Offshore Grids in the Northern Seas of Europe

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Offshore Grids in the Northern Seas of Europe
EU perspective

• EUFORES workshop on Offshore Wind and the
  European Supergrid

Regulatory Policy and Promotion of Renewable
Energy Andrea Hercsuth Brussels, 16/09/2010
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Outline

• Policy background
• Former communication
• RES directive
• NREAPs
• Key 2010 activities
• Energy Infrastructure Package
• Implementation of the European Energy Recovery
  Plan (EERP)
• Intelligent Energy Europe projects
• Other activities

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Communication on Offshore Wind- key conclusions

• OWE can and must make a substantial contribution
  to 2020 objectives through a very significant
  increase
• Member States need to use the National Action
  Plans to spell out clearly their ambitions for
  offshore wind and take the necessary action.
• Commission commits to
• seek to facilitate regional cooperation on
  offshore energy site-and grid planning between
  Member States, and relevant stakeholders
• encourage the Members States to implement
  maritime spatial planning

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2nd Strategic Energy Review- Commission
Communication (November 2008)

• a Blueprint for a North Sea offshore grid
  should be developed to interconnect national
  electricity grids in North-West Europe together
  and plug-in the numerous planned offshore wind
  projects. It should become, together with the
  Mediterranean Ring and the Baltic Interconnection
  project, one of the building blocks of a future
  European supergrid.
• The Blueprint should identify the steps and
  timetable that need to be taken and any specific
  actions that need to be adopted. It should be
  developed by the Member States and regional
  actors involved and facilitated where necessary
  by action at Community level.

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The renewables Directive 2009/28/EC
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• Mandatory national targets (overall renewables
  in transport)
• Flexibility between Member States
• National Renewable Energy Action Plans, NREAPs
• Reduction of administrative and regulatory
  barriers, grid issues, etc

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The grid provisions of relevance in the
renewables Directive

• MS shall take the appropriate steps to develop T
  D grid infrastructure, intelligent networks,
  storage facilities and the electricity system, in
  order to allow the secure operation of the
  electricity system as it accommodates the further
  development of electricity production from
  renewable energy sources, including
  interconnection between MS and between MS and
  third countries. MS shall also take appropriate
  steps to accelerate authorisation procedures for
  grid infrastructure and to coordinate approval of
  grid infrastructure with administrative and
  planning procedures
• Member States shall ensure that appropriate grid
  and market related operational measures are taken
  in order to minimise the curtailment of
  electricity produced from renewable energy
  sources.

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National Renewable Energy Action Plans

• Due by June 2010 19 NREAPs submitted
• Content possibly related to offshore
• Sectoral targets/trajectories and contribution of
  technologies
• Effectively designed measures to achieve the
  trajectory
• Concerning authorisations and planning
• Concerning support schemes
• Use of co-operation mechanisms i.e. offshore in
  joint projects

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National Renewable Energy Action Plans
  2020 2020
  MW GWh
Belgium - -
Denmark 1.339 5.322
France 6.000 18.000
Germany 10.000 31.771
Greece 300 672
Ireland 555 1.742
Italy 680 2.000
Luxembourg - -
Matla 95 216
Netherlands 5.178 19.036
Portugal 75 180
Spain 3.000 7.753
Sweden 182 500
UK 12.990 44.120

TOTAL NSOGI 36.244 120.491
0,90 0,92
TOTAL 40.394 131.312

• Designation of reserved zones strategic
  planning
• Revision of authorisation procedures
  (coordination - simplification)
• Revision of support schemes
• Grid infrastructure planning strategic
• Possibility for joint projects or other forms of
  cooperation
• Increased cooperation with other Member States

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European Energy Infrastructure Package

• November 2010 Communication on
• priorities energy infrastructure development for
  2020/2030 horizon
• challenges faced in each sector (electricity,
  gas, oil, CCS)
• Strategic planning and proposal for set of tools
• 2011 Legislative proposal for a new EU Energy
  Security and Infrastructure Instrument
• Revision of TEN-E guidelines and TEN financing
  regulation

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Outstanding issues for offshore grid

• Offshore wind, tidal and wave development
  scenarios and their reflection in grid
  infrastructure planning (TYNDP)
• Grid design issues
• Framework conditions planning and authorisation,
  market and regulatory
• Need for cooperation MSs, ERGEG, ENTSO-E and the
  NSCOGI

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North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative
regional cooperation

• Initiated by the participants of the
  Pentalateral Energy Forum
• Participation of 9 Member States NO
  Coordination and cooperation
• Political Declaration December 2009 Aiming at
  MoU by end 2010
• The challenges technical, market, regulator,
  planning and permitting
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The role of RD

• SET-Plan
• European Wind Industrial Initiative
• Grid integration techniques for large-scale
  penetration of variable electricity supply
• Resource assessment and spatial planning to
  support wind energy deployment
• European Grid Industrial Initiative
• Projects funded under FP7
• NORSEWiND aims to develop high quality
  hub-height wind atlases for the Baltic, Irish and
  North Seas (www.norsewind.eu)
• TWENTIES demonstration project of large wind
  integration and achievement of 2020 objectives

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European Energy Recovery Plan

• Regulation (EC) N663/2009 of 13 July 2009
  establishing a programme to aid economic recovery
  by granting Union financial assistance to
  projects in the field of energy
• Budget priorities
• 1. gas and electricity infrastructure projects
  2.365 billion (60)
• 2. offshore wind energy projects (OWE) 0.565
  billion (14)
• 3. carbon capture and storage projects (CCS)
  1.05 billion (26)
• 9 offshore wind energy projects 3 related to
  grid issues
• Baltic Kriegers Flak I, II, III Combined grid
  solution. Interconnection of German, Swedish and
  Danish wind farms in the Kriegers Flak area
  through a modular-based combined solution,
  linking up the national grid connections - 150,00
  M
• COBRA CABLE Large capacity interconnector
  between the Netherlands and Denmark. Investment
  in innovative designs for direct connection of
  offshore wind farms and the modular start of the
  North Sea Grid - 86,54 M
• HVDC hub Addition of an intermediate offshore
  platform on the planned HVDC link (between
  Shetland and Scottish mainland) for connecting
  offshore wind and marine generation - 74,10 M

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Other ongoing EU funded (IEE) projects on
offshore wind

• WindSpeed
• Develop a GIS-based Decision Support System
  (DSS), allowing for a prioritised spatial
  deployment plan for offshore wind energy
• OffshoreGrid
• Techno-economic study programme to develop a
  scientifically based view on an offshore grid in
  Northern Europe along with a suited regulatory
  framework considering technical, economic, policy
  and regulatory aspects.
• SEANERGY
• Delivering Offshore Electricity to the EU
  spatial planning of offshore renewable energies
  and electricity grid infrastructures in an
  integrated EU maritime policy

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European Coordinator for Offshore Wind
Connections in Northern Europe

• Possibility provided for under Guidelines on
  Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E)
• Georg W. Adamowitsch appointed in September 2007
• European vision is promoted modular development,
  standards, acceleration of authorisation
  procedures

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