European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

The WINDSPEED project: Finding Spatial Solutions for Offshore Wind in the North Sea

European Offshore Wind 2009 Conference

Stockholm, 14 September 2009

Karina Veum (ECN), Christoph Schillings (DLR), Thomas Wanderer (DLR)

www.windspeed.eu

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

WINDSPEED facts:

Spatial deployment of offshore wind energy in Europe

Client: DG TREN/EACI (Intelligent Energy for Europe Programme)

Budget: Euro 1.4 mill.

Duration: September 2008 – February 2011

Partners: 9

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

• Develop a Roadmap for large scale offshore wind deployment in the Central and Southern North Sea basin (BE, DE, DK, NL, NO, UK) up to 2030

• Develop a GIS-based Decision Support System (DSS) tool, allowing for spatial representation of wind energy potentials in relation to non-wind sea functions and environmental aspect

• Establish inventories (i) current and future sea use functions, (ii) location specific wind potential and wind energy costs, (iii) current grid infrastructure and future grid plans

• Identify interactions between offshore wind energy and non-wind sea functions, along with a methodology to quantify these interactions

• Identify barriers and potential surplus conditions in the grid

• Carry out scenario analysis of spatial opportunities for offshore wind energy deployment

WINDSPEED objectives

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

• Offshore wind energy deployment is triggering a need for maritime spatial planning

• Wind energy (onshore and offshore) crucial in terms of achieving 2020 RES targets

• Current national targets/ambitions and planning/zoning for offshore wind deployment in MS not sufficient, what additional space is needed and where

• Blueprint for a North Sea offshore grid is in the pipeline, identifying suitable areas for offshore wind energy deployment and planning offshore grid infrastructure go hand-in-hand

• Today, nationally fragmented approach to offshore wind energy development BUT what’s really needed is a trans-national approach

WINDSPEED motivation

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Project timeline & where we are

DSS training

Finalisation of roadmap

Dissemination of results

Use DSS tool to generate GIS maps based on

different development perspectives and allocation priorities

Consult stakeholders on case studies and scenarios

Start work on scenarios and roadmap

Complete data gathering & & inventories

Quantify impact of sea uses on other sea uses

Develop methodological framework for DSS,

defining input, output and functionality

Consult stakeholders

Sep 2008 Feb 2011

Year 1 (12 months) Year 2 (12 months) Year 3 (6 months)

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WindSpeed area

The following North Sea areas are covered:

• German• Dutch• Belgian• British (partially)• Danish• Norwegian (partially)

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

Wind potential and costs depend on external factors, such as ….

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Current non-wind sea use functions occupying space, such as ….

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and ….

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Interactions between sea use functions

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

Interactions between sea use functions

• Shooting ranges• Flying manoeuvres• Munitions dumping

sites• Defence radar• Submarine activities• etc

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Assessing spatial opportunities for offshore wind

Illustration of potential measures to make more space available for offshore wind parks

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

Process chain of the DSS tool

Insert map

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

What can the DSS deliver?

Maps & statistics on (not exhaustive list):

• suitable area (absolute and %)

• excluded area (absolute and %)

• exclusively excluded area by function (absolute and %)

• costs (€/MWh) for suitable area

• capacity (GWh/a) in suitable area

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Country AEP

[TWh/a] BE 2 DE 80 DK 261 NL 15 NO 598 UK 1050

Total ~ 2000

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

Parameter Setting

Shipping Density class 4 & 5 excluded

Distance to shore Min. 10km, max. 200 km

Maximum sea depth 40m (no floating turbines)

Military zones All areas excluded

Buffer zones – oil & gas platforms

1000m

Buffer zones – cables & pipelines 1000m

Nature conservation areas All areas excluded

Conservative scenario

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

Parameter Setting

Shipping Only density class 5 excluded

Distance to shore Min. 10km, max. 371 km

Maximum sea depth 200 m

Military zones Exclusion of munitions and mine areas only

Buffer zones – oil & gas platforms

500m

Buffer zones – cables & pipelines 500m

Nature conservation areas Exclusion of bird zones only

Progressive scenario

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Comparison of two possible scenarios

European Offshore Wind Conference 2009 – Stockholm, 14 September 2009

Thank you for your attention!For more information: www.windspeed.eu

(NB! First set of deliverables now available on the WindSpeed website)