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March’s floating offshore wind energy
event in Marseille, France, (FOWT 2017)
was opened by Giles Dickson, CEO of
WindEurope. His speech focused on the
industry’s vision to maintain European
technological leadership in offshore in
the coming decades. Floating offshore
wind has a pipeline of projects for the
commercialization of over 300MW, and
with a potential for 4,000MW in European
waters.
Dickson stated that Europe must deploy
demonstration projects to “deliver a final
message of assurance to investors” that
the costs of floating offshore wind will fall
as volumes increase. The industry expects
a ten percent cost reduction by 2020, with
a descending cost curve anticipated up
to 2030.
Dickson emphasized that bringing the
floating option to the market increases the
chances of more offshore wind coming
online, adding that the clear areas of
complementarity between bottom-fix and
floating technologies can only be realized
with the right volumes.
Floating offshore needs
scale
has awarded a framework
agreement to JD-Contractor A/S for the
contingency repair of its subsea cables.
The agreement covers all
subsea assets in Denmark, including the
transmission systems and export cables for
all Danish offshore wind farms.
Thenewagreementwill run for afixedperiod
of five years. JD-Contractor has already
worked with for twenty years.
Rasmus Normann Andersen, CEO of JD-
Contractor A/S, said: “It is a testimony to
our experience in this area, and the good
cooperation between and
JD-Contractor which, over the years, has
proved to be a successful combination
[with] completion of cable repairs in
record time. This, despite often challenging
weather conditions.”
Subsea maintenance
contract
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