Annual Report 2021
The Annual Report 2021 highlights the activities and accomplishments of the International Energy Agency Wind Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA Wind TCP)
The year 2021 saw newly added wind power capacity almost at the record year 2020 levels: global wind power installed capacity increased by 93 gigawatts (GW) to 837 GW, and offshore wind capacity made a new record reaching 57 GW total capacity by the end of the year [1]. The wind power industry continued to show good resilience, only slightly affected by the global pandemic. The demand for wind and renewables is surging as renewable energy addresses environmental and energy crises. A leap in yearly deployment numbers is needed to reach new targets set for 2030 and beyond.
Task reports
Task 11 – Wind Strategy, Collaboration & Outreach on Urgent Topics of Wind Energy Research (Wind SCOUT)
Task 25 – Design and Operation of Energy Systems with Large Amounts of Variable Generation
Task 28 – Social Acceptance of Wind Energy Projects
Task 30 – Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continuation, with Correlation and unCertainty (OC6)
Task 34 – Working Together to Resolve Environmental Effects of Wind Energy (WREN)
Task 37 – Systems Engineering
Task 39 – Quiet Wind Turbine Technology
Task 41 – Distributed Wind
Task 42 – Wind Turbine Lifetime Extension
Task 43 – Wind Energy Digitalization
Task 44 – Wind Farm Flow Control
Task 45 – Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades
Task 46 – Erosion of Wind Turbine Blades
Task 47 – TURBulent INflow Innovative Aerodynamics (TURBINIA)
Task 48 – Airborne Wind Energy
Task 49 – Integrated Design on Floating wind Arrays (IDeA)
Task 50 – Hybrid Power Plants