Executive Viewpoint

What’s new about gravity base foundations for offshore wind?

Rikki Stancich — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:30:30 +0100

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Petter Karal, CEO of offshore wind turbine foundation technology provider, Seatower, to learn how the latest gravity base foundations resolve installation issues that have plagued the offshore wind industry to date.

Is wind energy storage about to ramp up?

Rikki Stancich — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:46:32 +0100

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Frank Novachek, Xcel Energy’s director of corporate planning, about progress on its wind-to-battery project to date.

Offshore wind: Supplier rides northeast wind energy wave

Rikki Stancich — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:35:16 +0100

WindEnergyUpdate interviews Richard Broughton, Corus, about plans for a new monopile manufacturing facility at Corus' Teeside plant.

Next-generation far-shore turbine technology: 2-B Energy

Rikki Stancich — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:24:18 +0100

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to 2-B Energy’s co-founder and chief operating officer, Mikael Jakobsson, about a next generation turbine likely to feature in the UK’s Round 3, and why turbine reliability is crucial to project risk management.

'North Sea grid pilot' hangs in the balance

Rikki Stancich — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:20:47 +0100

Wind Energy Update speaks to Peter Jørgensen, Kriegers Flak project manager at Energinet.dk, Denmark’s grid owner-operator, about the potential of the world’s first offshore grid in Kriegers Flak in the Baltic sea.

BZE’s ‘Easy Way’: Renewable Energy for the price of lunch

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:19:00 +0100

Matthew Wright, executive director of Australian non-profit organisation Beyond Zero Emissions, walks WindEnergyUpdate through the world’s first step-by-step plan to an affordable, 100% renewable energy-powered nation.

REpower’s secret for success

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:22:00 +0100

Wind Energy Update speaks to Olivier Perot, CEO of REpower S.A.S., and Dr. Axel Birk, REpower’s Senior Vice President Global Service, about REpower’s lead market position in France and how it has achieved a successful offshore O&M strategy.

Market strategy: Siemens buys into installation vessels

DvdWalt — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:27:25 +0100

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Frank Zimmermann, chief financial officer of Siemens Offshore Wind about Siemens’ vertical integration tactics and 2^nd generation vessel builds on the radar.

PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

DvdWalt — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:31:57 +0100

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

FINO2: Measuring offshore wind potential in the South Baltic Sea

DvdWalt — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:13:24 +0100

Wind Energy Update interviews GL Garrad Hassan’s EIA expert, Mirjam Tome, to find out how wind developers eyeing the offshore potential of Kriegers Flak could benefit from the FINO2 research platform.