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❓ Wondering how South Korea's offshore wind market is shaping up in 2024? Discover how the industry is evolving and 5 key trends that define it in our latest article. From enhanced grid integration to the rise of floating wind farms and the increasing need for skilled talent, get a comprehensive view of the market's movement. 👉 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/dK6bgBau Want to stay updated on our activities in Korea? Follow our page for the latest news. #offshorewind #southkore #marketdevelopment

Poland Launches Offshore Wind Era with Baltic Power Project, Driving Energy Security and EU Decarbonization Goals Reading Time: 3 minutesPoland is ramping up its domestic offshore wind supply chain to become the leading offshore wind player in the Baltic Sea. Work on the construction of two substations for Poland’s first offshore wind farm is now complete. This marks the kick-off of commercial-scale offshore wind development in Polish waters. Meanwhile, the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU has made energy security and industrial competitiveness two of its main priorities. On 23 January 2025, Grupa Przemysłowa Baltic (GPB), a Polish company specializing in manufacturing complex steel structures, hosted a high-level event to celebrate the completion of […] - https://lnkd.in/dKMCwu5v #windenergy #windturbines #offshorewind #windturbine #cleanenergy #climatechange #sustainability #energynews #smartenergy #windfarm #windindustry #renewableenergy #renewables #decarbonisation #energysecurity #eu #europe #offshorewind #renewableenergy #windenergy #windfarm #windeurope

Offshore wind is slated to provide six gigawatts of power to Vietnam’s electricity grid by 2030, according to the Power Development Plan 8. As yet, however, no offshore wind projects have been approved. It is, therefore, looking increasingly unlikely there will be any offshore wind by 2030 at all, let alone six gigawatts. In this light, this article looks at the challenges facing offshore wind development in Vietnam, the obstacles that need to be overcome, and where it can realistically expect to be by 2030. https://lnkd.in/g5YDAc72

Did you know: In 2023 #Poland built out a record 1.2 GW of onshore wind power, bringing its total installed capacity to around 9.4 GW. 🇵🇱 WindEurope says: “Offshore wind in Poland is set to take off in earnest from 2025 when the projects awarded in the first auction in 2021 could start coming online. In total we expect 5.2 GW to be connected by 2030, coming up just short of the 2030 offshore target of 5.9 GW.” That's why we're investing big in the Polish #RenewableEnergy Market. Find out more about our plans here: https://ow.ly/hkYR50SYhzg

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has indicated Vietnam's🇻🇳 wind industry recovery in 2023, urging faster regulation formulation and indicating potential delays in achieving the goal of grid-connecting first-generation offshore #windpower by 2030.

IRENA: ‘Accelerate International Cooperation on Floating Wind to Prevent Development of Silos’ As of 2023, there was around 270MW of floating wind capacity in operation, with the global pipeline for new floating projects standing at 244GW, according to a market outlook report commissioned by the 2023 Japanese G7 Presidency & issued by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). According to the report, meeting the 1.5°C goal requires 494GW of offshore wind capacity on the grids globally by 2030 & 2,465GW by 2050. Despite progress in building new offshore wind farms, there was a total of 63GW of installed capacity in 2022. And just as there are calls to help the global offshore wind industry bring projects to realisation faster, the floating wind industry is seeing recommendations & initiatives to scale up the industry, bring the costs down & roll out floating wind farms more quickly. In the floating offshore wind outlook, issued this July, IRENA outlines several observations with recommended actions to help put floating wind on a fast track. Among the recommendations is for the countries with floating wind to accelerate international cooperation, as floating offshore wind is currently concentrated in certain markets. IRENA says that “it is imperative that, from the start, international cooperation in this field continues to scale up & prevent the development of silos”. To achieve this, G7 members should cooperate with IRENA’s Collaborative Framework to collect & disseminate key trends/learnings from floating offshore wind. The report also states countries should continue to participate in joint research projects within the G7 & other countries. “To drive international co-operation, there is a need to continue developing joint R&D programmes & projects on floating offshore wind. This is already happening in this space, for example with Japan entering partnerships with Denmark & Norway”, the report reads. One of the actions the Agency lists in its recommendations is setting long-term deployment & cost-reduction targets for floating offshore wind, in line with the 2030 Agenda & beyond. The report further also calls for directing more resources & investment towards existing floating wind solutions, in consultation with the industry, to promote economies of scale. IRENA also notes that, while the coupling of floating wind and hydrogen is currently not a priority for the industry, pilot initiatives are demonstrating the potential opportunities so continued innovation & investment in this space should be encouraged. In the report, IRENA listed a total of eleven observations, each accompanied by recommended action points. My View - exciting times for floating wind ahead. What do you think? Original article by Offshorewind .biz #offshorewind #floatingwind #windenergy https://lnkd.in/ed6EU_Qi

Thanks to the The Irish Times for this very fair article and it was a pleasure to discuss the unparalleled opportunities for Ireland with Kevin O'Sullivan last week. The Shannon Estuary Taskforce, at the request of the government, gave over 5,000 hours of their personal time to work on this and other opportunities. The then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Ministers Eamon Ryan, Simon Coveney, Norma Foley, all with truly inspirational words, launched our report last July including a Plan, agreed by all Stakeholders, to harvest power from Atlantic wind by 2032. One part of that plan requires investment in the 2 deep water ports of the Shannon Estuary, just like the investments that are now underway in many countries in Europe. Minister Ryan was very clear at recent IEA conference in Paris that governments need to ‘get out of the way’ and let industry get on with the work. https://lnkd.in/esXxAas8 We note government support for our State energy company ESB in its efforts to develop 2 floating wind farms for the benefit of the Scottish economy in the last several years. Just like the other developers, ESB have made no progress here on building floating wind farms, despite the need. Our new Taoiseach, Simon Harris has promised ‘a new energy’ for his tenure as leader of our government and has appointed a new generation of Ministers. Let us hope now that this government will show the vision and leadership of the first government of this State who built Ardnacrusha, the world’s largest hydroelectric plant in its day, a century ago. Today, the risk is beyond miniscule for a government spending €110 billion this year, but the rewards over the next century will be orders greater. Power from floating wind @ 10m/s will be equivalent in cost to fixed by 2035. We have 14 m/s wind speeds in the Atlantic, and as power is proportional to the cube of wind speed, 14 is 2.7 times better than 10! In this increasingly digital world, the countries that can offer large amounts of green energy to society will win, and we are already 5 years behind our neighbours. We eagerly await the new energy of this administration. The Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce plans are ready.

Case studies from Denmark (Port of Esbjerg) and France (Port La Nouvelle, near Narbonne) in the excellent recent article by Kevin O'Sullivan in the The Irish Times shows the impact of vision and ambition for offshore wind elsewhere in Europe. Barry O'Sullivan chairman of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce is quoted as saying "the Shannon estuary should be seen as the green front door for Europe, such is the depth, shelter, wet storage capacity and offshore wind speeds nearby". In order to achieve this, we can learn from our neighbours. "To justify the necessary investments, it is important to adopt a more regional or global perspective. This is the main lesson learned from the experience of Port Esbjerg, which can help the industry reach its full potential.” “Port-La Nouvelle, near Narbonne, in southern France is the only port with dedicated facilities to build and assemble offshore floating wind turbines close to the best windy location in the western Mediterranean. The port is publicly owned by Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée, the second-largest region in France, and privately managed. It is spending more than €680 million enlarging facilities, with funding secured through the regional government to ensure it does not transgress EU state aid rules. Port-La Nouvelle attracted private investment following the success of the initial partly state-funded projects”. https://lnkd.in/gceTuuMb

IRENA: ‘Accelerate International Cooperation on Floating Wind to Prevent Development of Silos’ As of 2023, there was around 270MW of floating wind capacity in operation, with the global pipeline for new floating projects standing at 244GW, according to a market outlook report commissioned by the 2023 Japanese G7 Presidency & issued by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). According to the report, meeting the 1.5°C goal requires 494GW of offshore wind capacity on the grids globally by 2030 & 2,465GW by 2050. Despite progress in building new offshore wind farms, there was a total of 63GW of installed capacity in 2022. And just as there are calls to help the global offshore wind industry bring projects to realisation faster, the floating wind industry is seeing recommendations & initiatives to scale up the industry, bring the costs down & roll out floating wind farms more quickly. In the floating offshore wind outlook, issued this July, IRENA outlines several observations with recommended actions to help put floating wind on a fast track. Among the recommendations is for the countries with floating wind to accelerate international cooperation, as floating offshore wind is currently concentrated in certain markets. IRENA says that “it is imperative that, from the start, international cooperation in this field continues to scale up & prevent the development of silos”. To achieve this, G7 members should cooperate with IRENA’s Collaborative Framework to collect & disseminate key trends/learnings from floating offshore wind. The report also states countries should continue to participate in joint research projects within the G7 & other countries. “To drive international co-operation, there is a need to continue developing joint R&D programmes & projects on floating offshore wind. This is already happening in this space, for example with Japan entering partnerships with Denmark & Norway”, the report reads. One of the actions the Agency lists in its recommendations is setting long-term deployment & cost-reduction targets for floating offshore wind, in line with the 2030 Agenda & beyond. The report further also calls for directing more resources & investment towards existing floating wind solutions, in consultation with the industry, to promote economies of scale. IRENA also notes that, while the coupling of floating wind and hydrogen is currently not a priority for the industry, pilot initiatives are demonstrating the potential opportunities so continued innovation & investment in this space should be encouraged. In the report, IRENA listed a total of eleven observations, each accompanied by recommended action points. Our View - exciting times for floating wind ahead. What do you think? Original article by Offshorewind .biz #offshorewind #floatingwind #windenergy https://lnkd.in/dp7cnWEw

It was both an honour and a privilege for the UL Executive MBA 2nd Year class to engage in energetic dialogue and discussion yesterday with Chairman Barry O'Sullivan, and Task Force members @LuukVanderWielen, Siobhan Dolan Clancy & Eamonn Murphy Prof. (Emeritus) regarding the implementation of the Shannon Estuary Economic Task Force report & recommendations as part of their strategy implementation module. A truly inspirational vision which now requires urgent action! #ULMBA#ShannonEstuaryTaskForce#DesirableFutures#SustainableEnterprise