The EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) was launched 10 years ago in 2008 and updated in 2015 with the communication from the European Commission entitled “Towards an Integrated SET-Plan”1.
As part of the updated SET-Plan, a number of targets were defined for the different technology sectors, including offshore wind energy. In 2016, a number of Temporary Working Groups (TWGs) were established to identify how the EU, Member States and the Industry could work together to achieve the targets. The result of that effort should be a set of implementation plans for each technology. In June 2018, the Temporary Working Group for Offshore Wind Energy (TWG) delivered the SET-Plan Offshore Wind Implementation Plan (hereafter: Implementation Plan) to the SET-Plan Steering Group.
SETWIND supports the implementation of the Implementation Plan. The project supports the continued work of the SET-Plan Implementation Working Group for Offshore Wind Energy and facilitate the implementation of the research and Innovation (R&I) priorities through cross-border coordination of nationally funded projects. The SETWind project is executed in close collaboration with key SET-Plan stakeholder partners such as the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Wind Energy (ETIPWIND), the Joint Programme for Wind Energy of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA JP WIND), the SET-Plan secretariat and SETIS. Furthermore, SETWind is working with the EU Joint Research Centre in Petten, IEA Wind TCP and other international organisations to monitor and report on progress and disseminate key lessons and results of the project.
With the launch of the EU Strategy for Offshore Renewable Energy (Nov 2020) and the ambition of 300GW offshore wind power in the EU-27 member states by 2050, SETWIND has a clear target to support this ambition by enabling better coordination and development of R&I activities, policies and agenda setting.
The SETWIND project has four objectives:
1) Increase cross-border coordination of national research in wind energy
2) Support the development of the "rolling agenda" of R&I priorities in the Implementation Plan
3) Continue policy coordination between national funding agencies
4) Monitor and report on progress
