Trondheim, 22-23 August 2017

Jørn Scharling Holm,

Technology Partnership Manager

NOWITECH FINAL SEMINAR

DONG ENERGY WAY OF WORKING WITH RD&D

Rapid technological development

Wind turbine rotor diameter, year of commissioning

Multiple levers to drive down cost in offshore wind power

2002 2005 2007 2011 2014 2016 2020

80 m90 m

107 m

120 m

154 m 164 m

180 - 200 m

Boeing 747, 76m

Scale

✓

1

▪ Turbines size

▪ Sites size

▪ Vessel size

Innovation

✓

2

▪Foundation

▪Electrical infrastructure

Industrialisation

✓

3

▪Transition from single supply

to multiple global suppliers

DONG Energy’s overview of levers for CoE reduction

Internal R&D

projects

Small collaborative

R&D projects

Joint Industry

Projects

Confidentiality and IPR

Project management efficiency and

administration

Project outcome, scope and impact

Competence match

Wake models

Foundation concept

Geoscience models

R&D strategy

review

12

Internal / external funding

Large R&D

consortium

projects

R&D Programmes

DONG Energy R&D strategy and types of collaboration

3

Confidentiality and IPR

Project management efficiency and

administration

Project outcome, scope and impact

Competence match

Wake models

Foundation concept

Geoscience models

R&D strategy

review

12

Internal / external funding

DONG Energy R&D strategy and types of collaboration

3

Internal R&D

projects

Joint Industry

Projects

Large R&D

consortiums

Small collaborative

R&D projects

R&D Programmes

DONG Energy’s R&D Programme

R&D Strategy- organised in 5 Roadmaps

ObjectivesEnable the pipeline, CoE reduction, Risk reduction, HSE performance,

Design standard improvements and competence development

Measurements

Technologies – radar,

lidars and buoys

Wind conditions &

Wakes, Wave

assessment and Power

curves

Roadmap 1

Wind & Waves

Test and measurement

Ph.Ds on cable

verification and

modelling

Grid simulations and

harmonics

Roadmap 3

Electrical

Infrastructure

Increase predictability

at component level

Component failure

mitigation

New components/

methods

Roadmap 4

WTG O&M

Logistics process

development and

tools

Accomodation set-

up development

Roadmap 5

Logistics

Monopile/jacket design methods

Corrrosion protection

Geotechnical survey methods

Soil-structure interaction

Underwater noise damping

Roadmap 2

Foundations, Geoscience

and Marine

Student Projects

Programme

University PhDs

Input on research

topics

Data packages

Research projects

Guest lectures/

cases

Collaboration with universities and research institutions- building competences leading to improved R&D

List not exhaustive.

Six research areas - Focusing on everything but the turbine, representing roughly 70% of offshore wind energy costs

2%

12%

19%

22%12%

33%Development

ConstructionFinance

Installation

Foundations

Electrical

Turbine

LCOE Breakdown

Source: Navigant

Example on joint demonstration and commercialisation - Carbon Trust OWA

Iea IEA report- technology innovation as a main driver for CoE reductions

IEA - Renewable Energy Technology Deployment, published in March 2017

From basic research to commercial deployment- how, who, what…

IEA - Renewable Energy Technology Deployment, published in March 2017

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