Joint IWG Ocean & Wind workshop: R&I needs for co-location of offshore wind and ocean energy

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The IWG for ocean energy and the IWG for wind energy (SET Plan Implementation Working Groups) are organising a joint offshore wind and ocean energy workshop. ETIP Ocean is supporting the event’s organisation.

The workshop’s purpose is to bring together representatives from the ocean energy, wind ETIP, and IWG communities to identify Research and innovation topics on the co-location of these two technologies.

The outcomes of this workshop will be fed into EU funding programmes, notably under the Clean Energy Transition Partnership and the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership, to result in funding opportunities in future calls.

Topics discussed by the participants during this workshop will include:

• Exploration of system integration needs to support the development of co-located projects (offshore wind and wave);
• Shared use of space for generation projects (offshore wind, wave, floating solar PV);
• More efficient use of shared infrastructure assets (intra-array cables, collection hubs, export cables, etc.);
• More efficient offshore operations and maintenance.

The workshop will aim to answer the following questions:

• What are the main issues for co-location from a technical perspective?
• What are the benefits of co-location from an economic perspective?
• What are the barriers from a regulatory perspective?

If you join in person, the event will take place at WindEurope offices at Rue Belliard 40, 1040 Brussels.

Explore the workshop’s key takeaways in the summary here.