables by2035 if it is to meet internationalclimate change.

Te forecast suggests that theuse of renewables will need todouble from the “current policies”scenario if the world is to capemissions at 450 parts per million.

IEA executive director Maria van der Hoeven underlines theneed for governments andbusinesses to anticipate the needto adapt to rising energy prices,including carefully designingsubsidies to support thedevelopment of new clean-energycapacity in the most cost-effective manner.

“Major changes are emerging inthe energy world in response toshis in economic growth,efforts at decarbonisation andtechnological breakthroughs,”she says.

“We have the tools to deal withsuch profound market change.Tose that anticipate global

energy developmentssuccessfully can derive anadvantage, while those that donot risk taking poor policy andinvestment decisions.”

Te IEA’s 2013 World EnergyOutlook predicts that the globalboom in clean-energytechnologies will continue, withnearly half of the growth in newpower capacity coming fromwind and solar by 2035, the greatmajority of which will be built inChina.

Te agency predicts that

China is likely to build moregreen power capacity than theEU, Japan and US combinedover the period.

“Renewables are coming on very strongly as a new energysource and changing the globalenergy picture,” says IEA chiefeconomist Fatih Birol. “We see amajor increase in thecontribution made by renewableenergy, especially from China”.

Te forecast suggests that theuse of renewable sources in

world electricity supply will riseto almost 31% in that period,“drawing ahead of natural gas inthe next few years and all butreaching coal as the leading fuelfor power generation in 2035”.

Most of the increase will comefrom wind and solar, which willboost their share of total

generation to 18% by 2035,although hydropower will stillmake up 50% of renewables.

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Renewables poised toovertake gas, says IEAChina is predicted to build more green power than the US,EU and Japan combined by 2035, reports Christopher Hopson

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Recharge Thought Leaders VIP brunchNext Steps for the German Offshore Wind Sector

20 November, 10.30-11.30

This high-level debate at the EWEA Offshore

2013 conference will look at the current state

of the German offshore wind market. It will

look at the roll-out of key new technologies

and infrastructure such as the giant offshore

platforms using HVDC technology, and look at

whether supply-chain bottlenecks are close tobeing resolved, following the serious hiatus the

sector suffered last year.

It will look at whether new regulations have

resolved key questions of liability over grid

delays and assess the size of the sector’s

construction pipeline in the medium term. It

will also look at how the changing political

panorama post elections is affecting the sector.

Venue | EWEA Offshore 2013

Frankfurt Messe, Frankfurt | Room “FACETTE”,

Hall 3 via West Side

Speakers

Michael Lewis | Chief Operating Offi cer Wind

Power, E.ON Climate & Renewables EuropeHenrik Stiesdal | CTO, Siemens Wind

Andrew Garrad | Founder, Garrad Hassan,

President EWEA

For more information contact

[email protected]

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Dong Energy has plumpedfor the latest version ofBelgian outfit FLiDAR’s

floating wind measurementdevice.

Te Danish developer has beenputting an earlier version of thetechnology through its paces at asite in the southeast Irish Sea,where in recent weeks it hasmeasured gusts of more than25 metres per second for longstretches, braving seven-metre-high waves.

Te new device, whichintegrates a range of upgradesand is powered by onboardmicro-PV and wind technology,

will be delivered in early Marchfor a one-year measurementcampaign in the Irish Sea. Dongwould not confirm the location.

Dong’s Hugh Yendole says theorder demonstrates thecompany’s “determination tomake the most of newtechnologies to drive down thecost of electricity by providingeven better information for ourdevelopment and investmentdecisions”.

Te device was developed bythe FLiDAR joint venturebetween renewables consultancyand soware services provider 3Eand Deme subsidiary Offshore &Wind Assistance. It is made upof a moored marine buoy fitted

with a Leosphere Windcube v2Lidar (light detection andranging) system that will collectand stream wind-speed databack to the developer.

Floating Lidar is increasinglybeing seen as a commercialalternative to fixedmeteorological masts for offshorewind measurements.

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The National RenewableEnergy Centre (Narec) ison track to finalise a deal

early next year to install the firstturbines on its 99.9MWdemonstration project off

northeast England.Te £350m ($560m) Blyth

Offshore Wind DemonstrationSite (Bowds) — one of severalproving grounds on the cards atthe UK Crown Estate fornext-generation turbine, jacketand supporting offshoretechnologies — is laid out forthree five-machine “pods” inwater depths of 35, 45 and 55metres.

Narec, which is about to carryout further geotechnical worksto investigate seabed conditionsat the grid-connected site, hopesto have the two shallower arraysbuilt by 2015-16, with build-outof the deepest row to follow.

“We have the marine licence, aconnection agreement [and]planning permission for thesubstation, and the landagreements for the cable routeare well developed, so we’removing ahead apace,” saysoperations director ony Quinn.

A lead-off deal with one of ashortlist of OEMs “is actively

being worked on”, with the aimof signing up two companies toinstall and test a quintet ofturbine models each. Narec’sCrown Estate lease has beenextended to the end of the year“until the full scope of theproject is finalised”, he notes.

“Te industry has a greaterappetite for 35-45 metres ofwater right now — theimmediate needs of the firstphase of UK Round 3. Te outer

row, which is on the border offixed and floating structures’water depths, is on a slightlylonger timescale.”

Plans last year to link up with

an industrial consortium todevelop Bowds — the largest UKsite approved to test offshoreturbines — were unsuccessful,but Narec is confident financing“will crystallise in the next threeto six months”.

“We’re actively looking forinvestors in the site or potentiallyconsidering selling down ourinterests. All options are open,”says Quinn.

Bowds was given a boost this

month by a deal withMainstream Renewable Power totest a floating Lidar prototypefrom Flidar at the site, with plansto use the technology in

developing the 450MW Neart naGaoithe project off easternScotland.

“Tere is great demand for[Bowds] from the supply chainas well as the turbine makers todemonstrate new technologiesand capabilities. Many haveinvested in huge machines andpieces of kit they need to trial inreal offshore conditions.

“Te utilities and developersare interested in procuring

proven technology, so the realchallenge is how we cometogether as an industry to buildthe turbines and the jackets andall the other necessary

technology to make it economic,and so lower the cost of energy.”For Narec — which is putting a

Samsung 7MW S-171-7.0 turbinedrivetrain through its paces onits 15MW onshore test rig — thedemonstration site will be the“final piece in the jigsaw” of itsstrategy to provide a completesuite of independent, open-accesstest facilities for manufacturersdeveloping new offshoretechnologies for Round 3.

Narec on track to install firstBlyth turbines in new year

‘ALL OPTIONS

OPEN’: Narec’sTony Quinn;inset : artist’simpression ofturbines installed

at Bowds

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Siemens is fine-tuninga design for a next-generation offshore wind

turbine jacket that it aims tomake 40% less expensive toinstall in 40 metres of water thana conventional monopile.

Te industrialised four-legged

trussed concept, which usesproprietary bolting technologyrather than welding on its joins,is being engineered to be seventimes quicker to build thanexisting models on the market.

Fabricating jackets for mid-range water-depth projectscurrently takes about a week perpiece. Siemens Wind Power chieftechnology officer Henrik Stiesdalreckons the company’s foundationdesign could be built in a day.

“It is clear that as you move

into deeper waters, alternativesto the classical monopile areneeded, and jackets are theobvious candidate — they can bemade relatively lightweight andcan be made relatively cheaply,”he states. “But in real life, thepracticalities of fabricating

jackets tend to overshadow thebenefits because shipyards can

only do a jacket a week and wewould need 20-odd shipyardsin Europe building non-stop tomeet the expected demand.

“We need to get away from thebottleneck-creating business ofwelding nodes if we are goingstart producing jackets at anindustrial scale.”

Te Siemens bolted jacketis a steel quattropod that,from a distance, looks muchlike existing designs used ondevelopments such as the UK’s

Beatrice demonstrator projectand Germany’s Alpha Ventus.

Where the concept sets itselfapart from shipyard-assembledmodels is in the nodes — wherethe steel elements are joined toform the jacket.

“Te wind industry has along track record with boltedsolutions onshore that has

allowed us to assemble structures very quickly out in the field,”notes Stiesdal. “Why can wenot use some of that learning tomake jackets that could be builtin coastal factories and shippedout to offshore wind farms?”

Designed for water depthsof 35-50 metres, the bolted

jacket, being modular, couldnonetheless be adapted to “go asdeep as you want”, only limitedby the length of the jack-upinstallation vessel’s legs.

“Te idea would be formanufacturers to build jacketsnot just for a given project butfor a specific site on a projectwhile serially producing them.”

A prototype of the bolted jacketis on the cards to be built in thenext year, with the hunt on foran offshore pilot site.

Siemens will first focus on

development and demonstrationof the new jacket before decidingwhether to manufacture thesubstructure.

“wenty-two years aer thefirst wind farm offshore, weare not yet delivering a fullyindustrialised solution. Windturbine manufacturers have beenable to bring down the cost oftheir part, but the challenge isto bring down the cost of thissub-element and bring it ontothe market.”

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UN climate change talksace a new setback aferJapan slashed its plans to

reduce emissions rom 25% to3.8% by 2020, compared withtheir 2005 level.

UK energy and climatechange secretary Ed Daveysaid the decision was “deeplydisappointing” and at oddswith the need to tackle globalwarming. He was still hopeul theUK and other members o the G8economies could persuade Tokyoto change its mind.

However, Christiana Figueres,the UN’s top climate official, saidshe understood the problemsJapan aced ollowing the closureo its nuclear power plants aferthe 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

“I do have some understandingthat Japan has been hit byseveral catastrophes in the lastew years. My hope is that Japanunderstands that investment inrenewable energies galvanisesinvestments and creates new

jobs,” Figueres said.To compensate or its reduced

emissions target, Japan intendsto raise $16bn by 2015 to helpdeveloping countries cut theirgreenhouse gases.

is aid package is thought to

include supplying developingcountries with greentechnologies developed byJapanese firms, including offshorewind turbines, uel-cell vehiclesand high-tech housing insulation.

e Japanese announcementollows open criticism byAustralian and Canadian leaderso policies aimed at reducinggreenhouse gas emissions in theircountries, and reluctance rom

Europe and the US to aim ormore ambitious emissions cuts.

e first week o talks betweenrepresentatives o more than190 countries at the COP19

conerence in Warsaw weredominated by how and whenthe $100bn promised to tacklethe effects o climate changewould be made available.

Major breakthroughts are notexpected at the conerence.Instead the talks have beendescribed as sessions that willlay the oundations or a globalagreement to be reached in timeor 2015 talks in Paris.

However, World EnergyCouncil executive JoanMacNaughton warned developingcountries, especially in Arica, notto pin too much hope on financial

pledges rom Western nations.She said helping countriesthreatened by climate changewould not be high on developedcountries’ priorities.

e talks in Poland take placeamid increasingly dire warningsthat time is running out to limitthe increase in global averagetemperature to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, as agreed atCOP15 in Copenhagen in 2009.

Japan setback at COP19

PROBLEMS: ChristianaFigueres at theopening of UNclimate talksin Warsaw lastweek

Burning issueChristiana Figueres told a

major coal industry summit

in Warsaw on Monday that

most of the planet’s coalreserves should be left in the

ground to avoid the worst

impacts of climate change.

“The coal industry faces a

business continuation risk

that you cannot afford to

ignore,” she told company

bosses at the International

Coal and Climate Summit,

which was jointly organised

by the Polish government.

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