Regional Consultations and Implementation Plan

Co-Funded by European UnionEuropean Regional Development Fund

Ponta Delgada,

21.5.2014

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Regional Consultations

Workshop Session (19/03/2014) with regional stakeholders, in order to discuss results of Comparative Analysis Report as well as Best Practice Report

Followed by separate interviews

Guiding questions:1. What is the current policy on offshore wind in your

region?Has the situation in the region Emden changed?

2. What have you learned from the 4POWER project?Describe what best practices could be of use for your region?

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Regional Consultations - Results

The Wachstumsregion Ems-Achse sees the necessity to strengthen the offshore wind industry in the Northwest of Lower Saxony.

Especially for Emden, with its port, which is used for several wind farms in the German bay as a base for the pre-assembly, transportation and maintenance of the off-shore wind turbines, the offshore industry is an important economic factor.

The city of Emden together with their regional stakeholders has decided to focus on four OSW topics namely “education”, “infrastructure”, “raising awareness” as well as “supply chain / value chain”. These topics have been identified as particularly relevant for the future development of the sector in the Emden region.

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Exchange Good Practices Offshore Wind:

10 topics addressed

- Framework (PP Rimini):1. TSO – Electricity Grid – Electricity Market2. Incentive / Subsidy System3. Permit Process4. Environmental Impact5. Influencing Politicians / Governments (NIMBY)

- Implementation (PP Rostock):6. Costs of Developing Offshore Wind7. Education – Technical Staff8. Infrastructure (Ports, Roads)9. Raising Awareness (NIMBY)10. Supply Chain – Value Added Chain

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Comparative Analysis Regional Consultations

Best Practices: Overview

Education – Technical Staff Groningen: Energy Academy Europe

National Coordination on human capital development; New Study Programme (OWE technician)

Dundee: Joint work on strategic skill development

Infrastructure (Ports, Roads)

Dundee: National Renewables Infrastructure Fund and development of on-/offshore test and demonstration facilities

Raising Awareness (NIMBY)

Rostock: Offshore Information Centre Germany: “OffWEA” Project – Offshore Strategy for the Federal

Government

Supply Chain – Cluster

Dundee/Groningen/Rostock: Business Networks and related strategies (Multi Agency Approach, WEN, NNOW).

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Implementation Plan

1. What is the current policy on offshore wind in your region?

Fields of action for the strengthening of the regional basis of the OSW in the Ems-Axis:

- Development of port infratructure and the supply chain development

- Skills initiative

- Network

On condition that the named measures are taken, positive employment effects and revenues of the OSW in the Ems-Axis can be expected in the long-run. However, in order to tap the full potential of the OSW industry in the future, the Emden region has to further improve the framework conditions for the industry in a consequent way.

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Implementation Plan

2. What have you learned from the 4POWER project, specifically on the two themes “Frameworks” and “Implementation”?

Project partner Emden has identified four out of the ten OSW topics addressed by 4POWER as particularly relevant for the future development of the sector in the region. Those are “education”, “infrastructure”, “raising awareness” as well as “supply chain / value chain”.

- Best Practice Cases

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Implementation Plan

3. Is a change in offshore wind policy needed in your region and if so, what would you suggest?

The importance of OSW in the Emden region has reached politicians, however there is a special need for improvement in the following areas:

Education – Technical Staff

Infrastructure (Ports, Roads)

Raising Awareness (NIMBY)

Supply Chain – Value Chain