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Annex A – Scenario details
A.I Offshore wind power
Scenarios
An important task in the OffshoreGrid project was the
development of offshore wind power scenarios. They
are mainly based on the latest EWEA offshore wind
farms scenario [20] and on the onshore scenarios developed
in TradeWind [24], however data have been
verified and new records have been added according
to the latest announcements of authorities and project
developers. The database included 373 records (wind
farm concepts) with a total capacity of over 180 GW
in 15 countries (apart from Northern EU countries,
also Norway and Russia has been considered). About
50 GW of them are well advanced projects, where developers
and/or investors are clear and the permitting
procedure is ongoing.
FiGuRe 9.1: GeOGRaphic distRibutiOn OF identiFied OFFshORe pROjects
On the basis of collected data, medium (2020) and
long term (2030) scenarios have been developed. The
main assumptions were:
• The current proactive governmental policy towards
the wind farms will be continued and joined by
other countries,
• Wind farms licensed already (or well defined areas
approved) and with advanced permitting procedure
will be implemented before 2020, where the wind
farms operating in 2030 will be located in already
identified zones,
• Innovative concepts, like far (>60 km from shore)
and deep (>60 m water depth) offshore, will not
significantly contribute before 2030.
The resulting scenario is presented in figure 9.1 and
Table 9.1.
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