European Offshore Wind 2011

The evolution of the offshore wind energy industry (PDF - 817 KB):
• The first offshore wind farm;
• The biggest offshore wind farm (to date);
• Installed capacity;
• Market shares;
• Future growth;
• Trends.

Jacopo Moccia, Head of Policy Analysis Unit, EWEA

The fundamentals of offshore wind energy (PDF - 2.6 MB):
•  Offshore wind turbine design: how they work;
•  Different types onshore and offshore;
•  How they are evolving (R&D).

Jos Beurskens, Senior Scientist, ECN Wind Energy, The Netherlands

Introduction to offshore wind resources (PDF - 2.6 MB):
• Advantages & disadvantages of moving offshore;
• Pre-construction;
• Resource assessment;
• Predicting offshore winds;
 – Climate;
 – Vertical profiles;
• Impacts on offshore resources;
 – Changes in roughness;
 – Sea breezes, low-level jets.

Hans Ejsing Jørgensen, Head of Meteorology Programme, Risø-DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Denmark

Turbines and substructures (PDF - 1.0 MB):
•  Introduction;
•  Offshore wind turbines;
•  Offshore substructures.

Athanasia Arapogianni, Research Officer, EWEA

Ports & vessels (PDF - 1.1 MB):
•  Vessels for the installation of foundations and wind turbine generators;
•  Subsea cable installation;
•  Substation installation;
•  Ports.

Erik ter Horst GL Garrad Hassan Nederland B.V.

Local environmental issues (PDF - 1.0 MB):
•  Potential environmental impacts (in comparison to onshore wind);
•  Best practices of the wind industry;
•  Technical mitigation measures (tested or implemented).

Angeliki Koulouri, Research Officer, EWEA

Grid issues (PDF - 381 KB):
•  Applicable regulatory regime;
•  Connection requirements;
•  Electrical design equipment capabilities.

Colin Morgan, Regional Manager – UK, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia, GL Garrad Hassan

Project Finance (PDF - 1.1 MB):
•  Theory;
•  Contractual packages;
•  Debt sizing principles;
•  Risk analysis.

Jérôme Guillet, Green Giraffe Energy Bankers, France