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What can be secured in the 2024 wind energy pipeline? This is the question asked by Kevin O Sullivan in the The Irish Times, in a look-ahead for the new year. Thanks to Kevin for inviting me to contribute. If 2023 was about policy shifts and incremental progress, 2024 needs to be about policy certainty and ambitious pathways that accelerate Ireland's potential to unlock our vast offshore wind potential. First, we need a plan... Targets without deliverables and milestones are empty vessels. The publication of the Government's Future Framework in Q1 must address this. Second, the Industry Strategy, currently under development, must address the question of route to market. Demonstrating ambition means looking beyond 2030, towards a plan for achieving net zero by 2050, plus a roadmap for energy export and related infrastructure investment. Third, DMAPS, (Designated Maritime Areas), need to be urgently produced for the south west and west coasts this year. The process needs to be made much more efficient, through learnings from the initial south coast DMAP process. There is a huge offshore wind opportunity at stake, that can deliver for the economy, the regions, energy security, climate and environment. Lets make 2024 count. https://lnkd.in/dxxu4AAS

#EU will install 29 GW #windpower, a year on average over 2024-30. This will bring the installed #windcapacity to 393 GW in 2030.: #WindEurope’s annual outlook show EU #wind #energytarget for 2030 is within reach. This is mainly thanks to the improvements in permitting and a rebound in investments. 2023 saw a major political turnaround for EU’s Wind Power Package which 26 Governments then endorsed in European Wind Charter. But obstacles remain. The biggest threat now to the accelerated expansion of wind is the timely expansion of Europe onshore and offshore electricity grids. EU installed a record amount of 16.2 GW new #wind energy capacity in #2023 & 79% was onshorewind. And more than 1 GW came from the repowering of old turbines. Germany installed the most new capacity followed by the Netherlands and Sweden. The share of #wind in total EU #electricity consumption in 2023 was 19% while 12% came from #hydropower and 8% came from #solar. #Renewables in total were 42% of the #electricitymix. WindEurope forecasts that EU will install 29 GW a year on average over 2024-30. This will bring EU installed #wind capacity to 393 GW in 2030, compared to 425 GW needed to deliver Europe climate and energy targets. In the period of 2024 - 2030, two-thirds of new installations will continue to be #onshore. But #offshore wind installations will rapidly pick up towards the end of the decade. In 2030 new offshore installations will be almost the same as new onshore installations. 2023 saw significant improvements in areas critical to the expansion of #wind energy. Things are improving on permitting. Europe approved significantly more permits for new onshore wind farms in 2023 than in previous years. This is thanks in large part to new EU rules on renewables permitting. “Things are looking up again for #wind in Europe” says WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson. “Permitting has improved thanks to new EU rules. Wind investments are up. Record volumes are being auctioned and built. Governments have committed with Wind Power Package and Charter to strengthen Europe wind energy industry. The industry in turn is recovering. Europe’s wind supply chain is returning to profit and building new factories needed to deliver the EU targets. We’re now confident that we can get close to EU goal that wind is 35% of electricity by 2030, up from 19% today-provided Europe accelerates the build-out of grids to connect all the new wind farms.” #Windpower #RenewableEnergy WindEurope Vasiliki Klonari Capucine Vannoorenberghe Yiğit Güven Elena Beianu Christina P. Prifti Giles Dickson Türkiye Rüzgar Enerjisi Birliği (TÜREB) Ibrahim Erden, MSc, MBA Ebru ARICI Erinç KISA Mustafa Kemal Güngör Murat Colakoglu Dr. İskender Kökey Orhan Gayretli Arif Günyar https://lnkd.in/dv9W5r5d

New Post: Vattenfall awarded another German wind power project - https://lnkd.in/eN-4Y6Zw Wind Energy - Off Germany Vattenfall has obtained the right to develop the N-6.6 offshore wind power project off the German North Sea coast after having exercised its right of entry. Together with the project N-7.2 in the same area, the two projects are expected to generate fossil-free electricity corresponding to the consumption of more than 1.7 million German households. As part of the tender process for the construction of a large wind farm off the German island of Borkum in the German North Sea coast, Vattenfall has informed German authority that it is exercising right of entry to the project, thereby obtaining the right to develop and construct the wind farm. The project, also called ‘Nordlicht II’, will fully developed have an output of 630 MW. In September 2022, Vattenfall exercised its right of entry for another project, located in the same area, the N-7.2 or ‘Nordlicht I’. With an combined installed capacity of 1.610 GW, the two projects can produce enough electricity corresponding to the yearly consumption of more than 1.7 million German households. Following a final investment decision by Vattenfall, ‘Nordlicht I’ can be connected to the German electricity grid sometime in 2027 and ‘Nordlicht II’ in 2028. The project was originally developed under the name ‘Atlantis I’. Vattenfall acquired the project in 2017, but when a new offshore wind tendering system was put into place, the area was auctioned out again. Vattenfall holds the right of entry. The project is located 85 kilometres off the island of Borkum on the German North Sea coast.

Delve into WindEurope’s Annual Statistics and Outlook Report to uncover fascinating insights about #windenergy in Europe. Key highlights include installation trends, the outlook for 2024-2030, and the intersection of #offshorewind projects and #biodiversity, among other topics. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eXnuqHmY

Great report from WindEurope and a record: 16GW of new wind 🌬 capacity installed in 2023 in Europe! Still half of what we should be building to meet our 2030 objectives but the path is set. For the first in 2023 Wind 🌬 generation overtook Gas generation and Solar ☀ should follow this year. New EU rules on permitting are already delivering an increase in permitting volumes for new wind farms in many countries and the next challenge the industry will be facing is delays to connection to the grid. The EU Grids Action Plan is a good step towards increasing the capacity and flexibility of our electrical network. Hybrid projects should be the norm in the near future. The complementarity of wind and solar is not to demonstrated and hybrid projects are the way to make the best use of the existing grid capacity. At Akuo, we are ready! WindEurope Akuo #wind #solar #hybrid

No Bids for Offshore Wind in UK Government Auction Driving through Europe recent I was impressed at how the network of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging has developed and the number of EVs that on are now being driven around Europe. Also, the amount of Solar and Wind energy installation. It was good to see how energy transition is building momentum. The news that no new offshore wind project contracted have been bought by developers at the UK government auction recently, is a remind that road toward Net Zero is still at early stages and there is much more to do, and that to achieve Net Zero will require continued application of our skills and ingenuity. https://lnkd.in/eAZCfX2k