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EU 'Can Build 450GW Offshore by 2050' PRODUCED BY RECHARGE OFFICIAL SHOW DAILY FULL PROJECT LIFE CYCLE DAY DESIGN & EXECUTION SIMULATION SOLUTIONS ONE VISIT OUR STAND C2-A2 EU ‘can build 450GW offshore by 2050’ Ørsted plans ‘world first’ 5GW DARIUS SNIECKUS A fishing vessel sails past an offshore wind ffshore wind power could offshore wind farm carry Europe to carbon- energy island Oneutrality by mid-century, expanding to an installed base of ANDREW LEE 450GW and meeting 30% of the continent’s power demand — but Ørsted has unveiled plans for a to do so at lowest cost needs a 5GW offshore wind hub connecting “visionary” rethink of marine spatial Denmark, Poland, Sweden and planning, says a landmark report Germany, supporting large-scale published today by WindEurope. production of green hydrogen and The study, Our Energy, Our Future, creating what it called “the world’s shows that 85% of this capacity — first energy island” on Bornholm in around 380GW — could be built in the Baltic Sea. the North, Irish and Baltic Seas, with The global offshore wind leader the remaining 70GW generated in wants to kick-start the massive Southern European waters. cluster with a 1GW wind farm in “The EU says Europe needs at least the Rønne Banke zone southwest of ten times as much offshore wind 2040s,” stated WindEurope chief we get the maritime spatial planning Bornholm, one of the areas already as we have today to meet the 2050 executive Giles Dickson. right.” earmarked by Denmark for possible CONTINUED on Page 3 Cultura/Getty goal of decarbonising energy. The “The report shows that it is doable Marine usage rights will be “crucial” | IEA [International Energy Agency] and affordable. But three things need to the industry’s rapid development, believes offshore wind could become to happen: one, the offshore wind the report found, as shipping, fisheries VISIT RECHARGE the number-one source of power supply chain keeps growing; two, we and military activity currently rule out at Stand E-D20 Photograph Photograph generation in Europe in the early build the grid connections; and three, CONTINUED on Page 3 VISIT SHELL AT WINDEUROPE OFFSHORE 2019 STAND C2-B12 SHELL OMALA S5 WIND NEXT GENERATION GEARBOXVISIT OIL RECHARGE TECHNOLOGY WITH 10at YEAR Stand WARRANTYXxxxx … NOW CARBON NEUTRAL Join us at: WindEurope Offshore 2019 Booth C2-A30 26–28 November, Copenhagen Digital expertise that keeps your turbines turning, learning, and earning even more As a pioneer with an industry experience of nearly 40 years, we use a diverse set of digital tools supporting the service of your assets. Our cutting edge Model Based Diagnostics operates with 1.5 M individual digital models out of data from around 6 M sensors from turbines worldwide. With this ever-learning knowledge base our algorithms can filter out the costly false-positives and insignificant deviations. This reduces the site visits and thus generates a higher yield and a remarkable LCoE, with an average turbine availability of 97 % +. www.siemensgamesa.com SGRE digitally upscales turbine to 11MW ‘Rethink exclusion zones’ DARIUS SNIECKUS Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen to hit 450GW iemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has offshore by 2050 Sunveiled a digitally souped-up version of its recently CONTINUED from Page 1 launched 10MW SG10.0-193DD 60% of Europe’s northern seas to turbine, a 11MW model that uses offshore wind. the OEM’s ‘DD Flex’ technology Without these “exclusion suite to squeeze another 6-7% zones”, the region’s full potential annual energy production (AEP) of wind resource offshore could out of the ultra-large nameplate be developed at a much lower machine. overall levelised cost of energy The higher-rated unit, SG11.0- (LCOE), says the report, which was 193DD Flex, upscaled using ‘digital commissioned by WindEurope and twin’ modelling of forerunning written by UK-based renewables SGRE concepts, will employ consultant BVG Associates. intelligent control systems to tailor Opening these zones to offshore everything from rotor-yaw and before we engineered the 10MW.” out there [at sea], not just what is wind could lead to 248GW being blade-pitch to “using the whole The 11MW, like the 10MW, will written in an IEC [International built in the North Sea for less than turbine structure more efficiently” fly new-look carbon-reinforced Electrotechnical Commission] €50/MWh by 2050, with a further to run the turbine “closer to its 94-metre B94 blades powering a standard somewhere,” said 130MW at €50-65/MWh and 2GW limits”, SGRE chief technology direct-drive transmission system Rasmussen. “That gives a much for €65-80. However, if the zones officer Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen with beefed-up permanent magnet better understanding of how well remain in place, these figures fall to told Recharge. generator. The 10MW prototype we are utilising the technology by 112GW below €50/MWh; 264GW “This is a case of getting an extra is about to be erected in Osterild, better predicting loads today and at €50-65; and 4GW at €65-80. 10% [bigger nameplate] for minor Denmark, to begin a programme into the future, over a machine’s “With the current exclusion improvements that we could see of final tests before starting serial lifetime, in a safe way.” zones, almost three quarters of in our scoping out of this product, production. Rasmussen noted that the the future capacity cannot be built using readily available technologies “Using digital twins allows us to bringing the 11MW to market at a ‘very low’ LCOE,” said BVG for new model ‘in the making’. collect a huge amount of data form “doesn’t change our ambitions to Associates managing consultant “Some of the digital technologies our existing offshore fleet and feed move toward substantially higher Kate Freeman. “This report should that have made ‘Flex’ possible back design improvements that are ratings out int the mid-2020s”. be a wake-up call for policymakers have been in the works since a response to the actual conditions 10MW TURBINE: Page 6 and marine planners: the cheapest and most space-efficient way to build the 450GW is through the multiple use of the same maritime Energy island will connect Denmark and Poland space by different sectors.” Dickson added: “On maritime CONTINUED from Page 1 spatial planning, we need a future development. long-term approach with climate On Monday, Ørsted urged the priorities at its heart. And more Danish government to hold a multiple use, for example, allowing tender for developing Rønne Banke fishing in offshore wind farms.” as the next stage of its offshore The rate of build-out of offshore wind expansion programme, after wind needed to reach the 2050 the awarding of the Thor project, target would, in any scenario, tendering for which is currently require a “wartime campaign”, under way. Freeman said. Accelerating from Ørsted said such a tender, the annual 3GW being installed in conjunction with new now to over 20GW per year from interconnectors between Denmark for the Bornholm vision, but said needed to electrify transport and 2030 would need an ever-larger and Poland — as previously it could help Denmark meet 2030 heating in Denmark and the other supply chain and a capital spending proposed by Danish grid operator emissions goals. nations it serves, said Ørsted, rise from €6bn in 2020 to €45bn Energinet — would shift the Martin Neubert, chief executive citing EU estimates that 450GW of per year by 2030. agenda for offshore wind to one of Ørsted Offshore, said: “Offshore capacity will be needed. There will also need to be heavy based around clusters serving wind clusters with transmission Integrating the cluster with investment in grids to support multiple countries. to several countries are a necessity green hydrogen production would Europe’s offshore wind expansion The initial 1GW could later if we’re to realise offshore wind’s bring a further dimension by — by BVG Associates’ calculations SGRE | be expanded to 3-5GW, with enormous potential in making supplying clean fuel to help green climbing from €2bn next year to interconnection extended to Europe green.” hard-to-decarbonise sectors such €8bn annually by 2030, requiring Sweden and Germany, said Ørsted, The Bornholm cluster would help as heavy transport and aviation, it EU-wide co-operation and the Photograph Photograph which offered no specific timeline produce the vast levels of power added. development of meshed grids. rechargenews.com 3 RECHARGE | OFFICIAL EVENT DAILY WindFloat Atlantic MHI Vestas is towed out for its flagship deployment off set for Japan’s Portugal first large-scale offshore project ANDREW LEE MHI Vestas has confirmed it will supply its top-of-the-range V174-9.5MW turbines for the 220MW Hibikinada project being developed off Kitakyushu city, southwest Japan, by a consortium led by J-Power and regional utility Kyuden Mirai. Hibikinada is due for construction and operation as early as 2022, and is the first project to advance under Japanese Floating wind joins 10MW turbine reforms of regulations governing offshore wind operation off the country’s ports. era with MHI Vestas’ French win Kitakyushu municipal authorities in 2017 selected a consortium ANDREW LEE project, which is planned for also due to be commissioned at including utilities J-Power and deployment in 2022. the EDPR-led WindFloat Atlantic Kyuden Mirai to develop the near- loating wind joined the The Gulf of Lion project, also project off Portugal later this year. shore project. J-Power has said 10MW-turbine era in known as Leucate and led by WindEurope says 350MW of that Hibikinada will be “the first Fanother milestone for the European power giants Engie and floating capacity will be switched commercial scale offshore wind fast-emerging sector, as MHI EDPR, is one of four sanctioned on in Europe by 2021, led by a power project in Japan”.
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