Jan 3, 2011
Vertical integration is gathering pace in the offshore wind sector as increased demand and investment places further strain on a nascent supply chain, reports David Craik.
Dec 17, 2010
National Grid-Cape Wind PPA deal challenged This week's Wind Energy Update news bief includes the following comoanies and organisations: Associated Industries of Massachusetts, National Grid and Cape Wind; SET Venture Partners, Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund (SCF), and NGenTec; European Offshore Wind Deployment Centr and Crown Estate, Vattenfall, Technip and Aberdeen...
Dec 13, 2010
EU countries to build common offshore electricity gridThis week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Belwind, Vestas and Van Oord; International Finance Corporation & China WindPower; UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Renewables Obligation; Consumers Energy, Heritage Sustainable Energy, Northern Power Systems & Michigan...
Dec 13, 2010
In a bid to trigger critical upgrades to the UKs transmission network, UK electricity regulator, Ofgem, has introduced the biggest change to its regulatory framework in 20 years. Wind Energy Update speaks to an Ofgem spokesperson to learn more about how the changes benefit the wind energy sector.
Dec 10, 2010
Building offshore wind farms in deeper waters, further from land presents a costly challenge. But the innovators have been busy.
Dec 9, 2010
Responding to last week's Executive Viewpoint, "Offshore wind project insurers: Pivotal to knowledge transfer?", one reader concurs that resources are being squandered, and unnecessary risks are being taken in the offshore wind sector.
Dec 6, 2010
Short on orders, long on ambition, 2010 has been a challenging year for the global wind energy sector.
Dec 6, 2010
Atlantic states lag behind Europe and China in offshore wind This week's Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organsiations: National Wildlife Federation; Siemens; ABB; Narec & Natural Power; Skykon; Nordex & EverPower; REpower & Energiekontor U.K.; and Gamesa & Eolia Renovables.
Dec 3, 2010
Wind Energy Update speaks to renewable energy insurance company GCube’s head of offshore, Jatin Sharma, about how developers are passing up a huge knowledge transfer opportunity by not engaging insurers at the earliest possible stage.
Nov 29, 2010
This week's Wind Energy Update weekly news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement; C-Power consortium, REpower Systems, RWE Innogy, European Investment Bank & the German and Danish Export Credit Agencies, and Essent; Gamesa, Alstom Wind, Acciona Windpower, Iberdrola Renovables and Acciona Energía,Técnicas...
Nov 29, 2010
North Sea oil and gas decommissioning is due to step up at the same time as Scotland’s offshore renewable energy industry takes off. Are the UK’s leading offshore energy sectors heading for a resource war?
Nov 29, 2010
GeoSea, the pre-piling pioneer, has taken strides to achieve cost competitive foundation installation. Wind Energy Update speaks to GeoSea's project manager Niels van Berlaer, to learn more about the proprietary technologies and smart designs that are chipping away the cost of offshore wind.
Nov 23, 2010
Wind Energy Update speaks to Bob Meijer, unit manager wind energy, Ecofys, about the consultancy’s offshore wind farm construction software, Trident.
Nov 22, 2010
The world’s largest offshore wind project has incurred major cost over-runs in recent months. Wind Energy Update investigates what went wrong and how future projects could avoid similar pitfalls.
Nov 22, 2010
This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Ofgem; European Wind Energy Agency; The Mersey Partnership (TMP); Douglas-Westwood & the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Broadwind Energy; Pipeline Engineering; Iberdrola Renewables and Bat Conservation International; and Vestas.
