Standardisation could cut offshore wind costs 25% by 2050, DNV finds

A DNV study finds that standardising offshore wind components across projects could reduce costs by 25% by 2050. The mechanism is straightforward: longer, more uniform production runs lower per-unit manufacturing costs across turbines, foundations, and balance-of-plant. The finding matters for European asset managers pricing long-dated offshore capacity into portfolios now.

On the onshore side, Enercon confirmed a supply agreement with Qair for the Cobadin 1 wind farm in Romania. Enercon will provide its E-175 EP5 E2 turbines to the project. Romania has been an active onshore build zone as developers target lower land costs and favourable wind resources in the southeast of the zone.

Separately, Recharge News raised the question of what 10 GW of additional UK wind capacity means for project economics in that zone. Capture price pressure and curtailment risk are the standard concerns when a single zone absorbs a large volume increment; Recharge did not publish supporting numbers in the available summary.