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PO069: IEA Wind TCP's Task 58: Offshore Energy Hubs
Oscar Saborío-Romano, Senior Advisor, DTU
Abstract
IEA Wind TCP's Task 58 addresses the critical challenge of accelerating massive offshore wind development through offshore energy hubs, where production, conversion, storage, and consumption of multiple energy carriers can occur with local control capabilities. The EU targets of 60 GW offshore wind by 2030 and 300 GW by 2050 require moving from traditional point-to-point connections into hub-based transmission systems that provide increased interconnectivity between countries and power system synchronous areas. This international research collaboration, initiated in January 2025, coordinates R&D efforts across three key areas: technology optimisation, system integration, and social/regulatory/economic aspects. The task addresses the significant gap between cost-effective solutions needed and current technological capabilities, which industry experts describe as a "Mars mission" for the energy sector. The work focuses on three central questions: how technologies should evolve to maximise synergies in offshore energy hub design and operation; how to integrate offshore energy hubs optimally into power and energy systems; and how to build and operate them sustainably and economically. The interdisciplinary approach combines three main work packages (WPs) covering technology (WP1), system integration & role in future energy systems (WP2), and sustainability / social acceptance / regulation / economics (WP3). Deliverables will include state-of-the-art technology reports, system integration methodologies, life cycle assessment frameworks, ownership structure analyses, regulatory roadmaps, and reference plant designs. The task will establish consensus on definitions, terminology, and best practices while identifying research gaps and deployment roadmaps for offshore energy hubs.
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