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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...

Asia Pacific's offshore wind boom could be slowed by a decade

Global offshore wind will grow from 62GW to 500GW in 2035 and Asia Pacific, led by China, will accou...

Opinion: US Clean Water Act overhaul will see biggest changes to wind permitting in decades

Earlier this month, US federal agencies published new permiting rules pertaining to the Clean Water ...

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: Meshed grids will unlock the full potential of offshore wind

Ambitious pledges to increase offshore wind capacity from the G7 nations along with targets set by E...

Opinion: German offshore wind tender process must be improved, but oil and gas players welcome

Earlier this week, German grid regulator BNetzA announced the results of the dynamic bidding process...

Opinion: Offshore wind auctions – why price is no longer king

With falling subsidy needs, governments and auction authorities need non-price factors to support lo...

Opinion: Which is safer, oil and gas or offshore wind? It’s complicated

The safety records of the offshore wind sector and the oil and gas industry are often compared, but ...

Opinion: Offshore wind must live up to its sustainability credentials as it scales up

Offshore wind has impeccable sustainability credentials; however, the technology’s environmental pot...

Opinion: US policymakers must collaborate with industry to meet ambitious offshore wind goals

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has released its offshore wind energy strategy, which details its ...

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: 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: 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: 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: Training won’t bridge offshore wind skills gap alone - we must build competency too

The news is awash with positive stories about offshore wind: from Finland’s latest 2.1GW project, to...

Opinion: Taiwanese local content laws could strangle its nascent offshore wind industry

Since 2016, Taiwan has pursued the energy transition with the aim of increasing renewable energy to ...

Opinion: Mara regulatory body could be a gamechanger for Irish offshore wind but delays cost investment

A lack of dedicated policy and outdated legislation in Ireland has directly impeded the development ...

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