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Financiers able to invest EUR123 billion in offshore wind
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The offshore wind industry needs between EUR90 and EUR123 billion by 2020 to meet its 40 GW target
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Equity and debt providers are willing to invest but fear regulatory instability
The offshore wind energy sector needs up to EUR123 billion in investment between now and 2020 if it is to meet its target of 40 GW of installed capacity, and the financial community is able to invest this amount, new research shows.
Want to boost the economy today? Set a binding 2030 target, wind industry tells ministers
“We need a clear political target”
After the general elections in Germany two things seem certain. Angela Merkel is going to continue as Germany’s chancellor and there will definitely be changes to the current Renewable Energy Act.
In this insightful interview, New Energy asks EWEA’s CEO, Thomas Becker, how he thinks the German situation can affect European politics and what he perceives the challenges to be for the industry in the year ahead.
After the German election: what are offshore wind energy’s prospects?
Press conference, EWEA OFFSHORE 2013, Frankfurt, 20 November 2013, 13:00
The German coalition is planning to drastically reduce its support for wind energy and has cut its 2030 offshore wind energy target from 25 GW to 15 GW.
At a press conference next week at EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 in Frankfurt panelists will discuss what happens now for the offshore wind sector in Germany.
Unlocking the investment opportunities in offshore wind
“Is offshore wind worth the money? Markets say yes. Banks say yes.” So said Albert Jochems, Managing Director at Green Giraffe Energy Bankers yesterday during a live webcast on offshore wind energy yesterday afternoon.
Other panellists included Michael Hannibal, Head of Siemens Wind Power Offshore and Jacopo Moccia, EWEA’s Head of Political Affairs. Throughout the webcast discussions covered all issues central to the economics of offshore wind.
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Thought leaders to meet at EWEA OFFSHORE 2013
At the upcoming EWEA OFFSHORE event, political and industry leaders will debate 2030 targets, leading manufacturers will discuss how to lever the best state-of-the-art technology and industry experts will go into detail on financing offshore wind and taking turbines into deeper waters.
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New Energy’s Editor-in-Chief Jörg-Rainer Zimmermann talks about Germany’s renewable energy
With only a few weeks to go before Frankfurt Messe opens its doors to the offshore wind industry, we asked New Energy’s Editor-in-Chief Jörg-Rainer Zimmermann about Germany’s renewable energy market and the critical issues facing the offshore wind energy sector.
Ministers and industry chiefs to debate 2030 targets
Political and industry leaders will debate ‘2030 targets – the magic number?’ on the opening day of EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 on 19 November in Frankfurt.
Confirmed speakers:
- Daniel Johansson, State Secretary, Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communication, Sweden
- Melchior Wathelet, Secretary of State for the Environment, Energy and Mobility, Belgium
- Jos Delbeke, Director-General for Climate Action, European Commission
- Jens Tommerup, CEO Vestas-MHI Offshore Joint Venture, Denmark
- Henrik Poulsen, CEO, DONG Energy
European offshore wind industry needs regulatory stability and a post-2020 EU legislative framework
EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 – press registration now open
Between € 90 billion and € 123 billion are needed by the European offshore wind energy industry to meet its 2020 target of 40 GW. Yet the main obstacle to development is not the availability of the funding but the regulatory instability freezing the industry, a new report will show.
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Offshore wind in deep waters opens up massive power potential
Deep water wind turbines are key to unlocking the massive energy potential in Europe’s Atlantic and Mediterranean seas and the deepest parts of the North Sea, a new report from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) shows.
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New opportunities open up in offshore industry for the maritime sector
The accelerating offshore wind market represents a unique opportunity for other industries like the Maritime and Oil & Gas sectors to transfer their offshore know-how and industrial capabilities to the offshore wind energy market. As offshore wind projects are developed further from shore and in deeper waters, this experience will be valuable for the further development of the offshore wind energy industry.
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