COREWIND: Improving competitiveness of floating offshore wind through cost-reduction

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Meet the COREWIND delegation and learn more about latest innovations in wind energy!

The 16th Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) Conference will take place in Prague, Czechia on 9-10 November 2022.
Co-organised under the auspices of the Czech Presidency by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade and the European Commission, the Conference will bring together high-level speakers, policymakers, industry, researchers, academia and the general public.

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Floating offshore wind is no longer consigned to the laboratory: it’s a viable technology ready to be rolled out on an industrial scale.

📆 9 February 2022 🕰 10:00-11:30 CET

Not only has the technology for floating offshore wind reached maturity, costs are also predicted to plummet with the development of the first commercial projects. The COREWIND project provides disruptive and cost-effective solutions for floating offshore wind technology, leading to costs lower than 100€/MWh.

This innovative project is developing research, modelling and optimization for concrete-based semi-submersible and spar floating structures concepts. Join floating offshore experts from IREC, INNOSEA, Ramboll, IHCantabria and other partners in COREWIND to know more!

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This webinar was organised in the framework of the Work Package 8 as part of the events and workshops to be organised by the COREWIND project. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, this event took place online.

Floating offshore wind is no longer consigned to the laboratory: it’s a viable technology ready to be rolled out on an industrial scale. Not only has the technology for floating offshore wind reached maturity, costs are also predicted to plummet with the development of the first commercial projects. The COREWIND project provides disruptive and cost-effective solutions for floating offshore wind technology, leading to costs lower than 100€/MWh. This innovative project is developing research, modelling and optimization for concrete-based, semi-submersible and spar floating structures concepts. Join floating offshore experts from IREC, UPC, Esteyco and Ramboll and other partners in COREWIND to know more!

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This webinar was organised in the framework of the Work Package 8 as part of the events and workshops to be organised by the COREWIND project. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, this event took place online.

Floating offshore wind has a huge potential which remains largely unexploited. Massive amounts of wind resources exist in deep waters (+60m) where an estimated potential capacity of 4000 GW could be installed. This would open the door to offshore wind installations for countries such as Norway, Spain or Portugal. One of the main drawbacks hindering floating offshore wind expansion is cost.

This technology is still relatively expensive with a LCOE well above bottom fix technology. Innovative responses to key challenges on mooring and anchoring technology, power cables interconnection and O&M strategies are essential to pave the way for cost-competitive floating offshore wind.

This workshop-style webinar will explore some of the solutions to these challenges together with experts, practitioners and captains of industry with insights from the COREWIND project (COst REduction and Increase Performance of floating WIND technology).

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This webinar was organised in the framework of the Work Package 8 as part of the events and workshops to be organised by the COREWIND project. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, this event took place online.