The European Offshore Wind Industry: Key Trends and Statistics in 2013

Offshore wind power market in 2013

• 418 new offshore wind turbines, in 12 wind farms, worth between €4.6 billion and €6.4 billion, were fully grid connected between 1 January and 31 December 2013, totalling 1,567 MW, 34% more than in 2012.

• 522 turbines were erected during 2013, an average of 4.3 MW per day. 104 of these turbines are awaiting grid connection.

• Work is on-going on 11 projects.

Cumulative offshore wind power market

• 2,080 turbines are now installed and grid connected, making a cumulative total of 6,562 MW, in 69 wind farms in eleven European countries.

• 75% of substructures are monopiles, 12% gravity, jackets 5%, tripods 5%, and tripiles 2%.

• There are also two full-scale grid-connected floating turbines, and two down-scaled prototypes.

Market outlook for 2014 and 2015

• Once completed, the 11 offshore projects currently under construction will increase installed capacity by a further 3 GW, bringing cumulative capacity in Europe to 9.4 GW.

Trends: turbines, foundations, water depth and distance to shore.

• Average offshore wind turbine size is 4 MW.

• Average offshore wind farm size was 485 MW in 2013, 78% more than the previous year. The trend towards larger projects is expected to continue over the coming years.

• The average water depth of wind farms completed, or partially completed, in 2013 was 20 metres (m) and the average distance to shore 30 km.

Financing highlights and developments• Non-recourse debt finance for

offshore wind reached €2.13 billion in 2013, increasing on the €1.93 bn reached in 2012 and following €2.33 bn in 2011.

• Two landmark projects reached financial close in 2013: Butendiek project in Germany, and the refinancing of Masdar’s stake in the London Array project in the UK, the largest offshore project in the world.

• Financing markets remained open for the offshore wind sector in 2013 and active throughout the year across a variety of instruments, with continued sustained activity expected in 2014.

Summary of work carried out at European offshore wind farms during 2013

Share of annual offshore wind capacity installations per country (MW).

Source: EWEA

UK73347%

DK35022%

Germany24015%

Belgium 19212%

Sweden483% Spain

51%

Sea basin share of 2013 annual installations

Source: EWEA

North Sea72%

BalticSea 22%

AtlanticOcean

6%

Number of turbines and MW fully connected to the grid during 2013 per country (MW)

Source: EWEA

Wind turbine manufacturers’ share of 2013 annual installations in MW

Source: EWEA

Siemens1,08269%

BARD24015%

Vestas1238%

Senvion(Repower)

1117%

Alstom 6

0.4% Gamesa 5

0.3%

Wind turbine manufacturers’ share of 2013 annual installations in terms of units connected

Source: EWEA

Siemens30974%

BARD48

12%

Vestas41

10%

Senvion(Repower)

18 4%

Alstom1

0.2% Gamesa1

0.2%

Developers’ share of 2013 annual installations

Source: EWEA

Dong 48%

Bard15%

Centrica15%

SRIW7%

Colruyt Group 5%

EDF4%

E-ON3%

RWE2%

Samsung0.4% Alstom

0.4%

Gamesa0.3%

Foundation types’ share of 2013 annual market

Source: EWEA

Monopile49079%

Tripod 8714%

Jacket 396%

Tripile8

1% Gravity1

0.2%

Foundation manufacturers’ share of 2013 annual installations

Source: EWEA

Bladt224

37.1%

Ambau GmbH90

14.9%

Per Aarsleff/Bilfinger 80

13.2%

Sif 71

11.8%

Siag66

10.9%

HGN39

6.5%

Smulders24

4.0%

Cuxhaven Steel Construction8.0

1.3%

Gamesa1

0.2%Steel Engineering

10.2%

Share of inter-array cable suppliers to offshore wind farms in 2013

Source: EWEA

Nexans16239%

JDR114 27%

NSW48

12%

Prysmian348%

Parker Scanrope266%

ABB184% Others

174%

Share of export cable suppliers in 2013 (No. of farms)

Prysmian5

27%

NKT4

21%ABB

421%

Nexans4

21%

JDR1

5%

Parker Scanrope1

5%

Water depth, distance to shore and size of offshore wind farms under construction during 2013

Source: EWEA

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Cumulative and annual offshore wind installations (MW)

Source: EWEA

Installed capacity - cumulative share by country, (MW)

Source: EWEA

UK3,68156%

Denmark1,27119%

Belgium5719%

Germany5208%

Netherlands2474%

Sweden2123%

Finland26

0.4%

Ireland25

0.38% Spain5

0.08%

Norway2

0.04%

Installed wind turbines - cumulative share by country

Source: EWEA

UK1,08252%

Denmark51325%

Belgium1357%

Netherlands124 6%

Germany1166%

Sweden914%

Finland9

0.4%

Ireland7

0.3%

Norway1,

0.05%Portugal

1 0.05%

Installed capacity, cumulative share by sea basin

Source: EWEA

North Sea66%

Baltic Sea17%

Atlantic Ocean16%

Wind turbine manufacturers’ share at the end of 2013 (MW)

Source: EWEA

Siemens60%

Vestas23%

Senvion(Repower)

8%

BARD6%

WinWind0.8%

Other1.3% GE

0.5%

Wind turbine manufacturers’ share at the end of 2013 (turbines installed)

Source: EWEA

Siemens1,249 60%

Vestas57428%

Senvion(Repower)

924%

BARD804%

WinWind181%

Other45 2% GE

231%

Owners share of installed capacity in MW

Source: EWEA

DONG26%

Vattenfall12%

E.On9%Centrica

7%

SSE7%

RWE7%

Bard6%

Statoil2%

Statkraft2%

Other23%

Share of substructure types for wind turbines

Source: EWEA

Monopiles186676%

Gravity30312%

Jacket1305%

Tripods1165%

Tripiles552%

Experimental2

0.08%

Floating2

0.08%

Offshore market: projects online, under construction and consented (MW)

Source: EWEA

Consented Online Under construction0

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Total MW

Total MW

Offshore market: projects online, under construction and consented (MW)

Source: EWEA

Germany30%

UK22%

Netherlands13%

Ireland10%

Estonia5%

Sweden4%

Finland3%

Greece3%

Belgium3%

Italy3%

Norway2%

Latvia1%

Share of offshore wind farms under construction by sea basin

Source: EWEA

NorthSea 66%

AtlanticOcean

20%

BalticSea 14%

Share of consented offshore wind farms by sea basin

Source: EWEA

NorthSea68%

BalticSea16%

Atlantic Sea10%

Mediterranean Sea6%

Average offshore wind turbine rated capacity

Source: EWEA

Average size of offshore wind farm projects

Source: EWEA

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Source: EWEA

Financing of offshore wind farms 2006 to 2013 (MW)

Source: EWEA

Investment in offshore wind farms by investor type in 2013

Source: EWEA

Annual investments in offshore wind farms

Source: EWEA

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