European Offshore Wind 2009

First Northern European Stakeholder Workshop

14 September 2009, Stockholm

Presentations to download:

Introduction and IEE OffshoreGrid: Objectives & Approach
Glória Rodrigues, EWEA, Belgium & Achim Woyte, 3E, Belgium (PDF - 1.1MB)

RE scenarios in Baltic Sea and North Sea
Katarzyna Michalowska-Knap, IEO, Poland (PDF - 300KB)

Regional Power Markets in Northern Europe - Inventory and Trends
Chantira Srikandam, dena, Germany (PDF - 1.2MB)

IEE Project OffshoreGrid: Objectives, Approach and First Results (PDF - 360KB)

The objective of the project is to provide policy recommendations for the process towards an offshore electricity grid in Northern Europe. OffshoreGrid will develop a scientific overview along with an appropriate regulatory framework that takes into account technical, economic and policy aspects. The project consortium aims to interact with key stakeholders in offshore transmission infrastructure.

OffshoreGrid is funded by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) in the Intelligent Energy Europe programme. The project was launched in May 2009. Its intermediate results are anticipated by the European Commission as techno-economic input for its Blueprint for an Offshore Grid, which will be launched by the end of 2010.

Target audience

The first Northern European Stakeholder Workshop was targeted towards European and national policy makers, transmission system operators, regulators, energy utilities, wind farm developers, energy agencies and other actors involved in offshore infrastructure development in Northern Europe.

The workshop programme featured plenary and round-table sessions for a fruitful and open interaction.

The Workshop provided participants with information on the following:

• General approach and objectives of the OffshoreGrid project
• First results of the preparatory work packages:
  • description of the status and future trends of European market integration;
  • inventory of possible wind farm locations with installed capacity;
  • expected interconnection schedule for the 2020 and 2030 scenarios.

Workshop programme