COORDINATING RENEWABLE ENERGY MAKES SENSE eg OFFSHORE WIND AND TIDAL.

One of the comments on this site from Ray asked why offshore wind and tidal power were not coordinated, makes so much sense and saves a lot of materials. Joint use of foundations, cables and erection plant. Europe is laying the groundwork for interconnected hybrid offshore wind farms. Offshore electricity transmission is a key challenge in getting there. The most efficient way of transporting electricity from offshore wind farms is via multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC) grids. The EU-funded project InterOPERA will set future interoperability standards for these grids. The project was officially launched in Lyon, France.                                                                                                                           
Europe wants to build around 450 GW of offshore wind by 2050. The EU alone wants to have 300 GW by then. So-called hybrid offshore wind farms will play an increasingly important role in delivering this target. In the future offshore wind farms will not only transmit electricity directly to shore. They will also serve as interconnectors between countries and transmit electricity between different wind farms. WindEurope estimates that up to a third of all offshore wind capacity could be hybrid by 2050. Most of this capacity will be in the North Sea and will require international collaboration between European countries. Europe so far has one hybrid offshore wind farm: Kriegers Flak, connecting Denmark and Germany. Joint cooperation has been announced for hybrid projects connecting the Netherlands and the UK; Belgium and the UK; Denmark and Germany; Denmark and Belgium; and Estonia and Lithuania.
Three of these projects will be energy islands, gathering electricity generated by surrounding offshore wind farms and distributing it further afield. Energy islands could also act as sites for electricity storage or for producing renewable hydrogen. The Belgian ‘Princess Elisabeth Island’ in the North Sea will bundle up to 3.5 GW of offshore wind capacity and could have interconnectors linking it with the UK and Denmark. Denmark has plans for two energy islands – an artificial island in the North Sea and another one on the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. The North Sea energy island could expand to up to 10 GW. The Bornholm island will host 2-3 GW of offshore wind capacity and will be connected to Denmark and Germany.

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