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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...

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 ...

Opinion: UK government can’t say it wasn’t warned CfD auction would fail

Today (8 September), the fifth contracts for difference (CfD) allocation round in the UK failed to d...

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: Nearly 1TW accomplished, but what will drive demand for an additional 2TW over the next decade?

Global wind installed capacity will surpass 1TW during this year and more than 1.9TW of new capacity...

Opinion: Time the wind industry found its ambition on gender diversity

The wind and wider renewables industry knows the value – and sometimes the challenges – of demonstra...

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: Poland’s seabed auction effectively scuppered by NATO underwater training area

Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure concluded two out of eleven pending procedures of seabed leasing...

Opinion: UK ruling in GE-Siemens Gamesa case could impact all offshore wind patents

On 30 November 2022, the UK High Court found that GE’s Haliade-X wind turbine did not infringe Sieme...

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: Welcome to Schrodinger’s windfall tax on renewables in the UK

When is a windfall tax on renewable energy not a windfall tax? Allow me to explain....

Opinion: UK’s CfD policy risks sabotaging wind investment and hampering turbine firms

The UK’s plan for a market-wide conversion to contracts for difference looks good on paper but inves...

Opinion: Why Siemens Gamesa's patent win against GE could be bad for offshore wind

Patents serve to protect and reward innovation, but an injunction against GE selling its Haliade-X t...

Opinion: UK’s latest auction begs the question – are CfDs a boon or a burden to offshore?

The biggest ever round of the UK government’s flagship renewables auction scheme was finalised last ...

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: Lack of female leadership is an uncomfortable truth for the wind industry

Building a net zero workforce means a step change on the representation of women...

Opinion: Proposed SGRE buyout shows need for step-change in wind industry economics

The potential buyout of Siemens Gamesa makes sense for the industry's health if it is to meet the hu...