Asia Pacific regional developments and opportunities in Offshore Wind and renewables.
?The Asia-Pacific region boasts substantial potential for offshore wind energy as a clean and renewable power source, with extensive coastlines and favourable conditions.
China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Vietnam have well established offshore development projects, with India, Malaysia, and Australia looking to develop their offshore capabilities in the near future.
Asia-Pacific is poised for a remarkable offshore wind energy expansion, with planned installations to achieve a combined capacity of over 60 GW by 2030.
Even now, the region already boasts more than half of the 260 offshore wind farms in operation worldwide.
Overall Goal:
The overall goal is to promote offshore renewables in Southeast Asia, enhance energy security, and contribute to a greener future. Addressing security concerns and geopolitical issues is seen as essential for the success of these renewable energy initiatives.
Potential Challenges:
Whilst current recommendations provide a strategic approach, potential challenges could include diplomatic complexities, economic considerations, and the need for effective collaboration among regional partners.
Future analysis and recommendations must align with the growing global interest in sustainable energy solutions and the geopolitical dynamics of the South China Sea within the Asia-Pacific region, emphasising the role of international cooperation and planning in order to achieve a balance between energy development and security interests. Asia faces challenges related to a lack of experience and supply chain capacity, potentially posing obstacles to the smooth execution of projects, especially outside of China. ?To help tackle this it is vital that countries acknowledge their limitations and collaborate with partners, particularly those with a proven track record in Europe, in order to help fill the gap until Asia fully establishes its own capabilities.
There is also a significant need for local expertise and considerable resources are being invested to develop such capacity and to stimulate local industries. The requirement for vessels flying the flag of major Asia-Pacific nations to have a minimum number of local crew members underscores the importance of harnessing and developing local talent.
For reference, Godman Sachs and The Global Renewables Outlook predicts that 42m jobs will be created across the renewable energy sector by 2050 and the number of global wind jobs will rise by 600% to 6m between 2017-2050 with 60% of all employed energy professionals being in Asia.
A large proportion of these new roles will be in disciplines transferable from other energy sectors, including: Construction, Energy Efficiency, Engineering, Grid and Infrastructure, Operations and Maintenance and Technical jobs.
Many roles will be new and need new skills and technology providing scope for displaced workers to retrain such as the Oil and Gas work force as well as STEM returners and ex-military personnel.
Looking particularly at Offshore wind, ?access to the appropriate talent is a key factor to success within Asia-Specific regions and globally. A lack of skilled professionals or restrictive immigration policies and the reliance on expatriate talent could seriously delay projects. This would impact economic development, increase running costs and heighten energy security risks within the region.
?The successful engagement of local communities will encourage to maintain work force levels and really bolster political goodwill amongst what are often political stained and divided communities.
A number of offshore wind jobs are currently in demand within the region including but not limited to:
?
Key Projects in the region
Japan
Japan aims to install 4 GW of capacity by 2040.
Akita Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm Project
The Akita Offshore Wind Farm Corporation is developing a 54.6MW farm to be located near Akita Port. North of Akita Port, a further project, led by Obayashi Corporation, has the potential to produce 455MW of power with Siemens Gamesa supplying the turbines.
South Korea
South Korea is the largest offshore wind market outside the EU, the United States and China.
领英推荐
Offshore Wind Farm Incheon
A 600MW wind farm project will be located off Deokjeok island, Incheon Province. An additional 100MW project will be added nearby in Yeongheung. This projects and others in North Korea will look to Doosan Heavy to provide turbines.
?
Indonesia
Indonesia, due to its volcanic geology, has substantial potential in geothermal energy but due to the Indonesian government prioritising a phase out of fossil fuels, onshore and offshore wind which include the ambitious Thang Long Offshore Wind Project are also being utilised.
Ke Ga Offshore Wind Park (Thang Long Offshore Wind Project)
Vestas Wind Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will be the turbine manufacturers for the 64 turbines located 20km off South-Central Binh Thuan.
Taiwan
Taiwan is aiming to increase offshore wind capacity to 5.5 GW by 2025 and 10 GW by 2030.
Greater Changhua Offshore Wind Farm
Located in Taiwan Strait off Changhua county, the onshore construction project has?already created approximately 800 job opportunities already. Thew final development is set to see a total energy capacity of 2,400MW.
Vietnam
Vietnam has a national power development plan and is currently in collaborative talks with Siemans Gamesa to deliver 7 turbines in Phase 1 of the plan with 4HW of future wind capacity to be added and with a coastline over 3,000km and strong winds, there is great potential for success.
China
China has more than 1,000 GW of technical potential for offshore wind, thanks to a coastline over 18,000km long. In 2018, China added 1.6 GW of offshore wind capacity, the most of any country.
Shanwei Jiazi
A year ago, in December 2022, China General Nuclear Power Corporation connected its entire 900MW Shanwei Jiazi offshore wind project to the Chinese Grid. China Ming Yang Wind Power Group supplied the rubines for the project and ZTT Submarine Cable & System providing the subsea cables.
?
The Asian-Pacific region is an area of business we are committed to growing in 2024. We are looking to establish great working relationships with industry leading providers and contractors, help to secure and place local talent within the region, support education and skills amongst the communities local to the developments and to provide the logistical and operational visa support that experienced expatriate talent requires to assist with the growing developments and resourcing gaps.
We are looking to engage talent for our internal operations within the Asia-Pacific region and the UK who are familiar with the market.
If you have any questions about what we do, our future plans or you are keen to work with us- Please get in touch.
2024 is set to be an exciting year for Hydro Energy Group with growth on a global scale and we are committed to being a key-players in the transition toward a more secure and sustainable energy future.
Director - Offshore Energy. Working hard to create a sustainable future.
11 个月The APAC region has been very busy and we have been involved in many many offshore projects there. The full potential of the region is only really beginning to be realised and so excited to continue being involved!