DOE prepares offshore wind guidelines

By Alena Mae S. Flores – June 18, 2023, 6:20 pm
from manilastandard.net

The Department of Energy is firming up the guidelines for the issuance of offshore wind energy service contracts in the next two months following the industry consultations.

DOE assistant secretary Mylene Capongcol said they needed to update the draft OSWESC guidelines, taking into account additional inputs from the private sector and other agencies.

“The detailed guidelines on offshore wind developments can be issued in two months. We are having a deep study on the timelines or the development activities because we adapted the onshore technology for the issuance of the contract based on the current guidelines,” Capongcol said.

“We have done several consultations with the players as well as the government agencies, and we are planning to have a more specific timeline of development like extending the pre-development stage from five to seven [years],” she said.

Capongcol said the DOE faced challenges in finalizing the guidelines because of “so many unknowns that we are still gathering.”