The global offshore wind industry has a record number of auctions planned to kick-off in 2024, totaling more than 50 GW, and expected to be the most competitive auctions to date.
At the same time, policymakers are exploring new ways to design future auctions that reflect evolving needs that go beyond pure economics, e.g., addressing issues related to resilience and sustainability.
How will new auction design elements like non-price criteria, resilience, and project completion incentives affect the competitive landscape? And what does this mean for the development and health of the offshore wind sector at large?
Join our upcoming Wavelength Roundtable, where Rina Bohle Zeller, Senior Specialist, Global Public Affairs at Vestas, Lena Kitzing, Head of Division for DTU Wind and Energy Systems, and Katherine Dykes, VP Engineering at Aegir Insights, will be discussing future offshore wind auction designs and how they could impact sector development.
Wednesday, 29 May at 14:00 CET.
Meet the speakers:
- Rina Bohle Zeller is a Senior specialist, Global Public Affairs at Vestas, where she is working at the crossroads of global policy issues and strategies to enable the acceleration of a sustainable global energy transition. Prior to joining Vestas in 2007, Mrs Bohle Zeller has held senior positions in audit and consultancy services at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Paris, France. She is titular of an MBA (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany) and of a master’s degree in economics of international Relations (Sciences Po in Paris, France).
- Lena Kitzing is Head of Division for DTU Wind and Energy Systems, Associate Professor in Energy Economics and Policy, and a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change. Her research spans across the energy-economy-society nexus and especially concerns the effective governance of energy systems through policy instruments, with particular focus on deployment and financing of renewables and their integration into the energy system. Lena is a leading expert in the economics and policy for offshore wind energy with a number of highly published articles in the area.
- As VP Engineering, Katherine Dykes is responsible for the advancement of technical solutions for Aegir Insights' software and data products. Before that she previously has been the Head of Section in Wind & Energy Systems and led the DTU-Total Energies Excellence Centre in Clean Energy, seeking to accelerate the green transition through research, innovation, and technology demonstration. Katherine has over 15 years of experience leading research and innovation programs in wind and renewable energy system design and optimization, technoeconomic analysis, and system integration.
Aegir Wavelength
Wavelength is Aegir's digital webcast series, giving key insights and delving into development and talking points in the global offshore wind industry.