Dialogs between research, industry and politics
On November 4, 2025, the first stakeholder workshop of the Living Lab 70 GW Offshore Wind took place at the ForWind WindLab. Representatives from research, industry and politics jointly discussed future topics of offshore energy: optimization of the service life of future wind turbines as well as opportunities and challenges of multiple use in offshore wind farms. The discussions were based on the results of the cross-cutting topics from the real-world laboratory working groups and the numerous practice-oriented keynote speeches by invited guest speakers from the industry.
Current research findings were presented in two thematic sessions – including on structural monitoring, life cycle management, nature-inclusive design, co-use scenarios such as aquaculture and offshore electrolysis. In subsequent discussions, the participants discussed perspectives and requirements from practice and planning and which new impulses and questions arise from this for research in the living lab. The scientists from the living lab also passed on questions to the guests present, including the impulse to rethink how value and added value can be defined in the wind energy sector.
In this way, the workshop promoted professional exchange and strengthened networking between science and industry. It provided valuable impetus for the further work of the living lab and future transfer activities.
We would like to thank the speakers from the industry at the stakeholder workshop for their exciting insights into the challenges and issues currently being discussed in the practice of offshore wind energy expansion:
Jannis Tautz-Weinert, Rambøll
Aleksandra Kot, RWE
Michael Berges, Northsea Hydrogen
Jens Gengenbach, Ørsted
