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Supply chain needs reassurance local content requirement 'is more than a PR exercise'

The UK offshore wind sector deal was widely welcomed by the global offshore wind industry, but the c...

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...

Poland outlines offshore ambitions

POLAND: With costs coming down, a pre-existing supply chain and other sites being developed nearby, ...

On reflection: Agree to inspect to stay out of court

WORLDWIDE: Negotiations between wind-turbine seller and buyer tend to focus on who takes the blame w...

On reflection: Give offshore projects the name they deserve

WORLDWIDE: Offshore wind farms are large enough in terms of scale and generation capacity that they ...

From a technology push to a market pull

EUROPE: To make Europe sustainably energy-independent will require a renewable-eneration portfolio b...

Europe offers lessons in offshore innovation and finance

UNITED STATES: A number of offshore wind energy projects are under development in the US, around the...

The money is in the data not the steel

In turbulent times it is not viable to just carry on as before. Businesses need to innovate continua...

Synergy on 2020 targets unlikely to be the norm

Agreements between the UK's transmission system operator and the developers of clusters of wind farm...

Demystify the industry to capture future workers

While the strained global economy has seen many other industries suffer, wind energy has remained bu...

Husum's future depends on vision and compromise

GERMANY: Husum WindEnergy's slogan of 2012 confidently read: "The leading international wind trade f...

We need political leadership to thrive

WORLDWIDE: There are some uncanny parallels between the euro debt crisis and offshore wind. Let me e...

Harm to reputation cannot be undone

If you thought the wind industry lacks exciting story lines, think again. The latest allegations aga...

Cutting the cost of cross-border currency flows

WORLDWIDE: Understanding the true cost of foreign exchange is important for finance directors within...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Last word - Risky investment in energy must stop

The financial crisis was brought on by too many, investing too much of their wealth in risky assets,...

Failure fallout

A video clip of a runaway wind turbine in Denmark and its dramatic disintegration, filmed from the w...

Mastering credit trade

Blink and you will already be out of date on the latest happenings in the global market for carbon c...

Opportunity knocks

In case anyone was in doubt, China is the land of opportunity for wind power players. The country is...

Engel, Vestas and the will to win

In my three decade boom and bust career in wind power I've seen all manner of business, including br...

Selling wind farm assets is about yield not costs

Selling wind farm assets is about yield not costs. From a banker's perspective, the traditional appr...

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