Projects of the Foundation
One of the most central activities of the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation is the analysis of current or future trends and tendencies in the offshore wind sector, be it in the area of technical innovations, process innovations, commercial or regulatory aspects or also in the area of the interaction of offshore wind energy with its environment. In addition, we ourselves participate in research and development projects in specific focus areas or carry out projects ourselves, commission studies and undertake the necessary dissemination of the results. Through this and also through our continuous dialogue with the Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board, we are broadly networked with research institutes, universities and researching and developing companies in the industry.
Through our project work, we are always on the cutting edge and networking in many ways with the various project partners and players in the industry.
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Our current projects
Green hydrogen with offshore wind energy
The aim of this project, which is being funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment for two years, is to promote a broad-based exchange of knowledge and experience between all stakeholders along the value chain of offshore wind energy and green hydrogen, particularly in the state of Lower Saxony. The stakeholders involved stem from politics, industry as well as research. In addition, the project aims to formulate corresponding utilization concepts for green hydrogen.
H2Mare-Project TransferWind
Within the scope of the H2Mare-project TransferWind, the German OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY Foundation takes over tasks in the field of knowledge transfer, preparation of regulations for construction and operation of offshore-Power-to-X (PtX) plants and tasks within the range of safety and security.
WIN(D)SCHOOL
How can we educate young people about climate change? How can we get these young people excited about renewable energy? And how can we help our students find career opportunities in the industry? Our WIN(D)SCHOOL educational project is dedicated to these three questions.
Our completed projects
4POWER – Policies and Public-Private Partnerships for Offshore Wind Energy
The 4POWER project promoted the exchange of knowledge between different European regions and aimed to create a common knowledge base on current and future regional challenges in offshore wind energy development. The project sought to provide an improved framework for the development of offshore wind energy in the involved regions by means of policy recommendations on EU legislation.
Baltic InteGrid – Integrated Baltic Offshore Wind Electricity Grid Development
The development of meshed electricity networks in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea can improve the energy efficiency and environmental benefits of offshore wind farms. At the moment, the wind energy potential is not being maximised in the Baltic Sea region, and the national electricity markets are not sufficiently integrated into the European grid. In addition, there are still deficits in the regulatory environment in the individual Baltic Sea states and at the European level, of which some are opposed to the conceptual design of a common offshore power grid infrastructure. In contrast to the North Sea, the development of offshore power grid infrastructure in the Baltic Sea still lags behind. The Interreg project Baltic InteGird (Integrated Baltic Offshore Wind Power Grid Development) therefore aimed to serve as the framework for the development of a common offshore power grid infrastructure for the Baltic Sea states.
Baltic Offshore Wind Energy to Hydrogen (BOWE2H)
The BOWE2H project aims to strengthen transnational cooperation in offshore wind energy and hydrogen production in the Baltic Sea region.
BestOff – Health and Safety in the Offshore Wind Industry Through Skill Development, Coordination and a Corporate Learning Culture
Due to its relatively young age, the offshore wind energy sector still demonstrates knowledge gaps in safety and health management. Only a few scientific studies have been conducted in this area, and the data sets concerning various practical aspects of safety and health are correspondingly small. The three-year project “Safety and Health in the Offshore Wind Industry Through Skill Development, Coordination and a Corporate Learning Culture” (“BestOff”) therefore pursued the goal of improving the safety and health of personnel employed in the offshore wind energy sector.
Demand-based lighting of offshore wind turbines (BeBeO)
The overall objective of the project is to develop an initial concept for demand-based lighting of offshore wind farms. A needs-based lighting of offshore wind farms makes it possible to keep the night-time lighting of the plants to a minimum, i.e. to the short periods during which aviation safety requires lighting. The German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation is responsible for project coordination and the issue of the development of a regulatory framework.
ESRa: Evaluation of Systems for Sound Reduction on an Offshore Test Pile
The aim of the ESRa project was to identify, test and evaluate novel design and operation concepts for safe, practically manageable and cost-effective noise protection in the construction of offshore wind energy foundations.
Geowisol2 - Analysis of the geographical distribution of wind and solar feed-in and their influence on the power grid
Due to the natural fluctuation of renewable energies such as wind and solar energy, their share in electricity generation also increases the dynamic load on the German electricity grid. In order to create a precise location- and time-resolved knowledge of the feed-in and demand quantities, a database was developed within the precursor project GEOWISOL, which provides these as 15-minute mean values and with a local resolution in the 2-digit postcode area.
German Offshore-Wind Initiative
The aim of this three-year initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is to support German companies in the offshore wind energy sector in their export business to three of the most attractive, dynamically growing markets – Japan, Taiwan and the United States. It consists of three measures: an in-depth export market analyses, the organization of networking and sector events on site, and local support within each target market through the employment of representatives in Japan, Taiwan and the United States.
Implementation of the Initiative for Cost Reduction Potential in Offshore Wind Energy (UKOW)
Irrespective of the positive developments of offshore wind energy, there is an intensive discussion about the cost of changing our energy supply to renewable energy sources. As a result, the competitiveness of offshore wind energy has also increasingly become a part of public discourse. This creates the risk that the development of this new technology is interrupted before its potential and learning effects can be realized. For this reason, it is of crucial importance that potential cost reduction measures are implemented as quickly as possible.
Interlinking the Maritime Industry with the Offshore Wind Energy Industry Sector 2
The project “Interlinking the Maritime Industry with the Offshore Wind Energy Sector” started with an initial term in 2010 and was successfully completed in March 2012. Due to the positive response and further need for action, the project was again approved by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy in autumn 2013 and started again in September 2013 with an additional two-year term.
Mobile Touring Exhibition: "Fascination Offshore - Wind from the Sea for New Energy on Land"
What does offshore actually mean? How many wind parks are being built? And how is the energy transported to the shore? These are just a few questions answered by the mobile touring exhibition: "Fascination Offshore - Wind from the Sea for New Energy on Land"
National Test Field Offshore Wind Energy (NaT-Off)
In order to implement the necessary further technological developments and cost reduction potentials and to secure and expand Germany's leading technological role in this sector, test areas must be made available for testing and demonstrating offshore wind turbines, foundation structures and other components.
OFFMASTER: Development of Opportunities and Challenges for the Port and Shipyard Industries in the Course of Offshore Wind Energy Development
This project from the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation compared and assessed existing scenarios for the expansion of offshore wind energy based on expected technology development by 2020/2030. Future requirements for the port and shipyard industry were derived from this, and the function of the port and shipyard industry as well as the requirements for the offshore wind energy sector were determined.
Offshore-Wind INSCHOOL: Develop – Understand – Share
In Germany offshore wind farms are located far out at sea and are therefore not visible or tangible to most people. There is, in turn, no direct link to the general public, and most people do not feel sufficiently informed about this young technology. However, for sustainable development of our energy production, it is important to raise awareness about the importance of offshore wind energy. Young people especially, as the future generations, should be comprehensively informed about it and put into a position to know all aspects of the industry.
OFFWEA: Technical Support for the German Government in the Further Development and Realisation of a Strategy for Wind Farms in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
Within the framework of the project, the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy has been supported in further implementing the offshore development strategy of the federal government. Thus, the Offshore Wind Energy Standing Committee of the German government with the coastal states (StAOWind) has been set up to optimize information coordination regarding the development of offshore wind energy.
PROMOTioN - Progress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks
A meshed offshore power grid would significantly strengthen the European electricity market from a financial, technical and environmental point of view. Over the next four years, the EU project “PROMOTioN” (Progress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks) will analyse the positive effects of the development of a common offshore power grid infrastructure, in particular on the basis of meshed high-voltage direct-current transmission technology (HVDC). The German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation is a project partner and is responsible in particular for project communication and stakeholder management, including the development of corporate identity and the conception and implementation of online communication.
SEANERGY 2020 Offshore Energy for the EU – Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) for Renewable Energy and Electricity Grid Infrastructure within the Framework of an Integrated EU Marine Policy
The main objective of the Seanergy 2020 project was to promote the development of renewable energy at sea, i.e. wind, wave and tidal forces, with the help of marine spatial planning (MSP). Within the framework of Seanergy 2020, recommendations were developed and disseminated to policy makers with the aim of optimally identifying and overcoming barriers to MSP for the generation of renewable energy at sea.
SeeOff - Strategy development for the efficient decommissioning of offshore wind farms
Decommissioning is part of the life cycle of energy technologies. In order to be able to use and expand offshore wind energy in Germany in the long term and thereby further strengthen Germany as a business location, cost- and environmentally-efficient deconstruction strategies must be developed at an early stage and findings transferred to the planning, construction and operation of future OWPs.
South Baltic OFF.E.R: Offshore Wind Energy in the Southern Baltic Sea
Within the framework of the INTERREG-IVA Programme, ten partners from Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and Denmark as along with ten associated organisations jointly developed strategies for a faster and more sustainable and harmonious development of offshore wind energy in the southern Baltic Sea.
Test Field Research (Overall Concept and Initiation of Temporary and Locally Differentiated Offshore Test Field Research)
This project aimed to create framework conditions for further research, development and demonstration of offshore wind farms. This included an overall concept for test field research, the initiation of a differentiated offshore test field and the monitoring of the individual elements (offshore wind farms) of the test field.
Together for the Maritime and Offshore Wind Industries: Create Value, Secure Frameworks, Improve Conditions and Reduce Costs
The goal of the project was the discussion of the further prospects for the value added by the offshore wind energy sector in Germany. The definition of common approaches to solutions was intended to support the maintenance and expansion of domestic value creation.
Windspeed - Supporting Decisions
Offshore wind energy deployment can significantly contribute to increasing the share of renewable energy in Europe's energy mix. However, competing uses of the sea, costs, grid integration and other barriers are important challenges to the development of offshore wind. Windspeed aimed to assist in overcoming these obstacles by developing a roadmap defining a realistic target and a development pathway up to 2030 or offshore wind energy in the Central and Southern North Sea (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK). The roadmap identified barriers and potential surplus conditions in the North-European electricity grid along with policy recommendations on how to tackle these.
