A new collaboration between 11 European countries will strengthen the planning of offshore wind through a common digital solution that collects and shares marine data. Denmark is at the forefront, and both the Danish Environment Portal and Aalborg University are key partners in the EU-supported SUSTAINOW project.
The project will ensure better environmental considerations and societal assessments in offshore wind projects and address one of the biggest challenges in the expansion of offshore wind: fragmented and difficult-to-access environmental data. With a new open-access data platform and digital tools, stakeholders will be able to more easily find suitable locations and take into account both nature and societal interests.
- The ocean does not respect national borders, and therefore we need a common data framework where stakeholders can plan offshore wind on the same basis – regardless of which country they come from, says Nils Høgsted, head of the secretariat at the Danish Environment Portal, in a press release.
The data platform will first be tested in the North Sea, but the ambition is to expand the solution to the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The project brings together universities, companies and authorities and is also working to establish common standards and models for international operation and financing.
Vestas is participating in the project as a partner and highlights the opportunity to reduce uncertainty in the projects.
- SUSTAINOW addresses some of the factors that relate to how a wind farm affects the surroundings – e.g. wildlife, fishing interests and local resistance. These are data and insights that are often difficult to access in the planning phase. With SUSTAINOW we hope to get a more comprehensive overview and a better basis for making the right decisions early in the process, says Hans Ejsing Jørgensen, Senior Specialist at Vestas.
The first prototype is expected to be ready in 2027, with testing and validation in 2028.
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