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COMBINING OFFSHORE INTERCONNECTORS AND WIND FARMS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Track: GRIDS
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 16:00 - 17:30

Room K11

Chairs:
Justin Wilkes, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
Kai Schlegelmilch, German Federal Environment Ministry (BMU), Germany

Session description

Integrated solutions for grid development and wind farm development in the Baltic and North Seas are increasingly being considered. What opportunities exist to combine offshore wind power production and the trade of electricity between European electricity markets? What are the main challenges in combining grid development and wind farm development and what needs to happen to overcome these challenges?

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KRIEGERS FLAK AND ITS WAY TO BECOME A BEST PRACTICE AREA - HOW TO FIND A COMMON APPROACH IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TOWARDS THREE NEIGHBOURING PROJECTS, WHICH FIND THEMSELVES IN THE FOCUS OF EU POLICIES 
Achim Berge, Wpd Offshore GmbH, Germany  
BG4.1 
PRESENTATION OF KRIEGERS FLAK BY 3 TSOS 
Hanne Kortegaard Nielsen, Energinet.dk, Denmark (in conjunction with Svenska Kraftnät, Sweden and Vattenfall Europe Transmission, Germany)  
BG4.2 
OPPORTUNITY FOR COMBINING OFFSHORE WIND AND INTERCONNECTION 
Paul Cooley, Airtricity, Ireland  
BG4.3 
COMBINING OFFSHORE WIND WITH INTERCONNECTORS IN THE BALTIC SEA 
Mark Porter, E.ON Climate & Renewables, Sweden  
BG4.4 
INTEGRATION OF LARGE VOLUMES OF WIND POWER IN THE NORDIC POWER SYSTEM  
Sture Larsson, Svenska Kraftnät, Sweden  
BG4.5