Martin Gerhardt’s Post

We’re thrilled to share that Navantia Seanergies will be participating in WindEurope’s Annual Event 2024, taking place in #Bilbao from march 20th to 22nd. This event promises exciting opportunities for networking, knowledge exchange, and collaboration within the onshore and offshore wind energy industry. Here’s a brief overview of what you can expect from our presence at #windeurope2024 : 1️⃣ - Offshore Wind Power in Spain: We’ll engage in discussions about the imminent Spanish offshore wind plan. Navantia Seanergies is actively preparing for this initiative, collaborating closely with the Spanish shipbuilding, maritime and port industry. Our goal is to turn this into a true diversification opportunity. 2️⃣ - Innovation Showcase: At our booth, we’ll present our latest R&D projects and innovations. Our Center of Excellence (#COEX_GreenEnergies) will play a pivotal role in driving these initiatives forward. 3️⃣ - European Industry Dialogues: We look forward to meaningful conversations with European industry leaders. Topics on top of the agenda include the European Wind Power Action Plan and critical matters like the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). 4️⃣ - Supply Chain Engagement: We’ll share insights into our upcoming offshore wind projects. This presents exciting prospects for collaboration within the marine wind sector. Join us at WindEurope 2024 to explore the future of wind energy, connect with industry peers, and discover the latest advancements. Let’s harness the power of offshore wind together...!! #offshorewind #offshorewindenergy #Navantia #Navantiaseanergies

The election date of the new WindEurope Board is getting closer. Dr. Dennis Rendschmidt, Managing Director VDMA Power Systems, stands as candidate in the Associations´ Category:   “Together with the wind industry, we strive for:   Stable growth in demand ✔ Robust supply chains  ✔ Favorable framework conditions for production and operation. ✔   These objectives must be reinforced through fair competition, a reliable market and resilient infrastructures in Europe! Ensuring the resilience of the wind energy supply in Europe is a central topic of our association´s work. I am dedicated to advancing these priorities on behalf of manufacturers, suppliers and operators in Germany and beyond in the WindEurope board.”   Link to our candidacy-website: https://lnkd.in/ecRgYzm9   For a strong and prosperous wind industry in Europe!   #windenergy #onshore #offshore #transition #levelplayingfield #resilience #supplychain #OEM #developers #operation #VDMA

How can we optimize energy production in offshore #windfarms? The solution lies in innovation. The POWER project brings ideas to life through floating #windturbines with a tilting-angled, one-piece rotor blade. By implementing design advancements, the project partners focus on discovering ways to improve the efficiency of offshore wind farms and lowering production costs of offshore #windenergy. 👉 Discover more about the POWER project > https://tno.to/cx1 Project partners: TouchWind BV, MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Nidec Motor Corporation, We4Ce - The Rotorblade Specialist and TNO. The project is made available with funding from Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO). #TNOsustainable #energytransition

There's still time to register for this very interesting webinar. Topic is hot, speakers are great! #pilerun #sutus #webinar

Great line up of speakers here to discuss the theory, field case studies, and numerical application of one of the biggest geotechnical challenges facing the global offshore wind industry at the moment. Only a week away, so register now and get it on the calendar! #offshorewind #geotechnical #piledriving

Currents & Challenges: Offshore Wind in the North Sea 🌊 The North Sea still holds great promise for offshore wind development. According to WindEurope, the industry is on track to meet the EU's 2030 targets of 76 GW. Additionally, collaborative efforts by NSEC countries to plan joint offshore wind tenders will see 15 GW of offshore wind auctions annually and nearly 100 GW awarded by 2030. 💨 However, the industry is presented with challenges for further deployment of wind at sea: from sharing the North Sea and balancing multifaced interests among key stakeholders over issues of grid integration, bottlenecks, exporting electrons to complementing sectors in dire need, and to executing on environmental impacts. The factors of implications are many and diverse. 🌍 On April 11th, Flux Partners will be participating in a Dutch-Danish seminar to discuss these current challenges and opportunities for offshore wind in the North Sea. And with anticipation, we shall look forward to hearing from developers, first-hand, about the pressing matters they face. 📌 We express our sincere gratitude to the Dutch consulate in Hamburg, The Trade Council of Denmark in Germany and Netherlands Business Support Office / NBSO Hamburg for putting together an exciting program for the day and for bringing together critical stakeholders. 🤝 #fluxpartners #renewableenergy #sustainability #tendermanagement  #nonpricecriteria #offshorewind #windenergy #WindEurope Luxcara / RWE / Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects B.V. / TotalEnergies

Back from Berlin, I was extremely pleased to join the 4th Annual Floating Wind Europe by Leadvent Group. This event was extremely informative with a broad & highly skilled speaker line-up. 💡 Five of my key findings are: ⚡ The Floating Industry is facing a “reality check”, while having to address strategic topics (Financing, insurability, contracting mass production…) in a complex financial & geopolitical environment to move forward.   🔎 Despite these feasibility challenges, and the industry is moving forward, with a significant number of work & investments, especially in the O&M. Digital twining, major component replacement process & many more.   🤝 Collaboration seems to be even more important in this industry, where a holistic design approach is key to ensure smooth interfaces & integration of every component.   🌍   The commercial project shall be expected around 2030 (2 to 4 Gw being the most realistic), South Korea leading the path. By 2035 UK, France, Korea, Japan, Norway and other should also have commissioned commercial projects.   💸 Despite Higher CAPEX / Mwh the floating wind might be able to compete against other renewable sources thanks to higher wind speed & increased capacity factor.   Even with these ups & downs, I am always glad to see this industry grow, evolve & adapt even after 10 years working & developing this market!  No doubt the road will still be long & paved of challenges, but it worth the efforts! Picture: FMGC - Fonderie Hybrid Anchor Ballast Modules - French Floating Offshore Wind Pilote Farm #offshorewind #floatingwind #renewable

After a breakthrough year for wave energy with the CorPower Ocean C4 weathering the biggest storm waves recorded in northern Portugal and powering the Portuguese grid, it was great to be back at Lisbon Energy Summit. I had the honour of sharing the stage with Anne Marit Glette Hansen of Equinor, Jon Salazar of Gazelle Wind Power Limited, Ana Isabel Pirrone of OWC and Francisco Correia da Fonseca of WavEC - Offshore Renewables, for a lively discussion on co-located wind+wave farms, scale-up, permitting and supply chains.   Visibility on policy, permitting and revenue schemes is critical to capture this massive opportunity. With the right conditions we can develop a thriving offshore energy industry to benefit the economy of coastal regions while meeting climate and energy security goals of Portugal. It was a great honour to meet with Minister for Environment and Energy Maria Da Graça Carvalho to discuss wave energy and our R&D efforts out of Viana do Castelo. #waveenergy #offshorewind #hydrid #colocation #innovation

"Bicycle race" Global alliances and standardisation are the New Black in the world of floating offshore wind. The panelists, Bruce Clements from the UK, Marianne Støren Berg from Norway, Sune Strøm from Denmark, Ben F. from the US and the moderator, myself, will discuss this topic tomorrow at the first panel of Floating Wind Japan 2024. The theme of this year's conference is "In the era of global interdependence". Many industry players now realise that serial manufacturing, serial assembly, serial integration and serial installation are the keys to reducing the LCOE of floating offshore wind. But how we do this is still unknown to most: - It is NOT to pick a few turbine models and floater designs and force the market to use them. - It is NOT just to give huge subsidies to a few manufacturing companies and take it for granted that the subsidies will be paid back over decades. We, the co-hosts, moderators, panellists and participants of the conference, will try to find the answers during the four opening and keynote speeches, four panel discussions and many networking sessions of the conference tomorrow. One of the hypotheses of those of us taking part in the first panel is to create a de jure standard and convergence between the certification bodies of the participating nations in order to support and encourage the continuous development of the industry using existing resources and to shorten the overall development process in order to reduce the upward volatility that is damaging to the industry. To make this hypothesis a reality, we must all contribute to each other, like members of a cycling team, and we can all wear the maillot jaune in this "race". Floating Wind Japan is the first conference dedicated to floating offshore wind in Asia and planned since 2019. This is the third one, this year.  Toda Corporation, JGC Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation Global Metals have been founding members since the first one, and this year we welcomed RWE and BlueFloat Energy as co-hosts. RWE and Blue Float are well known in the floating offshore wind industry and we are honoured to have them as co-hosts of this conference. Special thanks to Carlos Martin Rivals from Blue Float and Marta Carroza Diaz from RWE for their deep understanding of the theme and impact of this conference. Dear participants of the conference, see you tomorrow and let's rock'n roll together! #floatingwind #floatingoffshorewind #floating #greenenergy

🏆 IMHO, the award for best booth at #CLEANPOWER goes to Danish Wind Export for setting up an espresso machine and serving made-to-order drinks to attendees. ☕️ Fun facts about Denmark I learned while standing in line for my lavender latte: 🇩🇰Denmark has the highest proportion of wind in the world 🇩🇰Over 50% of energy in Denmark is supplied by wind power 🇩🇰Denmark is a global leader in wind export export across all aspects of the wind global supply chain (think Vestas and Siemens Gamesa) 🇩🇰Denmark was a first mover in wind, and started investing in the industry following the 1973 oil crisis