Senvion plans to launch prototypes for offshore wind turbines over 10MW by the end of 2019 or early 2020. As a result, a strong competitor may be added to the market for large-capacity offshore wind turbines.
Currently, Senvion is actively working with 13 other ReaLCoE project companies and research institutes to develop the next generation of offshore wind turbines with a capacity of over 10MW each, and hopes to obtain financing from the EU's Horizon 2020 plan in early 2018.
Note: Horizon 2020 is by far the largest research and innovation project in the EU and it is planned to provide up to 80 billion euros in financial support between 2014 and 2020 to help more innovative research move from the laboratory to the market.
But even if the ReaLCoE project fails to receive the funding, Senvion said it will continue with the development of this giant offshore wind turbine.
The RealCoE project aims to fully unlock the potential of offshore wind and make offshore wind power a strong competitor of all existing types of energy and for this reason Senvion invited the most experienced companies and innovative SMEs in the European offshore wind industry to participate, Almost across the entire industrial chain of offshore wind power.
With the RealCoE project, Senvion hopes to shift the entire offshore wind power industry chain to modular, parallel development, testing and certification, and ultimately achieve vertical integration and accelerate the development and marketization of new models.