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Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) The drivers for global offshore wind growth look good for 2023. Global offshore wind is forecast to grow from over 60 GW at the end of 2022 to 240 GW by 2030 and over 410 GW by 2035. But the sunny outlook must be balanced with some building dark clouds. As we... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor Floating wind is an emerging technology. Currently being tested in small scale demonstration and pilot projects, global floating wind commissioned capacity at the end of 2022 was less than 200 megawatts (MW). By 2030, close to 11 gigawatts (GW) of commercial scale wind farms are planned to be commissioned in Europe and the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Britain’s wind farms contributed a record 26.8% of the country’s electricity in 2022 although gas-fired power plants remained the biggest source of power, National Grid data showed on Friday. Britain has a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 which will require a huge scale-up of renewable power generation such as wind and... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has taken another important step towards a low-carbon future: it has signed an agreement with the Oil & Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 (OGMP), a global initiative coordinated by the UN dedicated to the quantification and management of methane emissions, focusing on climate change mitigation. Recognized as the industry's most relevant... Continue Reading →
Norwegian industrial giant Hydro and compatriot next-generation offshore wind technology developer World Wide Wind (WWW) plan to explore using recycled aluminium to build a potentially revolutionary new floating design, under a letter of intent (LoI) signed today (Thursday). The pair – which expects to expand its collabloration to investigate employing the lightweight metal alloy in... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) January brings with it the expectation that the United States' first commercial wind farm in federal waters will start generating power by year end, the promise that permitting for close to 5 gigawatts (GW) of projects will be finalized within the year and that federal agencies will auction leases containing more than... Continue Reading →
The Norwegian energy company Equinor has signed a strategic partnership with Germany's RWE that involves "large scale projects that will contribute to the European energy supply as well as to the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy in Germany and the EU." In addition, the partnership said it would strengthen the long-term security of supply of... Continue Reading →
Simon Hogg, Durham University In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of northeast England, the world’s largest wind turbines will start generating electricity. This first phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development uses General Electric’s Haliade X, a turbine that stands more than a quarter of a kilometer high from the surface of... Continue Reading →
Hywind Scotland, the first floating offshore wind farm in the world, has been running for five years now. It was put into service in 2017. Located off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland, it is the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, and, according to operator Equinor, it is also the world’s best-performing offshore wind farm,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Japan has resumed public auctions for offshore wind power projects under revised rules aimed at encouraging a wider range of operators and accelerating the development of infrastructure, the industry and land ministries said on Wednesday. The government has launched the second major round of auctions to select operators for four new areas capable of... Continue Reading →
