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Risks and chances for a young industry

First day of the Offshore Conference OBMC

(PresseBox) (Husum, )
Offshore, won't work! In recent months this has often been said in public and in the media. The costs of the projects are too high, we have too little experience and, above all, it is too risky for German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The wrong horse to bet on for the implementation of the energy transition. Yet, a closer look shows that the picture is more differentiated. On the one hand, we have the risks, but on the other hand we have the implementation of the first offshore projects in the German North Sea which have already brought business to some Schleswig-Holstein companies. In order to enter the offshore market and develop their sales potential SMEs need information on trends and market developments as well as contacts with international companies. A key aspect of today's Offshore Business Meeting and Conference (OBMC) 2012 in Husum's NordseeCongressCentrum was, thus, dialogue and networking. This year is the fourth time that the network agency windcomm schleswig-holstein has organised the two-day conference with international guests. The provocative title "The naked truth offshore" was deliberately chosen as a basis for discussing Germany's offshore problems and solutions with guests from Germany, England, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Canada, South Korea and India.

Dr. Robert Habeck, Schleswig-Holstein's Minister for Energy Transition, stated clearly at the beginning of the conference, "We want offshore wind farms for Schleswig-Holstein. The wind blows steadily offshore, so they are an important component of the energy transition. And they offer good opportunities for our ports and economy."

In the panel discussion which followed, Hermann Albers, president of the German Wind Energy Association, Jörg Kuhbier, Chairman of the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation, Dr. Klaus Rave, Chairman of the Global Wind Energy Council and Pieter Wasmuth, Chief Representative of Hamburg and Northern Germany of Vattenfall GmbH, spoke about perspectives and technical opportunities to gain market share for SMEs and achieve lower project costs.

But who pays when the wind farm is completed but the cables to the mainland do not work? The Offshore Wind Energy Foundation is pushing for a fast statutory solution. CEO Jörg Kuhbier listed the measures which his organisation would like to see enshrined in the law to avoid such disruptions or failures. "It is imperative that we have a binding offshore grid plan to which both grid operators and wind farm operators must agree. The power supply systems must be intermeshed. Realisation schedules ensure cost-saving agreements among all parties involved. Effective grid management ensures that the power supply lines are used economically and to capacity. All this benefits the users and reduces liability risk by far more than half, " Kuhbier argued.

The remaining blocks on the first conference day dealt with offshore grid expansion in Europe, new approaches in logistics and installation, and safety concepts. Dr. Matthias Hüppauff, windcomm's Project Coordinator was pleased with the way the first conference day went, "We are pursuing two goals with the OBMC. Firstly, we want to demonstrate in which countries offshore is developing better, so as to learn from these examples. Secondly, we want to provide a local event where we can bring companies from our region together with international partners. Because offshore only works with international cooperation."

The conference continues tomorrow with a focus on Asia and presentations by a business delegation from South Korea. The final point on Tuesday's programme is a workshop of the Maritime Cluster North Germany which will be dealing, among other things, with qualifications and human resources for the offshore industry.
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