Floating Offshore Wind a Global Opportunity – Focus on Europe
Channel: Global Wind Energy Council
Date: 2022-04-21

To deliver net zero, offshore wind delivery needs to accelerate rapidly. For many countries however, the focus will need to be on deployment of floating offshore wind. Countries like the UK and South Korea are leading floating offshore wind growth, but many countries have the right conditions to see rapid floating offshore wind growth.

In GWEC’s 2022 report “Floating Offshore Wind – a Global Opportunity”, we set out the case for floating offshore wind and identified a chasing pack of countries that could challenge early pioneer markets.

In this webinar, held jointly with WindEurope, we look at the prognosis for floating growth in Europe, and focus on 2 countries highlighted in our report – Italy and Ireland.

SCHEDULE
Floating Offshore Wind a Global Opportunity – European focus, in association with WindEurope

Timings Approximate: 
Welcome, Henrik Stiesdal, Chair, GWEC Floating Offshore Wind Taskforce

5 minutes: Floating Offshore Wind – a Global Opportunity – presentation on GWEC’s latest report
Maf Smith, Vice Chair, GWEC Floating Offshore Wind Taskforce

20 minutes: Scaling up Floating Offshore Wind towards competitiveness
Lizet Ramirez, Analyst, Offshore Wind - WindEurope

40 minutes: Europe’s emerging Chasing Pack – profiling the Italian and Irish floating offshore wind markets
Maria Bohsen, Head of Research & Analytics - Aegir Insights

1 hour: Discussion with our expert panel:

·       Niall Goodwin, Head of Policy - Wind Energy Ireland

·       Davide Astiaso Garcia, Secretary General, ANEV (Italian Wind Energy Association)

·       Lizet Ramirez, Analyst, Offshore wind - WindEurope

·       Karolina, Pietrzak, Simply Blue Group