EWEA OFFSHORE 2011: Pre-event seminar: Wind Energy

Pre-event seminar:
Wind Energy - The Facts: Offshore

Monday 28 November 2011, Amsterdam

Building on the success of its 'Wind Energy - The Facts' publication, widely considered to be the most reliable reference published to date, EWEA preceded EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 with an introduction to wind energy, with a particular focus on offshore.

Presentations delivered at the pre-event seminar are available to pre-event seminar delegates (via access restricted link sent by) and EWEA members (on request: please email tr(at)ewea.org).

Programme

Session One: The basics: wind and wind turbines

Chair: Jacopo Moccia, Head of Policy Analysis Unit, EWEA

The evolution of the offshore wind energy industry: • 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: • 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: • 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

Session Two: Offshore wind energy supply chain

Chair: Anne-Bénédicte Genachte, Regulatory Affairs Advisor – Offshore, EWEA

Turbines and substructures: • Introduction; • Offshore wind turbines; • Offshore substructures.	Athanasia Arapogianni, Research Officer, EWEA
Ports & vessels: • 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.

Session Three: Broader Issues

Chair: Dorina Iuga, ‘Wind Energy – The Facts’ Project Manager, EWEA

Local environmental issues: • 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: • Applicable regulatory regime; • Connection requirements; • Electrical design equipment capabilities.	Colin Morgan, Regional Manager – UK, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia, GL Garrad Hassan
Project Finance: • Theory; • Contractual packages; • Debt sizing principles; • Risk analysis.	Jérôme Guillet, Green Giraffe Energy Bankers, France

The 'Wind Energy – The Facts' publication is widely considered to be the most important wind energy reference in the world. It presents a detailed overview of the wind energy sector, with the most up-to-date and in-depth information on the essential issues concerning wind power today.

'Wind Energy - The Facts' (hardback, 488 pages, ISBN: 978184407710) was published in March 2009 and can be ordered from the publisher, Earthscan

EWEA members receive a 20% discount when ordering 'Wind Energy - The Facts' or any other publication by Earthscan.

The full contents of the book is downloadable free of charge in PDF format from www.wind-energy-the-facts.org

'Wind Energy - The Facts' is a European project financed by the Intelligent Energy - Europe programme of the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation. For more information see http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/