Background
Deploying renewable energy massively will be key to achieve the 2050 goal of climate neutrality shared by the EU and Japan. In both regions, offshore wind is seen as one of the renewable sources with the highest growth potential. The European Commission estimates that 30% of electricity demand in Europe could be covered by offshore wind by 2050, while the Japanese government made offshore wind a pillar of its new Green Growth Strategy.
Europe is a leader: three out of the top five turbine manufacturers worldwide are based in Europe, and European companies represent 90% of the global market. Japan aims at becoming the third largest producer of offshore wind electricity by 2040, after Europe and China.
European and Japanese companies – from major firms of the energy, construction or trading sectors, to smaller suppliers and startups – already work together in several projects, in Europe and Japan. With the renewed ambitions of Europe and Japan for offshore wind energy, this cooperation can be expanded, to the benefit of an accelerated, cost-effective deployment. Deepening this cooperation requires a better mutual knowledge of the solutions developed by companies from both sides, the identification of fields of common interest such as floating offshore wind, and a better understanding of certification systems.
This event aims at supporting further cooperation between European and Japanese stakeholders in offshore wind. It will highlight existing partnerships, help companies from both sides to better know each other, and include a focus on two key topics: certification and conformity assessment of offshore wind technologies, and cost reduction of floating offshore wind.
Day 1 – Monday 26th April | 9:00-11:40 CET / 16:00-18:40 JST
Public policies and industrial development of offshore wind in the EU and Japan Focus on certification and conformity assessment
Public policies and state of play of the offshore wind industry in Europe and Japan
- Offshore wind strategy of the EU (tentative title) | European Commission, Directorate General for Energy
- Offshore wind strategy of Japan (tentative title) | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan – Mr. Masaomi Koyama, Director of International Affairs, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Overview of the European industry (tentative title) | WindEurope – Mr. Giles Dickson, CEO
- Overview of the Japanese industry (tentative title) | JWPA
- Q&A
Examples of EU-Japan business cooperation in offshore wind
- EU-Japan business cooperation in offshore wind in Europe (tentative title) | Sumitomo Corporation
- Partnership at Choshi Offshore Wind Farm | Orsted – Mr. Andrew Ho, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, APAC New Markets
Solutions and technologies for offshore wind
- Van Oord’s maritime solutions for offshore wind (tentative title) | Van Oord – Mr. Koos van Oord, Director Offshore Wind Asia
- Offshore wind solution from a Japanese company (tentative title) | NSK – Mr. Etsuro Irie, Wind Power & Large Machinery Engineering Department, Industrial Machinery Bearing Technology Center
- Offshore wind turbines (tentative title) | Siemens Gamesa – Mr. Peter J. H. Esmann, Sr. Product Manager
- Offshore wind solution from a Japanese company (tentative title) | Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
Conformity assessment and certification of offshore wind technologies and components: challenges and opportunities for EU-Japan cooperation
- Conformity assessment and certification of offshore wind in the EU (tentative title) | TÜV SÜD – Dr. Martin Webhofer, Business Unit Manager Green Energy & Sustainability
- How project certification can support National Regulations with risk mitigation | DNV-GL – Mr. Ben Waldron
- Conformity assessment and certification of offshore wind in Japan (tentative title) | ClassNK – Mr. Sadao Akahoshi
- Conformity assessment and certification of offshore wind in Japan (tentative title) | JEMA – Mr. Jun Hashimoto
- Conformity assessment and certification of offshore wind in Japan (tentative title) | CDIT – Mr. Yusuke Fukunaga
- Panel discussion – Conformity assessment and certification: Obstacle or enabler for EU-Japan cooperation in offshore wind? (tentative title)
Day 2 – Wednesday 28th April | 9:00-11:00 CET / 16:00-18:00 JST
Floating turbines: tapping into a new potential of offshore wind energy Perspectives for cooperation and cost reduction
Floating offshore wind: partnerships and demonstrators in Europe and Japan
- The TetraSpar Demo – A collaborative effort | Stiesdal Offshore Technologies – Mr. Henrik Stiesdal, CEO
- Example of EU-Japan business cooperation for floating offshore wind in Japan (tentative title) | JERA – Mr. Satoru Yajima, Deputy General Manager, Renewable Energy Development Group, Business Development Department
- WindFloat Atlantic: a 25 MW floating offshore wind demonstrator in Portugal (tentative title) | Ocean Winds – Mr. Pelayo Ramirez Alonso, Senior Business Development Manager
- Floating offshore wind demonstrator in Japan (tentative title) | NEDO – Mr. Atsushi Sasaki, Wind Power & Ocean Group, New Energy Department
Floating offshore wind: solutions and technologies from Europe and Japan
- Floating offshore wind technology from Europe (tentative title) | BW Ideol – Mr. Bruno Geschier, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
- Floating offshore wind technology from Japan (tentative title) | Japan Marine United Corporation – Mr. Haruki Yoshimoto, Team Leader, Offshore Wind Development Team
- 2 Bladed technology for floating wind turbines (tentative title) | 2-B Energy – Mr. Herbert Peels, CEO
- Floating offshore wind technology from Japan (tentative title) | Tokyo Rope – M. Toshiyuki Moriya, Head of Technical Development Division, Director of Research Institute and Vice President of Steel Wire and Cable Division
Floating offshore wind: bringing down the cost
- Cost reduction for floating offshore wind: challenges and perspectives from Europe (tentative title) | WindEurope – Ms. Lizet Ramirez, Analyst
- Cost effective floating offshore wind in Japan | GWEC – Mr. Henrik Stiesdal, Offshore Ambassador
- Panel discussion on cost reduction perspectives for floating offshore wind
Conclusion of the 2-day workshop
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
- European Commission, Directorate General for Energy – Mr. Matthieu Craye, International Relations Officer
- Mrs. Sonja van Renssen, Journalist, Managing Editor of Energy Monitor
The agenda will be updated when additional speakers are confirmed.
Information & Registration
- Platform: Zoom
- Language: English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation
- Access to this event is limited to companies and organizations from the EU and Japan
- Registration is free
- Registration deadline: we can not guarantee that registration requests received after 22nd April will be processed
