Report On Field Visit To Germany

Report on
Facilitating Offshore Wind In India (FOWIND)

Field Visit And Study Tour
Hamburg, Germany
21 to 26 September 2014
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Report On The Study Tour & Field Visit To
Germany
1. About FOWIND
The EU Delegation to India, in close cooperation with the Indian Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy, awarded a €4 million grant to the Global Wind Energy Council
(GWEC) led consortium under the Indo-European Cooperation on Renewable
Energy programme. The FOWIND is a four-year project. It seeks to facilitate India’s
transition towards low carbon development by supporting implementation of national
policies and programs for offshore wind in India.
FOWIND is working towards developing a roadmap for offshore wind development in
India, with a focus on the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Its actions will be
supported by preliminary resource assessments for identifying potential areas for
offshore development along the coasts of the States of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
Project Objectives
• Create an enabling environment for offshore wind through preliminary resource
mapping, policy guidance and capacity building measures
• Assess the infrastructure base and identify improvements required
• Build partnerships at a technical, policy and research level both within India and
between India and European companies, research groups and institutions
• Final goal of developing an Offshore Wind Outlook and development pathway for
India up to 2032
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This GWEC led consortium includes the Centre for Study of Science, Technology
and Policy (CSTEP), Garrad Hassan India Pvt Ltd (now DNV GL), Gujarat Power
Corporation Ltd (GPCL), and the World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE), are
currently engaged in implementing the European Union funded 51-month project, in
the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. The consortium signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with IL&FS Energy Development Company Limited (IEDCL) as a
strategic partner. The project is being implemented in close cooperation with the
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) of India.
Figure 1: Map of India
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This project is funded by the European Union

2. Study Tour and Field Visit
Background
Under the FOWIND project, GWEC organised a capacity building field visit and study
tour for key stakeholders, experts and decision makers from India during the week of
the 21-26 of September in Hamburg, Germany. Under the FOWIND project this visit
was also the first formal opportunity for interaction amid some of the key Indian and
European institutions working on long-term R&D aspects of the wind power sector.
The Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) led the Indian delegation
that visited Germany and met with offshore wind industry stakeholders to understand
the development process of offshore wind energy. The main objective was to
promote learning from Germany’s experiences to shorten the lead-time for
developing offshore wind projects in India. Below is a brief report from the
stakeholder engagement process and a commentary on future steps for Indian
stakeholders.
GWEC organised the visit to Germany in close cooperation and consultation with the
MNRE. GWEC also joined hands with the German Offshore Wind Energy
Foundation to be the local hosts for the delegation from India. The German Offshore
Wind Energy Foundation (Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE) was created in
2005 to promote environmental and climate protection efforts in Germany.
The Foundation’s (OWEF) main objective is to promote the use of wind energy at
sea, and to improve research for this technology. The Foundation has since
established itself as a nonpartisan, multiregional, independent institution supporting
offshore wind energy in Germany and Europe. It serves as a communication platform
for political decision-makers, for business, and for research.
The Foundation serves as a platform to share expertise and at the same time, it also
represents various stakeholders' interests, representing their ideas to political,
economic, and scientific communities, as well as to the general public. The
Foundation and GWEC worked together to promote wind energy and both the
institutions collaborated to extend comprehensive support to the field visit and study
tour under the FOWIND project.
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The German city of Hamburg was chosen as the base for this study tour and field
visit. Hamburg is known as the wind energy capital in Germany. The city and the
surrounding areas are home to many wind businesses. Further the week of the 21
September was utilised for the field visit especially as Hamburg was hosting a
leading International fair for the wind industry called WindEnergy Hamburg. This
provided the delegates a unique opportunity to interact directly with experts from the
entire value chain of the offshore and onshore wind power industry at one site. It also
gave the delegates a unique opportunity to understand the complexity of the offshore
supply chain even in more mature offshore wind markets like Germany.
Figure 2: Overview of Offshore Wind Farms in Germany (2013)
Source: Stiftung OFFSHORE-‐WINDENERGIE
About WindEnergy Hamburg
The international character of WindEnergy Hamburg was evident in the number of

national pavilions – 18 of them, with wind companies from both established and
emerging markets. WindEnergy Hamburg is a leading international fair for the wind
industry. It was held for the first time in Hamburg from 23 to 26 September this year.
Last year Husum hosted it. The site was the meeting point for energy industry
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experts from all parts of the world. It gave the global industry an ideal platform for
dialogue and presentation of its innovation, new technologies and services to a wide
audience including the Indian delegation.
The largest of the 18 national pavilions represented Denmark, which together with
Germany is a trailblazing market for the wind industry. The Danish pavilion occupies
a whole exhibition hall, with some 70 companies presenting their products and
services. Altogether, as many as 100 Danish companies will be exhibiting at
WindEnergy Hamburg. Other major national participations include the Netherlands,
the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and China. The exhibitors from the
Netherlands include globally leading offshore companies.
Delegations from a total of 20 countries registered for WindEnergy Hamburg to take

advantage of the comprehensive information and international networking
opportunities at the expo.
About the Delegation to Hamburg
Photograph: Welcome Meet hosted by GWEC and OWEF for the Indian delegates in
Hamburg on Sunday 21 September 2014
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Dr. Alok Srivastava, Joint Secretary MNRE, led the Indian delegation comprising of
Offshore Wind stakeholders, government officials including R&D institutions to
Hamburg (Germany). MNRE provided the final list of participants to the consortium
along with the Official Memorandum (Reference: OM No. 3/44/2014-IR dated
09.09.2014).
The approved list included the following representatives from key institutions and
departments relevant for offshore wind development in the country:
Serial No. Organisation Delegate Name & Designation

1 Ministry of New & (i) Dr. Alok Srivastava
Renewable Energy Joint Secretary, MNRE
Email: srivastava.alok@nic.in
(He joined the Ministry of Shipping in

October 2014)
(ii) Mr. Dilip Nigam

Scientist ‘F’/Director
Email: dilip.nigam@nic.in
(iii) Dr. R.P. Goswami

Scientist ‘E’/Director
Email: rp.goswami@nic.in
4 Ministry of Finance Mr. Chittaranjan Dash

Director (PF-II)
Email: chittaranjan.dash@nic.in
5 National Thermal Mr. Nazish Qureshi,

Power Corporation Deputy General Manager (REDG)
Email: nqureshi@ntpc.co.in
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6 Indian Renewable Mr. K.S. Popli
Energy Development Chairman and Managing Director
Agency Email: kspopli@ireda.gov.in
7 POWERGRID (PGCIL) Mr. Manish Kumar Tiwari

Chief Manager (Smart Grid)
Email:
manish.tiwari@powergridindia.com
8 PTC India Mr. Shashank Gupta

Manager
Email: shashank@ptcindia.com
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Power Finance Ms. Ankit Bansal,
Corporation Senior Manager
Email: ankit_bansal@pfcindia.com
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National Institute of Mr. K. Boopathi,
Wind Energy Additional Director and Head Wind
Resource Unit
Email: boopathi@cwet.res.in
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Government of Gujarat Mr. Rajendra Mistry,
(represented by Gujarat Senior Executive (Projects)
Power Corporation Email: rajendramistry@gpclindia.com
Limited)
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12 National Institute for Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy,
Ocean Technology Project Director, (Scientist G)
Email: mvr@niot.res.in
13 Central Electricity Mr. M.K. Anand,

Regulatory Commission Chief (Finance)
Email: mkanand@nic.in
14 Ministry of Defence Mr. Manish Pathak

(*) Director (Navy-I)
15 Gujarat Maritime Board Mr. B. B. Talavia,

(*) Chief Engineer
Email: cegmb1@gmail.com
(*) Note: Mr. Manish Pathak and Mr. B.B. Talavia did not receive relevant political
clearances for international travel till the 20th of September 2014 despite the best
efforts of the organisers and the MNRE and hence could not join the field trip.
Self-financed participants from India:
16 Indian Renewable Mr. Rajendra Singh

Energy Development Sr. Manager (Projects & Technical Services)
Agency Email: rajendra@ireda.gov.in
17 European Union Ms. Smita Singh

Delegation to India Project Manager for this EU grant to the
GWEC led consortium for implementing the
FOWIND project
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18 GIZ India Mr. Ankan Datta
Email: ankan.datta@giz.de
19 Centre for Study of Ms. Meera Sudhakar

Science, Technology Research Scientist
and Policy Email: meera@cstep.in
FOWIND consortium partners’ representatives from India:
20 Centre for Study of Prof. Chandrasekaran V S

Science, Technology Advisor
and Policy Email: vsc@cstep.in
21 DNV GL Mr. Alok Kumar
Head of Sections- Project Engineering,
AO&M and Offshore
Email: alok.kumar@dnvgl.com
22 FOWIND Project Mr. Samrat Sengupta
Management Unit Project Manager
Email: samrat@fowind.in
23 World Institute for Mr. Rajendra Kharul
Sustainable Energy Jt. Director & Head – Centre for Wind Power
Email: rvkharul@wisein.org
Organisers’ Staff in Hamburg:
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Council Secretary General
Email: steve.sawyer@gwec.net
(ii) Mrs Shruti Shukla

Sr. Policy Advisor
Email: Shruti.shukla@gwec.net
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(iii) Ms Lasma Livzeniece
Events & Communications Office Assistant
Email: lasma.livzeniece@gwec.net
25 German Offshore Wind (iv) Mr Andreas Wagner
Energy Foundation Managing Director
(Local Hosts) Email: a.wagner@offshore-stiftung.de
(v) Mr Philipp Kalweit

Email: p.kalweit@offshore-stiftung.de
(vi) Mr Dennis Kruse

Email: d.kruse@offshore-stiftung.de
a. Day 1 (Sunday, 21 September 2014)
The agenda for Sunday was light, as delegates had been traveling internationally on
overnight flights from India. A majority of the delegates arrived at the Hamburg
Airport on the Lufthansa Flight LH 10 at 11:00 AM. GWEC Staff received these
delegates and escorted them to the Hotel by bus. Upon arrival at the hotel, the
delegates were able to check-in and were offered the opportunity to sit down with
GWEC Staff to handover their in-bound boarding passes and claim applicable visa
fees (Schengen Visa for Germany) and subsistence allowance.
Photograph: Welcome Meet on Sunday, 21-09-14
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The first official engagement for the evening was scheduled between 18:30 and
20:00 hours on Sunday evening at the Europäischer Hof.
Mr Steve Sawyer (GWEC Secretary General) and Mr Andreas Wagner (Offshore

Wind Energy Foundation, Managing Director) at the opening meeting welcomed the
official delegates. The round of introductions of all participants followed this.
Andreas talked about the importance of the offshore wind sector to Germany’s
energy transition and the Foundation’s role and background in particular.
Steve welcomed the delegates on behalf of the FOWIND consortium. He thanked Dr.
Srivastava (MNRE) and Ms Smita Singh (EU) for the consistent support over the
past months to FOWIND activities. He talked about the cooperation opportunities
that existed in Germany and Europe especially in the offshore wind sector. Dr. Alok
Srivastava offered his remarks as the Head of Delegation and appreciated the work
that FOWIND had been doing over the past months. He talked about the work his
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Ministry had been doing for promoting offshore wind and that he hoped that this field
visit and study tour would add to the knowledge of all the delegates, who will add to
the understanding of this technology in India.
In the end Mrs Shruti Shukla (GWEC), thanked the Ministry and delegates,
especially Joint Secretary Srivastava and Mr. J.P. Singh (Director Offshore, MNRE)
for their exceptional support to the project. She also thanked the delegates for taking
the time out of their busy schedules to be a part of this field visit and study tour.
Lastly she thanked Mrs Smita Singh for her support to the project.
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b. Day 2 (Monday, 22 September 2014)

Early Monday morning, the delegates departed by bus to Cuxhaven And

Bremerhaven on the River Elbe.
a) Cuxhaven
The bus arrived in Cuxhaven at 10:30 am. The delegation was given an opportunity
to obtain first-hand information about the expansion of the offshore base port in
Cuxhaven and the facilities that have had to be built in Cuxhaven to make its port
ready for the offshore wind sector’s specific needs.
SOURCE: Offshore Terminal 1/ Cuxport GmbH
The Mayor of Cuxhaven Dr. Ulrich Getsch welcomed the delegation at the City Hall.
He spoke about the leadership that has been exhibited by the city of Cuxhaven in
taking steps towards developing its port for a modern and forward-looking
technology like offshore wind in the North Sea. He made a presentation about the
historic city and county of Cuxhaven.
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Photograph: Delegates with Mayor of Cuxhaven and other officials of Cuxport GmbH
Dr. Alok Srivastava thanked the Mayor Dr. Getsch for taking the time to welcome the
delegation and briefly talked about the MNRE’s efforts towards promoting offshore
wind in India.
This was followed by a presentation by Dr. Hans-Joachim Stietzel Head of

Department for Economic Development for the City of Cuxhaven. He talked about
the drivers for Cuxhaven taking the political and economic decision to develop an
offshore wind base harbor. He added that all potential offshore base harbours at the
North Sea and the Baltic Sea are working on optimal solutions for the offshore wind
industry. The European offshore industry and project developers conduct Europe-
wide harbour screening for their production and installation needs. This leads to
active competition between various ports.
Dr. Stietzel highlighted that Cuxhaven offered distinctive features to the offshore
wind sector, including the infrastructure at the Offshore Terminals I + II, the Cuxport
facility as well as the number of offshore companies and other offshore service
providers that have set up business there. He further pointed out that production;
pre-assembly work and handling of offshore components takes place close to the
wind parks like Cuxhaven in the North Sea.
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Hamburg, which is further up the river Elbe, on the other hand is home to one of the
largest concentrations of companies in Europe specializing in renewable energy
sources, particularly in the fields of wind power, product development and sales,
franchising and financing. Hamburg is also a major base for the offshore
headquarters of important energy suppliers. Lastly he highlighted that building of
harbour infrastructure for the offshore industry is comparatively expensive due to
heavier loads and the size of the offshore components. His presentation was
followed by an exhaustive questions and answer session.
The Offshore Base Cuxhaven serves as a base harbour for the following projects:
• BARD Offshore 1
• Meerwind Ost
• Meerwind Süd
• Amrumbank West
• Global Tec 1
• Nordsee Ost
Lastly Andreas (OWEF) and Shruti (GWEC) thanked the Cuxhaven Officials for
hosting the delegation and providing comprehensive information about the value
chain for the offshore wind sector especially the role of ports in the staging,
installation, and construction related aspects.
b) Bremerhaven
The delegation left by bus for Bremerhaven at noon. Bremerhaven is another

offshore wind base in the German State of Bremen. Bremerhaven already has a
number of companies working in the offshore wind industry are based as they have
suitable supporting conditions. Among others it hosts manufacturing facilities for
wind turbine manufacturers AREVA Wind GmbH and Senvion SE. The delegates
had the opportunity to tour Bremerhaven’s well-equipped ports, industrial areas on
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the seaside with deep-water, test sites for multi-megawatt wind plants, excellent
research centers like the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System
Technology IWES.
Photograph: AREVA Staff accompanying the Delegates to the 5 MW Offshore

Prototype at Bremerhaven
Source: FOWIND, 2014
The delegates had the opportunity to visit AREVA’s monitoring station for the Alpha
Ventus offshore wind test site in Bremerhaven. The AREVA engineers running the
monitoring station explained how their onshore team in Bremerhaven handles the
operations and maintenance activities for their turbines in the Alpha Ventus wind
farm. Delegates had an opportunity to understand the cabling, generation and power
transmission related aspects of an offshore wind farm.
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Photograph: Bremerhaven Port’s Staging Area for Offshore Wind Turbines
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Later in the afternoon the delegates then proceeded to visit AREVA’s 5MW prototype
for its offshore wind turbine that was being tested onshore. AREVA hosted the
delegation inside the base of their prototype wind-turbine. Their engineers gave
presentations to the group outlining AREVA’s work in the wind sector and their
projects offshore. After this interaction the group boarded the bus back towards
Hamburg.
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c. Day 3 (Tuesday, 23 September 2014)
On Tuesday morning, the delegation left by bus for one of FOWIND consortium
partner DNV GL’s office. The renewables advisory arm of the company is
headquartered in Hamburg. The delegates had the opportunity to see presentations
by DNV GL engineers and staff to understand and discuss DNV GL’s work -
including Wind Resource Assessment, Feasibility Assessment, Cost of Energy
Mapping, and GIS based Decision Support System etc.
Photograph: Meeting at DNV GL’s Office in Hamburg
The formal programme for the two and half hours included a detailed introduction to
DNV GL by Kay Lentzsch. Then Mr. Peter Frohböse, Head of Section (Offshore
Germany) from DNV GL talked about Offshore Market in Europe and the
expectations from offshore wind in the long-term.
Mr. Fabio Pollicino, Global Service Line Leader (Project Certification) then spoke
about another aspect of DNV GL’s expertise i.e. Offshore Project Certification and its
details and challenges with offshore projects. His presentation highlighted the
complexities that can be expected when an offshore wind project is being planned.
Lastly Peter once again took the floor to talk about DNV GL’s Renewables Advisory
Services for the Offshore Industry in Europe and that the company was involved in
some capacity in over 80% of the projects in Europe.
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Photograph: Presentation at DNV GL’s Office in Hamburg
This was followed by a long and detailed question and answer session with deep
interest shown by delegates from NTPC, PFC, MNRE and GPCL. The discussions
went beyond the allocated time. Given the high level of interest in the work being
done by DNV GL, the team offered to provide more detailed materials on specific
technical questions to those who would be interested.
In the afternoon the delegates left for registration to the Hamburg WindEnergy venue
by bus. The registrations were done and formal badges handed over to all delegates
the same day. Thereafter, the delegates headed for a quick walk through the
exhibition area and Philipp (OWEF) explained the layout of the venue to them.
From 14:00 to 17:30 the delegates were invited to attend the VDMA Forum on the
German “Energiewende“. The session listed some of the best experts on renewables
and wind power in Europe. This gave the delegates an opportunity to understand the
German energy policy landscape and have an opportunity to interact with the
experts. The VDMA session was an introduction to the policy, regulatory and political
landscape for renewables particularly wind power in Europe especially Germany.
The “Energiewende“ (German for Energy transition) is the long-term transition by

Germany to an energy portfolio dominated by renewable energy, energy efficiency
and sustainable development. The plan requires a radical overhaul of Germany's
electricity generation, heating systems, and energy efficiency standards. The
Energiewende sets an 80% emissions reduction target by 2050, compared to 1990
levels. The government also aims for renewable sources to provide for 80% of
electricity consumption, and seeks to reduce the amount of energy Germany
consumes by 50%, by 2050 compared to 2008.
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Mr. Lars B. Krogsgaard who is a Board Member NORDEX SE and Board Member of
VDMA Power Systems welcomed everyone to the session. Then Dr. Karin Freier,
Head of Renewable Energies, BMWi (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
and Energy spoke about the distinct milestones in the on-going energy transition
under the Energiewende in Germany.
Mr. Henrik Stiesdal, Chief Technology Officer, Siemens Wind Power spoke about the
considering the concept of Society's Cost of Electricity [SCOE] when it comes to
selecting energy technologies not just the LCOE. Steve Sawyer, Secretary General
(GWEC) spoke about the value of Germany’s Energy Transition for the global wind
power industry and consumers; and its particular importance for climate protection
efforts of governments.
Mr. Martin Berkenkamp, Policy Leader Renewables, Europe GE Energy spoke about
the value of the traditional Feed-in-Tariff system in Germany and looked at its value
to the Wind Power Industry. He further discussed the risks of adopting tendering
models in Germany for renewables without first addressing fundamental issues of
grid integration, long-term targets and domestic demand for electricity. Lastly Prof.
Dr. Martin Skiba, Board Member of the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation
spoke about the Economic Importance of Offshore Wind Energy for the Energy
Turnaround in Germany and Europe.
This was followed by a lively question and answer session that allowed delegates to
seek clarity on particular aspects of the Energiewende. The delegates also
discussed and shared the Indian experience on the issues of FIT and tendering for
wind power with the speakers and the audience alike.
Later in the evening some of the delegates had opted for attending ‘The Blue’, a
networking event being organized for conference attendees. Philipp (OWEF) gave
them passes for attending the event. The remaining delegates then left the venue to
head back to the hotel.
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d. Day 4 (Wednesday, 24 September 2014)
On Wednesday morning, OWEF and GWEC hosted a Workshop on Energy Policy in
Germany and India. The workshop was planned to allow for knowledge exchange
and capacity building amongst policy makers and other key stakeholders from both
countries. The experts invited to speak at the workshop talked about the key
bottlenecks for wider uptake of offshore wind and other renewables in their
respective countries.
Andreas Wagner (OWEF) as co-organiser of the workshop spoke briefly and

welcomed the delegates, participants and speakers. He then invited Dr. Klaus Rave,
Chairman Global Wind Energy Council, to give the welcome speech at the
Workshop.
Dr. Klaus Rave, Chairman Global Wind Energy Council, welcomed the delegates
and workshop participants on behalf of GWEC and FOWIND consortium. He spoke
about the history of wind power in Germany and the contribution of its citizens in
bringing renewables into the mainstream. Dr. Rave also talked about the on-going
political discourse on the future of Energiewende. He spoke about how countries like
India could take their own considerable experiences and enrich it further by avoiding
the similar mistakes as in the case of Germany.
Mrs. Ursula Mumpro, from the German Ministry of Economy and Energy (BMWi)
spoke about the German Energy policy and the impact of Energiewende on
Germany’s energy choices in the long-term.
Dr. Alok Srivastava from the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy spoke
about renewable energy development in India. He highlighted the current power
scenario in the country and the share of renewables in it. He highlighted the policy
and regulatory support that has provided long-term support by the MNRE to the
renewable energy sectors especially wind and solar energy. However he also
highlighted the challenges faced by renewables at the State level, where in
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supporting frameworks are weaker. He also highlighted some of the big-ticket efforts
being made by the MNRE to support renewables including Green Energy corridors,
proposal for a National Wind Mission along the lines of the National Solar Mission
etc.
Photograph: Dr. Alok Srivastava delivering his presentation at the workshop
Mr. K.S. Popli, Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Renewable Energy
Development Agency spoke on Financing Renewables in India and the role of
IREDA. He highlighted the high CAGR of 23% achieved by renewables the 11th Plan
Period from 2007-2012. He expected similar growth to be exhibited by renewables
especially wind and solar under the 12th Plan Period as well (2012 – 2017).
He said this growth was enabled largely due to the presence of a dedicated Ministry
(MNRE), a dedicated FI (IREDA) and enabling regulations and policies amongst
others. He highlighted the three key advantages of renewables for India including
energy security, improving energy access and mitigating India’s greenhouse gas
emissions. He further highlighted the financial incentives available for wind power in
India. He ended his presentation by highlighting the preliminary work done for
assessing opportunity for developing offshore wind in India. Lastly he talked about
the role of IREDA in India’s renewables sector.
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Mr. Steve Sawyer then gave an update on the offshore wind sector. He also
presented GWEC’s short-term projections for the global offshore wind sector. He
also talked about the kind of policy and regulatory mechanisms had been utilised so
far for promoting the offshore wind sector. He concluded that the offshore wind
sector was at the beginning of its industrialization phase and the next 5 years will be
critical. The costs for offshore wind can come down but stable policy frameworks and
volumes are necessary for this to happen. He ended by saying that all of the main
markets drivers were in place – local economic development and job creation
potential, cost stability, macroeconomic security, local environmental and climate
benefits – for offshore wind to be considered a viable choice by energy planners.
The presentations were followed by an interactive session with the audience posing
various questions to the speakers. Thereafter the speakers and delegates had an
opportunity to have informal discussions.
During the second half of the day, the delegates were invited on an Official tour of
the exhibition including meetings with various suppliers and manufacturers exhibiting
at the event. Mr. Claus Ulrich Selbach led the tour from WindEnergy Hamburg. Mr.
Bernd Aufderheide the CEO of WindEnergy Hamburg joined the delegation as well.
A number of formal appointments had been made, however delegates were free to
walk around the exhibition area and seek more information from any exhibitor that
was of interest to them. To begin this tour the delegated met representative from the
following companies the exhibition area (in the order of scheduled visit):
• Vestas (Wind Turbine Manufacturer)
• Mahle (Engineering Services)
• LM WindPower (Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturer)
• NRG Systems (Designs & Manufactures decision support tools)
• Flash Technology (Lighting systems, and monitoring equipment)
• Dong Energy (Project Developer)
• RES Group (Project Developer)
• Gamesa (Wind Turbine Manufacturer)
• Siemens (Wind Turbine Manufacturer)
• GE Wind Energy (Wind Turbine Manufacturer)
• Senvion SE (Wind Turbine Manufacturer)
At the end of the official tour at 17:00, Senvion hosted a reception for the delegates
at their booth in the exhibition area.
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e. Day 5 (Thursday, 25 September 2014)
On Thursday morning, OWEF and GWEC hosted the second Workshop on
Germany’s initial experience with offshore wind energy test site “Alpha Ventus”.
The MNRE was working on a draft policy for offshore wind and this workshop was
designed for them to understand the German experience with setting up its first
deep-water offshore wind farm in April 2010. This workshop was planned to
introduce the delegation to the actual experience and results from alpha ventus.
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Dr. Alok Srivastava began the proceedings for the day by making a brief
presentation on the draft offshore wind policy being developed by the MNRE. He
stated that the delegates were looking for good ideas from the alpha ventus
outcomes for Indian conditions from the workshop’s discussions.
Thereafter Mr Dennis Kruse from OWEF gave the background of the test-site alpha
ventus offshore wind farm that is a joint project of the utilities EWE, E.ON and
Vattenfall. These three energy providers established the “Deutsche Offshore-
Testfeld und Infrastructur GmbH & Co. KG” (DOTI) operator consortium specifically
for this purpose in June 2006. He further explained that line with its role as offshore
test site; alpha ventus operates two types of wind turbines (six AREVA Wind M5000
turbines and six REpower* 5M turbines) with two different foundation designs
(AREVA machines use tripods and REpower machines use jacket foundations). The
rated output of the wind farm is 60 MW. Experience gained in construction and
operation was used as an input into the further development and expansion of the
German offshore wind power industry.
Thereafter, Mr Norbert Giese, Vice President, Senvion SE (*earlier called as

REpower SE) spoke about the alpha ventus test site from the perspective of a wind
turbine manufacturer. He highlighted the valuable lessons his company had learnt
while supplying 5MW machines for the wind farm in such deep waters. He pointed
out Bremerhaven port that the delegates had visited earlier in the week is where the
parts were shipped from to the wind farm and that Senvion also had its production
facility there.
Dr. Arno Buysch from E.ON Climate and Renewables GmbH spoke about his
company’s experience from alpha ventus. He also spoke about the SLIC (Structural
Life-cycle Industry Collaboration) initiative of the industry players to design cost-
effective and sound steel structures for the offshore wind sector with support from a
grant from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. Similarly he said
industry has been working closely with various governments to accelerate R&D for
reducing costs and risks by improving business conditions. He further said business
can undertake small-scale investments for such improvement however large-scale
demo testing needs external funding and regulatory simplifications.
Dr. Sebastian Pfaffel from the research institute Fraunhofer IWES presented results
from the research being undertaken by his institute under the RAVE initiative at the
alpha ventus test site to the delegates. The RAVE initiative is the accompanying
research at the alpha ventus test site funded by the German government. Over 50
project partners work on more than 30 R&D projects with € 50 million funding. He
highlighted the primary objectives of the RAVE initiative i.e. demonstration,
development, investigation of offshore wind power issues and expand research to
gain national experience and expertise. He further presented selected results from
the research being done under the RAVE initiative. He spoke about how Indian R&D
institutes could use the findings from their work on alpha ventus to design and
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develop indigenous R&D efforts for promoting offshore wind in Indian territorial
waters. His final recommendation was a good opening for the next presentation from
India’s National Institute for Wind Energy (previously C-WET).
Thereafter two delegates from Indian R&D institutes National Institute for Wind
Energy (NIWE) and National Institute for Ocean Technology (NIOT) spoke about the
initial work that has been done in India on assessing offshore wind potential. Mr K.
Boopathi, Additional Director and Head of Wind Resource Assessment unit at NIWE
presented Preliminary assessment of the Offshore Wind Resource in India. He
talked about the met mast that had been installed in October 2013, at Dhanushkodi
in Tamil Nadu to measure the offshore wind potential along the southern tip of Tamil
Nadu. He presented some of its preliminary results. He also talked about the future
plans for undertaking more comprehensive wind resource assessment in Indian
territorial waters. Dr Ramana Murthy, Project Director and Scientist at NIOT spoke
about his Institute’s Research on Offshore Wind in India especially on the
oceanographic assessments.
Mr Rolf-Günter Gebhardt from the German Development Bank (KfW) gave a

presentation on his assessments for the cost of developing a demonstration or pilot
project in India currently. The last speaker for the day was Mr Ray Kodali from BTC
who spoke about O&M of Offshore Wind Farms. Delegates and workshop
participants asked questions from various speakers to clarify their doubts and give
their opinions based on other factors relevant to offshore wind sector. After the
workshop, the expert speakers and the delegates had an opportunity to network and
interact for over an hour.
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During the second half of the day, a series of public interactions and meetings were
scheduled for the delegates. Dr Alok Srivastava made a presentation at the Forum in
the Expo venue on the issue of Renewable Energy Policy in India. This was followed
by a presentation by Ms Shruti Shukla about the FOWIND project. The other
speakers for the session included Ms Elbia Melo from the Brazilian Wind Energy
Association and Mr Johan Van den Berg from the South African Wind Energy
Association. The delegates thereafter visited various booths around the exhibition
area to gather more information from the companies and exhibitors on site till the
closing of the expo for the day.
Day 6 (Friday, 26 September 2014)

On Friday morning, all delegates departed for the Hamburg airport by bus to board
their flights back to India.
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3. Strengthening Knowledge Sharing And Continued Capacity
Building For FOWIND Stakeholders In India
India’s First Steps Towards Promoting Offshore Wind
In 2012, the first draft of the Offshore Wind Policy was distributed by the MNRE for
public consultations. By the end of 2014, MNRE is moving ahead with its plans for
promoting India’s first pilot demonstration project for Offshore Wind.
In the context over the coming three years, FOWIND will continue to provide high-
quality project outcomes to further strengthen the national efforts for developing an
offshore wind sector.
Support India’s Efforts For Promoting Offshore Wind
The visit to Germany in September 2014 was the first of the three knowledge sharing
and capacity-building visits planned under the FOWIND project.
FOWIND consortium partners will work to further strengthen individual and

institutional capacity of key stakeholders in India. FOWIND actions for the coming
years (up to March 2018) will support efforts for offshore wind development. Similar
visits are planned in 2015 to some of the key offshore wind markets in Europe.
Involving supporting cooperation between Indian R&D institutes and European R&D
initiatives for Offshore Wind in 2015.
Of the two workshops organised under this visit, the workshop held on 25 September
was dedicated to introducing the actual experiences from the alpha ventus test site
and the RAVE offshore wind research initiative of the German government to the
Indian stakeholders. FOWIND ensured participation of two of the principle R&D
institutes from India – NIWE and NIOT – in this workshop. The FOWIND partners in
India will further develop rapport and share information with them with more regular
contact n the coming months.
FOWIND pre-feasibility report for the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu will be a
crucial input to the technical feasibility assessment steps that the MNRE will
undertake in the near future. This report would be ready by the end of the year.
Other actions to strengthen knowledge and capacity include
a) Verifying the available offshore wind resource (as per satellite-based scoping)
through LiDAR based measurements in potential zone(s) along the coast of
Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
b) Assess the grid, ports and logistical infrastructure for Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
c) Prepare preliminary guidelines for environmental assessments for offshore
wind projects
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d) Support de-risking of future projects by mapping exclusion zones (through
constraint analysis)
e) Support MNRE’s pilot project initiative and the participants of the MoU group
through actions planned under the FOWIND project.
The MNRE signed an MoU for setting up a Joint Venture Company towards
undertaking the first demonstration offshore wind power project in the country
along the Gujarat coast was signed in New Delhi on 1 October 2014 in the
presence of Minister Piyush Goyal , Union Minister of State (I/C), Power, Coal
and New & Renewable Energy.
The MoU was signed by MNRE, NIWE and Consortium of partners consisting
of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Power Grid Corporation of
India Ltd (PGCIL), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA),
Power Finance Corporation (PFC), Power Trading Corporation (PTC), and
Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd (GPCL).
f) Undertake further targeted field visits in Year 2 to European markets for

enhancing value to the key stakeholders in India. The delegates appreciated
especially the visit to port cities of Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven on 22
September. They were able to see first-hand how multi-purpose ports were
providing several core services to the offshore wind industry from
manufacturing, staging and construction to O&M. Subsequent visits would be
planned in consultation with key stakeholders to ensure maximum learning
and value addition.
g) Conduct workshops / roundtables in Years 2 and 3 for Indian stakeholders

with European experts and project developers to ensure maximum learning
and benefit to the research institutions in India.
This visit was the beginning of knowledge exchange exercises to be carried out
under the FOWIND project. Germany was a great market to study for the delegates.
It is one of the few matured markets for offshore wind in Europe. FOWIND
consortium will continue to build upon the successes of this visit in the next ones.
This field visit gave the FOWIND an excellent opportunity to interact with some of the
primary stakeholders for promoting offshore wind in India.
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4. ANNEX 1: DAILY PROGRAMME DISTRIBUTED TO DELEGATES

SUNDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2014

11:05 AM A majority of the delegates will arrive at the Hamburg Airport on the Lufthansa
Flight LH 10 at 11:05 AM.

Please look for GWEC Staff members holding a signage with the FOWIND logo on
it.

12:00 PM Departure by bus to the Delegation Hotel -‐ Europäischer Hof -‐ Kirchenallee 45 D-‐
20099 Hamburg; Germany

There are no formal activities planned for the afternoon of 21/09/14

18:30 – 20:00 Opening Meeting and Welcome for the Official Delegates by the Hosts (GWEC)
and the local partner

• Steve Sawyer (GWEC Secretary General)
• Andreas Wagner (Offshore Wind Energy Foundation, Managing Director)

Venue: Room New Port (Ground Floor), Hotel Europäischer Hof

Collection of applicable subsistence allowance and visa fee: The subsistence allowance covers your
incidentals as well as costs of any additional meals per day. The daily eligible amount is EUR 38 for a
maximum of five days for participants arriving on the 21st of September 2014.

Please bring your ORIGINAL Visa Fee Receipt -‐ we will reimburse in cash the cost of the visa = EUR 60
(maximum).The disbursement will be done by Ms Lasma Livzeniece against a copy of your passport;
original Boarding Passes (Incoming) for Delhi-‐Frankfurt and Frankfurt-‐Hamburg and the Original Visa
Fee Receipt. Lasma will work with you to do this either

a) Afternoon (14:15 to 3:00 PM) in the Hotel Lobby or
b) Evening (20:00 to 20:45 PM) in the Hotel Lobby

You must also send us a scan of your boarding passes (Hamburg-‐Frankfurt; Frankfurt – Delhi) upon
your return to GWEC.

Email: lasma.livzeniece@gwec.net

Participation in the daily programme activities is essential. Participation in the field-‐visit and study
tour to Germany is considered as your acceptance of the terms listed above.

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MONDAY, 22, SEPTEMBER 2014

06:30 – 07:30 Breakfast served in the hotel

07:30 AM DEPARTURE TO CUXHAVEN AND BREMERHAVEN

The Bus will depart by 7:30 AM from the front of the Hotel. Please finish your
breakfast beforehand.

10:30 – 13:00 Arrival and Visit: Cuxhaven, Germany

a) Welcome by Mayor of Cuxhaven at the City Hall
b) Followed by tour across the Offshore Base in Cuxhaven

13:00 – 14:00 Travel to Bremerhaven

14:00 -‐ 18:30 Economic Development Agency (Tour de Wind – visit to offshore sites, including
production facilities, prototypes of wind turbines on land and a visit to AREVA
facilities)

19:30 Travelling back to Hamburg

TUESDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2014


09:15 Departure from the Hotel to the offices of DNV GL

10:00 – 12:45 Presentations by DNV GL Engineers and Staff to the Delegates:

To understand and discuss DNV GL’s work -‐ including Wind Resource Assessment,
Feasibility Assessment, Cost of Energy Mapping, and GIS based DSS etc. and
associated details.

DNV GL is a partner in the FOWIND consortium

12:45 Departure to the conference venue Hamburg Messe;

Registration at the Conference Centre

14:00 – 17:30 VDMA Forum on ‘The German “Energiewende“: an International Blue Print?

http://windenergyhamburg.com/en/for-‐visitors/programme/forum/23092014

THE BLUE “Networking Event at the Hamburg Fair”
19:00 – 21:30 [OPTIONAL]

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WEDNESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2014


08:45 Departure from the Hotel to the conference venue Hamburg Messe

Please meet for departure in the Hotel Lobby by 8:30 AM

09:30-‐12:30 WORKSHOP ON ENERGY POLICY IN GERMANY AND INDIA

Room: Kopenhagen 3 (Hall B3 UF) at fair-‐ground

• Welcome by Dr. Klaus Rave, Chairman, Global Wind Energy Council
[15 minutes]
• Mrs. Ursula Mumpro, German Ministry of Economy and Energy (BMWi)
[20 minutes]
• Dr. Alok Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy, India (Wind Energy Policy in India and an Outlook for OW)
[20 minutes]

• Andreas Wagner, CEO, German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation, (Cost
Reduction Potential for Offshore Wind in Germany)
[20 minutes]

• Dr. Hoffmann, University of Hamburg (Grid Integration of Offshore Wind
in Germany)
[20 minutes]

• Mr. KS Popli, Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Renewable Energy
Development Agency (Financing Renewables in India with a special focus
on Wind Power)
[20 minutes]

• Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, (Best Practices from Global Offshore
Wind Policy)
[20 minutes]

[Q&A: 30 MINUTES]

12:30 – 13:30 Expert Speakers’ and Delegates’ Discussion Forum

14:15 – 17:00 Official tour of the exhibition including meetings with various suppliers and
manufacturers. Tour led by Mr. Claus Ulrich Selbach from WindEnergy Hamburg.
Mr. Bernd Aufderheide CEO of WindEnergy Hamburg will join the delegation at
3:00 PM.

List of the companies / institutions to be met in the exhibition area in the order
of scheduled visit:
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• Vestas
• Mahle
• LM WindPower
• NRG Systems
• Flash Technology
• Dong Energy
• RES Group
• Gamesa
• Siemens
• GE Wind Energy
• Senvion
Disclosure: Companies in bold are GWEC members

THURSDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2014


08:30 Departure from the Hotel to the Conference Venue (Hamburg Messe)

Please meet for departure in the Hotel Lobby by 8:15 AM

09:30 – 12:30 WORKSHOP: GERMANY’S INITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY
TEST SITE “ALPHA VENTUS”

Room: Room Osaka 1-‐3, hall A4 at fair-‐ground

• Introduction by Dennis Kruse, German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation
[10 Minutes]
• Alpha Ventus from the perspective of the Wind Turbine Manufacturer by
Norbert Giese, Vice President, Senvion SE
[20 Minutes]
• Improving on test conditions post Alpha Ventus by Dr. Arno Buysch, E.ON
Climate and Renewables GmbH
[20 Minutes]
• Joint test field research -‐ Selected results from the RAVE initiative, by
Sebastian Pfaffel, Fraunhofer IWES
[20 Minutes]

• Preliminary assessment of the Offshore Wind Resource in India, by Mr. K.
Boopathi, National Institute for Wind Energy, India
[20 Minutes]
• National Institute for Ocean Technology’s Research on Offshore Wind in India,
by Dr. Ramana Murthy, National Institute for Ocean Technology, India
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[20 Minutes]

• Financing offshore wind projects by Mr. Rolf-‐Günter Gebhardt, KfW
[20 Minutes]
• O&M of Offshore Wind farms by Mr. Ray Kodali, BTC
[20 Minutes]
Q&A: 30 Minutes

12:30 -‐ 13:30 Speakers and Delegates Discussion Forum

14:00 – 15:00 Presentation @ the Forum
• 14:00 – 14:30: Renewable Energy Policy in India by Dr. Alok Srivastava,
Joint Secretary, MNRE (India)
Q&A

• 14:30 – 15:00: Presentation on FOWIND by Shruti Shukla, Sr. Policy
Advisor, GWEC
Q&A

15:30 – 16:30 Siemens
• 15.15 – 15:45
• Osaka 1-‐3 (Halle A4)
• Presentation by Mr. Tjark Schaper

Renewable Energy Cluster, Hamburg
• 16.00 -‐16:30
• Hall B3 -‐ Stand 226

FRIDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2014


7:30 AM Departure From Hotel To The Airport (By Bus) for flights back to India. Bus will
leave at 7:30 AM.

Copyright for photographs:

Page 1 -‐ In order of appearance from Left to Right (1) Scroby Sands offshore wind farm, UK ©Ben
Alcraft (2) E.ON Climate and Renewables GmbH (3) FOWIND 2014

Page 2 to 38: FOWIND 2014

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Acknowledgment: This field visit and study tour would not have been possible
without the extensive support of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
Government of India. Furthermore the timely support extended by the German
Offshore Wind Energy Foundation made all the local logistics flow seamlessly for the
delegation visit. The active support from the European Union Delegation to India staff
members during the visa application phase made the visa application process very
efficient. Lastly the help and advice received from GIZ India and Indo-German
Energy Forum staff during the planning phase made it easier for the organisers to
make the right choices.
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Facilitating Offshore Wind In India (FOWIND)

(GWEC) led consortium under the Indo-European Cooperation on Renewable

Energy programme. The FOWIND is a four-year project. It seeks to facilitate India’s

transition towards low carbon development by supporting implementation of national

policies and programs for offshore wind in India.

FOWIND is working towards developing a roadmap for offshore wind development in

supported by preliminary resource assessments for identifying potential areas for

• Create an enabling environment for offshore wind through preliminary resource

mapping, policy guidance and capacity building measures

• Assess the infrastructure base and identify improvements required

between India and European companies, research groups and institutions

Figure 1: Map of India

Figure 2: Overview of Offshore Wind Farms in Germany (2013)

Source: Stiftung OFFSHORE-­‐WINDENERGIE

About WindEnergy Hamburg

The international character of WindEnergy Hamburg was evident in the number of

Delegations from a total of 20 countries registered for WindEnergy Hamburg to take

About the Delegation to Hamburg

Serial No. Organisation Delegate Name & Designation

(He joined the Ministry of Shipping in

(ii) Mr. Dilip Nigam

(iii) Dr. R.P. Goswami

4 Ministry of Finance Mr. Chittaranjan Dash

5 National Thermal Mr. Nazish Qureshi,

7 POWERGRID (PGCIL) Mr. Manish Kumar Tiwari

8 PTC India Mr. Shashank Gupta

13 Central Electricity Mr. M.K. Anand,

14 Ministry of Defence Mr. Manish Pathak

15 Gujarat Maritime Board Mr. B. B. Talavia,

Self-financed participants from India:

16 Indian Renewable Mr. Rajendra Singh

17 European Union Ms. Smita Singh

19 Centre for Study of Ms. Meera Sudhakar

FOWIND consortium partners’ representatives from India:

20 Centre for Study of Prof. Chandrasekaran V S

24 Global Wind Energy (i) Mr Steve Sawyer

(ii) Mrs Shruti Shukla

(v) Mr Philipp Kalweit

(vi) Mr Dennis Kruse

a. Day 1 (Sunday, 21 September 2014)

Photograph: Welcome Meet on Sunday, 21-09-14

Mr Steve Sawyer (GWEC Secretary General) and Mr Andreas Wagner (Offshore

Early Monday morning, the delegates departed by bus to Cuxhaven And

SOURCE: Offshore Terminal 1/ Cuxport GmbH

This was followed by a presentation by Dr. Hans-Joachim Stietzel Head of

The delegation left by bus for Bremerhaven at noon. Bremerhaven is another

Photograph: AREVA Staff accompanying the Delegates to the 5 MW Offshore

Source: FOWIND, 2014

Source: FOWIND, 2014

Photograph: Meeting at DNV GL’s Office in Hamburg

Source: FOWIND, 2014

The “Energiewende“ (German for Energy transition) is the long-term transition by

Andreas Wagner (OWEF) as co-organiser of the workshop spoke briefly and

Photograph: Dr. Alok Srivastava delivering his presentation at the workshop

Source: FOWIND, 2014

• Vestas (Wind Turbine Manufacturer)

• Mahle (Engineering Services)

• LM WindPower (Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturer)

• NRG Systems (Designs & Manufactures decision support tools)

• Flash Technology (Lighting systems, and monitoring equipment)

• Dong Energy (Project Developer)

• RES Group (Project Developer)

Source: Stiftung OFFSHORE-‐WINDENERGIE