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FUTURE FOR OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY IN SPAIN
Félix Avia Aranda Wind Energy Department
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Total wind power installed in Spain at the end of
2006 was 11,615 MW. Spain does not yet have any
offshore wind power plant.
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• Promoters are focused in the installation of wind
  farms onshore. Onshore wind resources have the
  potential to cover the maximum wind power allowed
  to be integrated in the present Spanish grid.
• Spanish waters are generally deeper than those on
  the North European cost.
• Regulations for permission installation are
  complex and not friendly application.
• Last but not least, same feed-in price that for
  on onshore wind farms.

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EXISTING POTENTIAL - 2050
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OFFSHORE PROJECTS IN PLANNING STATE
31 projects presented for permission on the cost
of Galicia (7), Andalucia (17), Cataluña (4),
Valencia (3) and Murcia (1) for a total of 2,800
MW
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ROYAL DECREE FOR OFFSHORE WIND FARMS REGULATION

• In December 2005 a draft Royal Decree (RD) was
  submitted by the Spanish Government to the main
  players and lobby groups to define the
  procedures, conditions and criteria that are to
  govern the authorizations for the construction
  and extension of the wind farms. The minimum
  power capacity of an offshore wind farm it is
  fixed at 50 MW.

• Six Ministers are involved in the process for
  authorization of a wind farm. The objective of
  this new RD is to establish a simplified
  procedure for offshore wind installations, being
  the General Direction for Energetic Policy and
  Mines (DG PEM), depending of the Ministry of
  Industry, Tourism and Trade, the responsible that
  operates as the central institution in
  relationship to the many interests connected to
  the establishment of offshore wind power
  projects.

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ROYAL DECREE FOR OFFSHORE WIND FARMS REGULATION
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FEED-IN TARIF FOR WIND ENERGY
The draft of the up-dated Royal Decree that
regulates the activities of electricity
production using renewable energies (RD 346),
included for first time the regulation for the
feed in price for the electricity produced by
offshore wind farms
That figures make attractive the future Spanish
offshore market!
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RD necessities for Offshore Wind Technology

• Wind resource assessment.
• Meteodata
• Wave models
• Wind
• Foundations and support structures.
• Wind Turbine Customising
• Protection
• High Feasibility
• Environmental
• Sea Buried Cables and electrical substation.
• Offshore Wind Farms Logistic.
• Scientific And Technological Test Fields.

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EOLIA Project-C.D.T.I. (2007-2011)
Activities and Research lines
1. Environmental Impact Assessment
2. Methodologies for Sites Assessment on Deep
Waters
3. Electrical Infrastructure Infield cables,
substations, shore link cables, etc
4. New WT concepts for Offshore Wind Power Plants
5. Offshore Support Structures/foundations for
Deep Waters
6. New Technological Concepts for Floating
Structures
7. Logistic tools Installation and Access
vessels
8. Methodologies for OM of Offshore Wind Plants
9. Commercial Fisheries and Offshore Wind Farms
10. Options for Offshore Wind Plants
Desalination, Hidrogen Production, etc
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RD at CENER on OFFSHORE WIND

• Wind resource assessment
• Wind turbine design
• Support structure desing
• Electrical connection

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Conclusion Future seems attractive for Offshore
Wind Farms in Spain!
Thank you for your attention!