PLANS TO OPTIMISE OFFSHORE WIND FARMS

A joint industry programme was launched on the 3rd of December 2020 by the Carbon Trust which aims to increase the contribution of offshore wind to reduce the cost, allow flexibility, reliability and increase the likelihood of achieving a Low Carbon energy future. EnBW, Equinor, RWE, ScottishPower Renewables, Total and Vattenfall, six of the largest offshore wind farm developers, have joined forces to deliver a series of projects over the next year, as part of a developer-led programme in the field of offshore wind generation. This will be the first of its kind and plans to reduce the levelised cost of offshore energy. In turn, this will make the building of new wind farms cheaper for all involved.  
Jan Matthiesen, Director - Offshore Wind, the Carbon Trust, commented: “Industry and governments recognise that successful cost reduction in offshore wind has paved the way for it to play a larger role in the generation mix of a net-zero future.

Building on the Carbon Trust’s extensive experience of designing and managing collaborative innovation programmes for offshore wind, The Integrator marks the opening of a new chapter to investigate the interplay between offshore wind and other technologies to understand the opportunities that exist for offshore wind to extend beyond electricity generation.”

Through the improvement of wind power generation and the development of larger, more powerful wind farms the plan to achieving net-zero carbon emissions is becoming a reality. 

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