Offshore Wind International Review Luciano Pirazzi ENEA

A few data about offshore wind installations at the end of ,471 MW wind power capacity 2% of the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in the European Union 357 MW installed in 2008 According to EWEA 3.5 GW should be installed by 2010, 35 GW by 2020 and 120 GW by 2030

Source: EWEA

TPWind Strategic Research Agenda Market Deployment Strategy From 2008 to Objective More than 10% Europe’s electricity demand from offshore wind Offshore generating costs competitive with other sources Commercially mature technology with a water depth of up to 50m Technology proven through full-scale demonstration in deeper water

TPWind Research topics Sub-structures Assembly, installation, decommissioning Electrical infrastructures Turbines Operation & maintenance

TPWind Common Themes

Denmark

Germany

Republic of Korea

Netherlands

Portugal

Wind energy schemes in the development cycle in the U.K. As of October 2008 Onshore status Schem es MW Cap Offshore Status Schem es MW Cap Operational1862,590Operational7566 Under construction 27772Under construction 7467 Approved, not built 1313,379Approved, not built 93,413 In planning2627,142In planning51,678 Source: BWEA

Spain

What about the Mediterranean Sea? Potential of MW in Italian waters deeper than 60 m estimated from Wind Atlas carried out by Cesi Ricerca Blue H launched a first floating 80 kW wind turbine offshore southern Italy at the end of 2007 off the Apulian coast

G.I.S. evaluation of Italian potential sites for offshore wind farms OWEMES 2006 Carlo TRICOLI, Mattia BARSANTI, Ivana DELBONO

PON-ATAS program GIS on Sicily Region (south Italy): physical data Luciano PIRAZZI, Mattia BARSANTI, Ivana DELBONO

From potential to installation: environmental and social - economics aspects

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