Offshore Wind Conference: A new dawn for offshore wind

The 9th annual Offshore Wind Conference held in 2018, brought together the entire offshore wind value chain to discuss developments and innovations. In addition to key project updates, topics included future-proof business models for subsidy-free offshore wind, redesigning electricity markets for abundant offshore wind and solutions for storage.

The keynote speakers talked about the new phase in offshore wind power with zero-subsidy bids where governments take on and manage a share of the project risk. The focus the videos is on innovations, bigger turbines with higher capacity factors and a solid government policy. Is this development sustainable? With contributions from: Ditlev Engel (CEO Energy , DNV GL Energy), Marcel van Bergen (Director Offshore Wind, Boskalis) and Pieter van Oord (CEO Van Oord).