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Offshore Wind Worldwide 2023
1. STATE AND FUTURE
OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS
1.1 Current state of offshore wind
development and projects
The Philippines, being a coastal state, has
attracted various investors for its potential
for offshore wind (OSW) energy projects.
The World Bank Group– in collaboration
with the Philippine Department of Energy
(DOE) – the lead agency primarily tasked to
coordinate, supervise and control all plans,
projects and activities of the government
relative to energy exploration, development,
utilization, distribution and conservation
– has issued an Offshore Wind Roadmap
(OSW Roadmap) for the Philippines last
April 2022. Under the OSW Roadmap, the
Philippines has the potential to install up to
40 gigawatts (GW) of OSW power by 2050
with the right long-term vision, infrastructure development, investment, and policies.1
Further, DOE’s National Renewable Energy
(RE) Program 2020-2040 aims to increase
the share of renewable energy (RE) in the power generation mix to at least 35% by 2030
and 50% by 2040, from the current RE share
of 22%, including RE from OSW. 2 Keys to this
success would include a long-term plan for
OSW until year 2050 as part of a decarboni-
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zed energy mix; marine spatial planning in
establishing the wind development zones;
and investment in transmission, among
others. 3 The OSW Roadmap identified a
potential generation capacity of 178 GW
that can be harnessed from OSW resources. 4
As of writing, the DOE has already requested interested stakeholders to submit
comments and recommendations on its
draft department circular entitled Providing
Policies And Guidelines For Off-Shore Wind
Development And Amending For This Purpose Certain Provisions Of Department Circular No. DC2019-10-0013 (Draft Omnibus
Guidelines). Submission of comments was
only until 21 February 2023. The DOE has yet
to publish an update on the said call and no
final guidelines have been issued. Further,
last 26 April 2023, the DOE further requested
comments until 8 May 2023, on the Draft
Implementing Guidelines of Executive Order
No. 215 (entitled Directing the Establishment
of the Policy and Administrative Framework
for Offshore Wind Development signed by
the Philippine President last 19 April 2023).
On 18 May 2023, the DOE issued Department Circular No. DC2023-05-0013 which
provides for the implementing guidelines of
the said Executive Order No. 21.
1 Department of Energy, JOINT MEDIA R.LEASE: New Roadmap Shows Potential for 40GW of Offshore Wind by 2050 in the Philippines available at
https://www.doe.gov.ph/press-releases/joint-media-release-new-roadmap-shows-potential-40gw-offshore-wind-2050-philippines (last accessed February 28, 2023).
2 Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Program available at https://www.doe.gov.ph/sites/default/files/pdf/announcements/nrep_20202040.pdf?withshield=2 (last accessed February 28, 2023).
3 Department of Energy, JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: New Roadmap Shows Potential for 40GW of Offshore Wind by 2050 in the Philippines available at
https://www.doe.gov.ph/press-releases/joint-media-release-new-roadmap-shows-potential-40gw-offshore-wind-2050-philippines (last accessed February 28, 2023).
4 Draft Department Circular No. DC20230-02 entitled Providing Policies And Guidelines For Offshore Wind Development And Amending For This Purpose Certain Provisions of Department Circular No. Dc2019-10- 0013, entitled, "Omnibus Guidelines Governing the Award and Administration of RE Contracts
and the Registration of RE Developers".
5 Department of Energy, Press Release, Advisory: Call For Comments on the Draft Implementing Guidelines of Executive Order No. 21, entitled "Directing the Establishment of the Policy and Administrative Framework for Offshore Wind Development“ available at https://www.doe.gov.ph/announcements/advisory-call-comments-draft-implementing-guidelines-executive-order-no-21-entitled- (last accessed May 8, 2023).
