The European Commission is looking for a solution “huge increase”deployment wind infrastructure In the European Union, it will allow us to increase from 204 gigawatts of currently installed capacity to 500 GW in 2030, with special emphasis on offshore production, which should increase the installation rate of wind turbines tenfold.
The European Wind Energy Action Plan presented by the Commission this Tuesday, which does not imply any legislative changes, aims for wind to provide 34% of the EU’s electricity by the end of the decade, compared to the current 16%. This will contribute to achieving the legally binding target of reaching 42.5% of final consumption. Renewable energy in 2030.
It also aims to strengthen European industry and prevent other countries, such as China, from taking advantage of the community’s cutting-edge technology in wind energy, a market largely dominated by the Chinese today, as it was in the past in photovoltaic solar panels.
According to consulting firm Blackridge, Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas will First company in the world by market share and the installed capacity is followed by the Spanish-German Siemens Gamesa, the French-based American company GE Wind Energy, the Chinese companies Goldwind, Envision, Mingyang, the German companies Nordex and Enercon, as well as the Chinese company SeWind.
In particular, the European Commission wants to help a sector in Europe that is facing “insufficient and uncertain demand, slow and complex permitting, lack of access to raw materials, inflation and high raw material prices, unfavorable national tender designs, further pressure from international markets.” risks related to competitors and availability of qualified workforce.
It is also one of: The final pieces of the energy puzzle It is part of the current mandate of the Community Executive, which also plans to present a strategy to promote the expansion of electricity networks before the end of the year. “This package It will help the European wind sector grow domestically and compete globallyThe European Commission’s vice-president for the Green Deal, Maros Sefcovic, told a press conference: The community plan, which will not change legislation or create new regulations, is based on six axes of action, starting from accelerating the deployment of infrastructure through greater predictability and faster obtaining of permits.
16 GW of wind capacity will be added to the EU energy park in 2022, representing a 47% annual increase but still far from 37 GW/year It is necessary to meet the EU’s climate targets in 2030. Brussels will aim to digitalise authorization processes and strengthen technical assistance to Member States and promote long-term planning.
Community Manager also wants to bring more visibility to auctionsIt needs to be developed with “objective and well-designed criteria that reward teams with the greatest added value and guarantee complete and timely completion of projects.” Third, the European Commission will provide financing and coverage opportunities to the wind industry through the EU Innovation Fund and the European Investment Bank (EIB); Brussels, on the other hand, encourages capitals to take advantage of the modified State aid regime to support “wind energy production” Energy in the EU.
Internationally, the European Executive “We will closely monitor possible unfair commercial practices that benefit foreign wind producers.”European sources point out that it is necessary to resort to such tools as anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures. The main recipient of this initiative Checking Beijing’s hypothetical anti-competitive subsidies to Chinese manufacturers of turbines. Regarding human resources, Brussels will encourage the establishment of training academies in the field of new green technologies and, in particular, the wind sector, with the aim of preparing 100,000 students within three years of their establishment.
Finally, Brussels will work more closely with industry and Member States For the sector to be competitive, the Offshore Wind Action plan wants to encourage all wind generation, but especially offshore wind generation, an area where megaprojects such as the North Sea park of the future shared by France have proliferated in recent years. Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany aim to produce electricity for 120 million households in 2030.
In this section, Brussels will provide guidance on how to share project costs or facilitate studies on the capacity of ports to support the rapid deployment of offshore wind infrastructure. In 2022, the total offshore installed capacity in the European Union was 16.3 GW, and the target is now to install an annual average of approximately 12 GW; This is ten times the new 1.2 GW installed last year.
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