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European Policy Workshop on Offshore Deployment Berlin, 22-23 February 2007

Isabel Blanco Policy Director, European Wind Energy Association What is the European Wind Energy Association?

EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in and worldwide for the past 25 years.

Resources are focussed on lobbying, communication and policy activities, and responding to enquiries from our member organisations. Why Offshore wind energy?

Some of the Benefits… Higher wind speeds & huge offshore wind resources = better winds over larger areas Land areas constraints in some countries Reduced visual impact of offshore wind Larger generation output Increased interconnection

Some of the Challenges … Higher costs (project economics) Insufficient confidence in technology to attract participation Limited industry experience Lack/limited/inconsistent political support Grid integration (extension, upgrades and financing) ThisThis isis wherewhere wewe areare

2005 2006

Installed Installed Capacity % % Capacity (MW) (MW)

Onshore 39,824 98,32 47,149 98,2

Offshore 680 1,68 878 1,8 Source: www.offshorewindenergy.org

Total 40,500 100 48,027 100

End 2006, offshore wind was 1.8% of total installed wind power capacity, but generated 3.3% of electricity from wind energy. End 2006, (398 MW), (304 MW), (25 MW), the (23,3 MW) and the (136 MW) had operating offshore wind farms. ThisThis isis wherewhere wewe wantwant toto bebe

EWEA targets for wind GW TWh 350 1200

300 80 GW in 2010 1000 Offshore 5 GW (6%) 250 800 200 180GW MW in 2020 600 Offshore 60 GW (33%) 150 400 100 300GW MW in 2030 50 200 Offshore 150 GW (50%) -equivalent to around 20% 0 0 of current electricity demand in the EU 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030

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Wind could contribute 12% of EU electricity by 2020. One third of this will more than likely come from offshore installations –(from the Road Map, Energy Package)

The wind energy ETP projections for 2030 suggest that 23% of European electricity could be provided by wind farms, with 300 GW installed capacity (supplying 965 TWh, up from 83 TWh in 2005) – (from the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, Energy Package)

Offshore wind energy, waves and tidal movements represent a vast source of renewable energy. If successfully exploited, they could contribute a substantial supply of electricity in many coastal areas of Europe. This could further support economic development and sustainable job creation in these areas – (from the Green Paper on a Maritime Strategy) ThisThis isis wherewhere thethe CouncilCouncil standsstands

The Council is of the view that for Sources of renewable energy with high potential such as wind offshore energy. Taking into account the large potential of wind energy, and notably offshore wind energy in the EU, the statements and recommendations of the recent EU Policy Workshop Development of Offshore Wind Energy in Egmond, the Netherlands, are worth noting –(from the Energy Council conclusions 29 November 2004)

The Council reaffirms the need for improved regional cross-border exchange and accelerating the development of regional energy cooperation and its further development, notably through interconnection, taking into account the integration of on- and off-shore renewable energies. – (from the Energy Council conclusions 15 February 2007)

The Council welcomes, as a first step, the Commission’s intention to appoint where necessary, European coordinators to accelerate the most critical priority projects of European interest among which connections to offshore wind power in Northern Europe – (from the Energy Council conclusions 15 February 2007) We need an EU Action Plan on Offshore Wind

¾ It should be part of the prioritised action plan that will be proposed in March this year ¾ The Commission already made important proposals in the Energy Package about what such an AP should contain: ¾ recognition of the importance of connecting offshore wind power in Northern Europe; ¾ proposal to appoint a EU Co-ordinator for offshore; its intention to use the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan to getting large scale offshore wind competitive; ¾ and its proposal to strengthen the legal provisions to remove any unreasonable barrier to the integration of renewable energy sources in the EU energy system, etc. Important work has already been done

¾ The itself suggested an EU offshore policy in 2004 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the share of renewable energy in the EU (COM (2004/366)) ¾ The Egmond process in 2004 Recommendations of the EU policy workshop on development of Offshore wind energy in Egmond aan Zee of 30 September – 1 October 2004 ¾ Council conclusions Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Brussels, 29 November 2004 ¾ “Copenhagen Strategy on offshore wind power deployment; Conclusions of the European Policy seminar on offshore wind power in Copenhagen of 27 October 2005 So far, the Council has failed to react ¾ Current initiatives of the German Presidency: EurEuropeope depends (again) on German leadership to take large-scale offshore wind power forward What should an AP on offshore wind contain?

¾ The content of the AP should be based on work made at the Egmond process in 2004, the Copenhagen Strategy in 2005 and the current initiatives of the German Presidency ¾ The AP should be based on the four pillars identified in the workshop: (1) legislation and policy measures; (2) grid reinforcement measures; (3) environment measures; (4) R&D measures Proposed measures for legislation and policy

¾ Ask Member States to include, in their National Plans, special provisions for offshore wind energy: a 2020 target and measures on how to achieve it.

¾ Propose an EU harmonisation of the consenting procedures for offshore wind farms

¾ Streamline and clarify procedures: the one-stop office approach

¾ Give priority of access to RES-e (thus including offshore wind electricity) to cross-border trade

¾ Propose the socialisation of the grid costs (as approved in last year) Proposed measures for grid extension and reinforcement

¾ Ask for a long term grid planning across Europe that takes into account the industry plans on offshore wind

¾ Improve the issuing of permits and timely involvement of TSO’s and authorities

¾ Promote system integration analyses from a European perspective

¾ Help finance the development of a European

¾ Specify the tasks of the proposed EU Co-ordinator for offshore (Energy Package) and reinfoce its role

¾ Closely monitor the TEN-E project that refers to offshore wind, to make sure that it becomes true in time Proposed measures for environment aspects

¾ Promote the proposal for an improved (objective and homogeneous across the EU) methodology to evaluate and assess the environmental impacts of offshore wind on the marine environment

¾ Establish common marine spatial planning instruments

¾ Improve transparency of EIA data and increase sharing of information between governments and industry Proposed measures for R&D

¾ Increase the amount of EU funds dedicated to R&D in offshore wind

¾ Request Member States to dedicate a specific line of funding for R&D to offshore wind in their national R&D plans

¾ Channel the identification R&D priorities through the TP Wind

¾ Better co-ordinate the R&D efforts made at the EU level and the national level on offshore wind (through the TPWind) OffshoreOffshore windwind –– 20072007

European Offshore Wind Conference (December 2007)

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