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On my radar with Eize de Vries: Why secrecy on issues with floating wind will not make them go away

Wind turbine problems at two floating UK wind farms within operating periods of one to six years hav...

Opinion: Turbulence ahead for offshore wind investors in an election year

The UK government's recent decision to raise the strike price for the next round of offshore wind pr...

On my radar with Eize de Vries: Turbine technology and power ratings matter, but ‘the rotor is the motor’

With 2024 only just off the starting block, we have already clocked three new large-scale offshore t...

Floating wind will continue to be risky to insure without standardisation

Floating offshore wind offers fantastic advantages such as increased possibilities to access deep-wa...

Opinion: GE has learned a hard lesson from its patent battle with Siemens Gamesa

Last month, Siemens Gamesa and GE agreed to an amicable settlement on offshore technology licensing ...

Opinion: Floating wind could be profitable in little more than a decade

A report on the future of floating offshore wind in Norway shows it could become profitable sooner t...

Opinion: GE’s patent wars with competitors have backfired

The ongoing patent dispute between GE and Siemens Gamesa is part of a broader strategy by the former...

Opinion: Wind industry must slow down turbine development to speed up the offshore rollout

It's time for a more collaborative approach to meet 2030 offshore wind deployment targets...

Opinion: We need a fresh look at the data to harness the potential of floating wind

The advent of floating offshore wind technology requires that we take a fresh look at the data, argu...

OPINION: Making the most of the offshore wind boom

With the pace of offshore deployment increasing, the supply chain needs to keep pace. Here, vessel s...

OPINION: Making the most of the offshore wind boom

With the pace of offshore deployment increasing, the supply chain needs to keep pace. Here, vessel s...

Hywind points floating offshore in right direction

WORLDWIDE: Recent reports of Statoil's Hywind Scotland project, the world's first commercial floatin...

Hywind points floating offshore in right direction

WORLDWIDE: Recent reports of Statoil's Hywind Scotland project, the world's first commercial floatin...

Viewpoint: Floating technology is key to making offshore global

Offshore wind farms using floating foundations are a hot topic in the industry at the moment, domina...

Offshore needs the big players

For all the optimism and confidence on display in London at the WindEurope/RenewableUK offshore wind...

Viewpoint: Floating technology taking shape to be next big thing

Although the first offshore wind turbine was installed more than 25 years ago, the onshore industry ...

On Reflection: High ambitions needed to lower costs

WORLDWIDE: Downwind turbines of up to 10MW mounted on floating foundations might sound like somethin...

Industry should build on manufacturing heritage

WORLDWIDE: At the turn of the century, many considered manufacturing-based economies to be outdated ...

Flat-out rivalry is a fool's errand

With more than 2,000 offshore turbines installed and generating electricity, the offshore wind secto...

Comment - Floating turbine technology could create a whole new industry

GL Garrad Hassan senior policy consultant Oscar Fitch-Roy considers the possible industry benefits f...

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