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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...

On my radar with Eize de Vries: Why materials innovation will play a key part in delivering wind energy targets

Technology innovation sits at the heart of wind industry advancements, ranging from upsized turbines...

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...

Why doesn’t the wind industry make more use of accelerated patenting?

Acceleration schemes for patenting “green” technology are hardly being used in the UK, but they are ...

On My Radar with Eize de Vries: Sany tackles cost pressures with 8.X-11.XMW 919-series

Chinese OEM Sany and India-based Adani Renewables introduced new turbines to the wider market at Hus...

On My Radar with Eize de Vries: Down the wind industry memory lane on the way to Husum

When I first drove to the Husum Wind trade fair many years ago, following prompts from experienced w...

On My Radar with Eize de Vries: Copper shortage should prompt capacity factor rethink

A recurring point of controversy between opponents and proponents of wind power for as long as I can...

On My Radar with Eize de Vries: Why low quality can come at a high cost

Long before even hearing of the “cost of poor quality” concept, I remember adults in our community n...

Opinion: The Gulf of Mexico is not an insurmountable challenge if you look at it the right way

Offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico has received less focus than prospects on the east a...

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: Envision’s turbine underlines threat to western OEMs' market share outside Europe

Envision Energy unveiling its 10MW turbine is a timely reminder of the pace of change among Chinese ...

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: Could modularisation and standardisation restore profitability to OEMs?

The wind industry today has reached sufficient levels of maturity and is ready to embrace modularisa...

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: Distribution of value in the wind industry is broken – it’s time for a new settlement

Former Siemens Gamesa insider says turbine manufacturers are in dire need of the bright future they ...

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...

SGRE: picking up the turbine pace

The merger of Siemens and Gamesa was never going to be a simple affair. Two major multinational wind...