Design and execution of research and development

Description

The contracting authority wants to purchase offshore market engagement support services to engage with commercial and regulatory experts from the leading offshore wind farm (OWF) developers highlighting key regulatory and commercial issues from an offshore wind stakeholder perspective, for the period of December 2020-April 2021. For further details concerning the purchase, reference is made to the Tender Documents. TenneT Netherlands, TenneT Germany, Energinet and Gasunie joined forces — in the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) consortium — to develop a large scale European electricity system for offshore wind. A new approach to offshore wind connection and grid integration is required, both from a techno-economical as well as from a market and regulatory perspective. This is due to the scale of the offshore wind roll-out required to meet the Paris Agreement climate targets (~150-450 GW), the short time window for realisation (30 years) and the unfolding energy transition as a whole (form fossil to net zero emission). Based on the scope of works the consortium intends to procure support to develop more insight on background content for, and coordination of, ‘Offshore Wind Market Engagement’. This includes a structured process and moderation of interactive sessions with members of the consortium and leading offshore wind developers. This should build on the previous industry report and could result in a report to be presented to national governments during the WindEurope Electric City 2021 event in Copenhagen. The overall goal for this assignment and requested activities includes the following: • in close collaboration with the market and regulation work stream lead, refine and structure the plan of approach for the offshore market engagement; • prepare and assist in workshops with around five influential offshore wind developers; • develop content and deliverables for: (i) initial dialogue and discussions with developers; and (ii) a final offshore wind market report based on input and collaboration with offshore wind developers. For further details concerning the purchase, reference is made to the tender documents.