Oceans of opportunity

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Oceans of opportunity
Harnessing Europes largest domestic energy
resource
Arthouros ZervosPresident European Wind Energy
Association
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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
Offshore wind can power Europe seven times over

• Technical potential of offshore wind
• 25,000 TWh by 2020
• 30,000 TWh by 2030

• EU energy demand
• 3,537 TWh by 2020
• 4,279 TWh by 2030

Source European Environment Agency
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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
Eight offshore wind farms could produce all the
EUs electricity
Eight 100x100 km offshore wind farms could
produce 3,000 TWh equivalent to EU power demand
Source Siemens
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Offshore current status
End 2008 1.5 GW offshore 8 EU countries
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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
2008 and 2009 steady as she goes

• 2008
• 366 MW annual installed offshore capacity
• 1,471 MW cumulative installed offshore capacity
• 2009
• 420 MW annual installed offshore capacity
• 2,000 MW cumulative installed offshore capacity

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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
Offshore wind energy market in the EU in 2010

• Annual installations of 1,100 MW
• Cumulative installed capacity of 3,000 MW
• Electricity production of 11 TWh
• Meeting 0.3 of total EU electricity demand
• Avoiding 7 Mt of CO² annually
• Annual investments in wind turbines of 2.5
  billion

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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
100 GW and counting

• EWEA has identified proposals for over 100 GW of
  offshore wind projects in European waters
• 100 GW would meet 10 of EU electricity demand
• 100 GW would avoid 200 Mt of CO² annually
• 100 GW shows the significant level of developer
  interest
• EWEAs prediction 40 GW by 2020
• 150 GW by 2030

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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
EWEA report
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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
Offshore wind energy market in the EU in 2020

• Total installed capacity of 40,000 MW
• Annual installations of 6,900 MW
• Electricity production of 148 TWh
• Meeting between 3.6 and 4.3 of total EU
  electricity demand
• Avoiding 85Mt of CO² annually
• Annual investments in wind turbines of 8.8
  billion

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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
Offshore wind energy market in the EU in 2030

• Total installed capacity of 150,000 MW
• Annual installations of 13,690 MW
• Electricity production of 563 TWh
• Meeting between 12.8 and 16.7 of total EU
  electricity demand
• Avoiding 292 Mt of CO² annually
• Annual investments in wind turbines of 16.5
  billion

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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
Offshore market growth can repeat follow onshore
growth levels
Historical onshore growth 1992-2004 compared to
EWEAs offshore projection 2008-2020 (MW)

• onshore market growth 32
• offshore market growth 28

Source EWEA 2009
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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
EWEAs 20 year offshore network development plan

• Contains the grid updates needed to transport
  all electricity produced by planned, proposed,
  under construction and operating offshore wind
  farms to European electricity consumers in an
  economically sound way
• Recommends building transnational offshore grid
  infrastructure to connect 40 GW by
  2020 150 GW by 2030

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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
EWEAs 20 year offshore network development plan

• Based on
• Existing TSO plans
• TradeWind scenarios
• Added value of plan
• - Provides step by step timetable for grid
  development
• Suggested capacities
• Integrated with development/concession zones

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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
EWEAs 20 year offshore network development plan
Source EWEA 2009
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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
Building the European offshore grid
Benefits

• Predictable energy output
• Connections to more than one country
• Power trading between countries
• Viable alternative to onshore grid construction
• Connection to other marine renewable energy
  sources
• More economical utilisation of grid through
  shared use
• More energy security
• More interconnection capacity means more firm
  power
• Building a single European electricity market
  would benefit all consumers

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Global cumulative wind power capacity 1990-2007
(MW)
EWEA report
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