The European Offshore Wind Industry - Key Trends and Statistics 1St Half 2014
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The European offshore wind industry - key trends and statistics 1st half 2014 A reportThe by European the European offshore wind Wind industry Energy- key trends Association and statistics 1st -half July 2014 2014 1 Contents Mid-year European offshore wind energy statistics ...................................................................3 Summary of offshore work carried out during the first half of 2014 ......................................4 Developers ......................................................................................................................................5 Wind turbines .................................................................................................................................5 Financing highlights in H1 2014 and outlook ............................................................................6 Data collection and data analysis: Author: Giorgio Corbetta, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Contributing authors: Iván Pineda, Justin Wilkes (EWEA) Financing highlights: Jérôme Guillet (Managing Director, Green Giraffe Energy Bankers) Revision and editing: Zoë Casey (EWEA) Design: Clara Ros (EWEA) Cover photo: Siemens AG Energy Sector The European offshore wind industry - key trends and statistics 1st half 2014 2 Mid-year European offshore wind energy statistics In the first six months of 2014, Europe fully grid connected 224 offshore wind turbines in 16 commercial wind farms and one offshore demonstration site with a combined capacity totalling 781 MW. There are 310 wind turbines awaiting grid connection. Once connected, these will add a total capacity of over 1,200 MW. The total capacity of all the wind farms under construction is over 4,900 MW when fully commissioned. New offshore capacity installations during the first half of 2014 were down 25% compared to the same period the previous year. FIGURE 1: ANNUAL INSTALLED OFFSHORE WIND CAPACITY IN EUROPE (MW) 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 H1 Full year Source: EWEA The work carried out in European offshore wind farms • 282 turbines (28 units or 10% more than during the during the first six months of 2014 is detailed below: same period last year) were erected in eight wind farms: Borkum West 2.1 (DE), Dan Tysk (DE), Global • 224 wind turbines were fully grid connected, Tech 1 (DE), Gwynt y Môr (UK), Meerwind Sud/Ost totalling 781 MW (down 25% compared to the same (DE), Nordsee Ost (DE), Northwind (BE) and West of period last year) in five wind farms: Gwynt y Môr (UK), Duddon Sands (UK) Northwind (BE), Riffgat (DE), West of Duddon Sands (UK) and the Methil Demo at Energy Park Fife (UK). • Preparatory work has begun at the 600 MW Gemini wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. • 233 foundations (35 units fewer than the same period last year) were installed in 13 wind farms: In total, there were, on 1 July 2014, 2,304 offshore wind Amrumbank West (DE), Borkum Riffgrund I (DE), turbines with a combined capacity of 7,343 MW fully grid Borkum West 2.1 (DE), Butendiek (DE), Dan Tysk connected in European waters in 73 wind farms across (DE), Global Tech 1 (DE), Gwynt y Môr (UK), Humber 11 countries, including demonstration sites. Gateway (UK), Meerwind Sud/Ost (DE), Nordsee Ost (DE), Northwind (BE), Westermost Rough (UK) and the Methil Demo - Energy Park Fife (UK) The European offshore wind industry - key trends and statistics 1st half 2014 3 Summary of offshore work carried out during the first half of 2014 During the first six months of the year, work was carried out on 16 offshore wind farms and one demonstration site. Foundations and turbines were installed and/or grid connected in 15 of these and in one demonstration site in three countries: Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF WORK IN OFFSHORE WIND FARMS BETWEEN 1 JANUARY AND 30 JUNE 2014 BELGIUM GERMANY UK TOTAL Number of farms 1 10 5 16 Number of foundations installed 1 159 73 233 Number of turbines installed 30 126 126 282 Number of turbines connected 47 30 147 224 MW fully connected to the grid 141 108 532 781 Source: EWEA FIGURE 2: INSTALLATION OF FOUNDATIONS, TURBINES AND GRID CONNECTION OF WIND TURBINES IN OFFSHORE WIND FARMS BETWEEN 1 JANUARY AND 30 JUNE 2014 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Amrumbank Baltic Borkum Borkum Butendiek Dan Global Gwynt Humber Meerwind Methil Nordsee Northwind Riffgat West of Westermost West 2 Riffgrund I West (DE) Tysk Tech 1 y Môr Gateway Sud/Ost Demo Ost (BE) (DE) Duddon Rough (DE) (DE) (DE) 2.1 (DE) (DE) (UK) (UK) (DE) (UK) (DE) Sands (UK) (DE) (UK) Number of foundations Number of turbines Number of turbines MW connected installed installed connected to the grid Source: EWEA The European offshore wind industry - key trends and statistics 1st half 2014 4 Developers Units made by three turbine manufacturers were con- nected to the grid during the period: Siemens, MHI Ves- Four commercial wind farms and one demonstration tas and Samsung. The former has the largest share of project connected wind turbines to the grid totalling newly connected capacity (633 MW, 81%), followed by 781 MW. MHI Vestas (141 MW, 18 %) and Samsung (7 MW, 1%) which connected its 7 MW demonstration wind turbine Figure 3 shows the share of connected MW per devel- to the grid. oper from 1 January to 30 June 2014 taking into account each company’s share in the projects. Power FIGURE 4: WIND TURBINE MANUFACTURERS’ SHARE OF producers account for over 78% of the installed capac- GRID CONNECTED CAPACITY (IN MW) IN EUROPE BETWEEN 1 JANUARY AND 30 JUNE 2014 ity (over 600 MW). FIGURE 3: OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPERS’ SHARE OF NEW Samsung Siemens GRID CAPACITY CONNECTED BETWEEN 1 JANUARY 7 633.6 AND 30 JUNE 2014 (MW) 1% 81% MHI Vestas 141 18% Aspiravi Offshore Siemens 47 19 6% 2% Sumitomo Enova 47 11 6% 1% Colruyt Samsung Group 7 (Parkwind) 1% 47 6% DONG Energy Source: EWEA 169 22% In terms of units, Siemens grid connected 176 turbines Stadtwerke Iberdrola (79%), MHI Vestas 47 turbines (21%) and Samsung one München 169 56 22% turbine. 7% FIGURE 5: WIND TURBINE MANUFACTURERS’ SHARE OF GRID CONNECTED TURBINES IN EUROPE BETWEEN 1 JANUARY AND 30 JUNE 2014 (IN UNITS) EWE AG RWE Innogy 97 112 13% 14% Source: EWEA MHI Vestas Samsung 47 1 21% 0% Wind turbines During the first six months of 2014, 223 offshore wind turbines and one offshore demonstration wind turbine were connected to the power grid, or around 25% fewer Siemens 176 than during the same period in the previous year. The 79% average size of the wind turbines was 3.5 MW, slightly less than during the first six months of 2013. Source: EWEA The European offshore wind industry - key trends and statistics 1st half 2014 5 Financing highlights in H1 2014 MW London Array project to Caisse de Dépôt et 3 and outlook Placement du Québec (CDPQ) in January ; • Wpd sold half of its remaining stake in Butendiek There was considerable financing activity in the offshore (288 MW, DE) in January to Switzerland’s Elek- wind farm sector in the first half of 2014, with multiple trizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich (EWZ) reducing its par- transactions on the equity side and the largest offshore ticipation in the project to 5%4; wind financing to close to date: the 600 MW Gemini pro- ject in the Netherlands. • DONG Energy sold 50% of Westermost Rough (210 MW, UK) to Marubeni (25%) and to the UK Green The Gemini transaction, which closed on 13 May 2014, Investment Bank (25%) in March5; included both equity and debt funding, with independ- ent power producer Northland Power, a Canadian devel- • RWE sold a 10% stake in Gwynt y Môr (576 MW, UK) oper, acquiring 60% of the project, alongside contractors to the UK Green Investment Bank, in March6. Siemens (20%) and Van Oord (10%), from developer Typhoon Offshore, with initial investor HVC, the Dutch In the UK, Statoil and Statkraft have reached a final waste-to-energy company, keeping its original 10% investment decision (FID) on their Dudgeon offshore stake. The €2.8 billion transaction included a senior wind farm (402 MW), agreeing to invest €1.9bn in the debt1 financing of €2.1 billion provided by a consortium construction of the project. Dudgeon is the first wind of 12 commercial banks and four public funding institu- farm reaching FID under the new UK Contract for Differ- tions, as well as a mezzanine2 tranche provide by Danish ence mechanism7. pension fund PKA alongside Northland Power. A number of other equity transactions have been Commercial funding topped one billion euros, with large reported as being under way as owners of operating pro- individual commitments from banks, showing a healthy jects seek to recycle capital in light of a growing inter- appetite from the lending market for the offshore wind est from financial investors, in particular infrastructure sector, including construction risk. This appetite will be funds and pension funds for operational offshore wind further confirmed in the second half of the year with sev- assets. But as the Gemini and Westermost Rough trans- eral transactions currently in the market and expected actions show, investors are also increasingly looking at to close in the coming months, including Westermost projects under construction and most such transactions Rough (UK, 210 MW), MEG1 (DE, 400 MW), Nordsee 1 are likely to happen before the end of the year. (DE, 330 MW) and Galloper (UK, 340 MW), plus Cape Wind (370 MW) and Deepwater (30 MW) in the US. Overall, while transactions remain complex and take Several of these transactions are backed by power pro- time to close, there is an active market for offshore ducers, demonstrating their growing appetite for non- wind projects and a strong pipeline of new deals. Pro- recourse debt in offshore wind. jects with a well-designed commercial and/or financial structure are able to find funding for construction or refi- On the equity side, the market has also been dynamic nancing, allowing the sector to benefit from competitive with the following transactions closing (in addition to the capital costs.