WindEnergy Hamburg | Round-up
Lofty ambitions for vast wind power build-outs – and the detailed policy measures that will make or break them in practice – dominated the agenda at WindEnergy Hamburg and its WindTV conference platform over four days of top-rank debate, commentary and analysis, all reported by Recharge as exclusive official media partner.
The move to an all-digital format did nothing to dilute the clout of the policy and industry leaders contributing to the event, and the opening ministerial line up was perhaps the most impressive in its history.
EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson underlined her backing for onshore and offshore wind as a vital plank of the bloc’s net-zero agenda, and pledged policy measures to help the sector achieve its potential of 750GW on land and 300GW at sea by 2050.
Technology, policy and how the relationship between the two will shape the future of onshore wind loomed large during the Hamburg week, with discussion of ever-larger turbines and how they can work with often flawed regulatory frameworks for permitting and repowering. Recharge was central to that debate with exclusive interviews with the technology chiefs of Vestas and Siemens Gamesa.
The WindEnergy Hamburg offshore wind agenda was dominated by scale, and the opportunities and challenges presented by the sector’s vast ambitions in terms of power and green hydrogen production. See below for exclusive insights from leading offshore developers RWE and Vattenfall.