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THE REPORT IDENTIFIES SOME 500 GW OF PROJECTS AND

DEVELOPMENT ZONES CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING AND

DEVELOPMENT STAGES, LAID OUT IN THE REPORT AS WELL AS IN A

CORRESPONDING ONLINE DATABASE

HTTP://WWW.WORLDENERGYREPORTS.COM/WIND-DB still in early stages of planning and development. ther from shore. Offshore wind farms need servicing, creating

With a pipeline of activity so large, there’s plenty of work even more work for a wide range of support providers—from to be had by existing players and new entrants alike. We’ve boatbuilders to turbine technicians. In Europe, for example, already seen a number of traditional offshore oil and gas play- onshore operation support bases are having associated posi- ers—from operators such as Shell, Total, Equinor and Rep- tive impacts (long-term direct jobs, and bolstered local sup- sol, all the way down the supply chain—transfer their skillset ply chains) in port regions that had been historically active into the offshore wind market over the years. For these frms but have struggled more recently due depressed oil and gas and others, including traditional offshore oil and gas players and shipping markets. Using the current UK $94,000/MW/ such as yards for jacket and HVDC substation fabrication, as year operational expenditure (opex) cost, the current pipeline well as for construction and assembly of foating foundations, of projects could require up to $46.6 billion of annual opex opportunities abound as projects get larger, deeper and fur- spend within the next decade, says WER.

WIND TECH

FEEL THE POWER

Wind turbine maker Siemens

Gamesa has unveiled a new SG 14- 222 DD offshore Direct Drive wind turbine with 14 MW capacity. The capacity can reach up to 15 MW using the company’s Power Boost function, a 222-meter diameter rotor, 108-meter long blades and a 39,000-square-meter swept area.

The 14 MW capacity allows one

SG 14-222 DD machine able to provide enough energy to power approximately 18,000 average

European households every year.

Approximately 30 SG 14-222

DD offshore wind turbines could furthermore cover the annual electricity consumption of Bilbao,

Spain, Siemens Gamesa said.

The turbines have already been earmarked for the proposed 2,640-

MW Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia

Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the

U.S. The prototype will be ready in 2021 with the turbines expected to be commercially available in 2024.

Source: Siemens

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