1. Offshore Wind International Review Luciano Pirazzi ENEA

2. A few data about offshore wind installations at the end of 2008 1,471 MW wind power capacity 2% of the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in the European Union 357 MW installed in 2008 According to EWEA 3.5 GW should be installed by 2010, 35 GW by 2020 and 120 GW by 2030

3. Source: EWEA

5. TPWind Strategic Research Agenda Market Deployment Strategy From 2008 to 2030 2030 Objective More than 10% Europe’s electricity demand from offshore wind Offshore generating costs competitive with other sources Commercially mature technology with a water depth of up to 50m Technology proven through full-scale demonstration in deeper water

6. TPWind Research topics Sub-structures Assembly, installation, decommissioning Electrical infrastructures Turbines Operation & maintenance

7. TPWind Common Themes

8. Denmark

11. Germany

16. Republic of Korea

19. Netherlands

21. Portugal

23. Wind energy schemes in the development cycle in the U.K. As of October 2008 Onshore status Schem es MW Cap Offshore Status Schem es MW Cap Operational1862,590Operational7566 Under construction 27772Under construction 7467 Approved, not built 1313,379Approved, not built 93,413 In planning2627,142In planning51,678 Source: BWEA

24. Spain

26. What about the Mediterranean Sea? Potential of 2000-4000 MW in Italian waters deeper than 60 m estimated from Wind Atlas carried out by Cesi Ricerca Blue H launched a first floating 80 kW wind turbine offshore southern Italy at the end of 2007 off the Apulian coast

28. G.I.S. evaluation of Italian potential sites for offshore wind farms OWEMES 2006 Carlo TRICOLI, Mattia BARSANTI, Ivana DELBONO

29. PON-ATAS program GIS on Sicily Region (south Italy): physical data Luciano PIRAZZI, Mattia BARSANTI, Ivana DELBONO

30. From potential to installation: environmental and social - economics aspects www.enea.it

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