After a turbulent year in offshore wind, Aegir Insights’ lead analysts look back on the key events in regional plays in 2023 – and forward to how they will affect these markets in the coming year.
Our lead analyst for APAC Simon Engfred Schlichting reflects on offshore wind developments in Asia-Pacific, where crystallization continues as several markets are taking significant strides:
- South Korea's yearly offshore wind off-take auction was heavily oversubscribed in 2023, with 1.43 GW awarded against bids totaling 2.1 GW. The market looks to have significant capacity coming into the system towards 2030, so watch for Seoul this year to warm to industry requests for an annual award of 3-4 GW.
- After opening five out of six planned ‘megazones’ to offshore wind development in 2023, Australia is eying first acreage awards this year. Keep a close watch on the fast-advancing Gippsland zone, where 6 initial projects have already been granted status of preliminary consideration for the award of feasibility licenses, and the Hunter zone where the country’s first floating projects could become reality in this high potential play.
- Taiwan got final administrative contracts on to the books for auction round 3.1 with 2.3 GW signing on in 2023. Finalization of the rules for round 3.2 clears the way for this auction to happen in 2024, while also several projects from round 2 come online, meaning the country would have an installed capacity well over 2 GW, the biggest in the region outside China.
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