Rikki Stancich, (Jan 30, 2012)

By no means has it been plain sailing for what will be the world’s largest wind farm, London Array. If the project achieves its ‘end-of-2012’ completion target, its developers will have surmounted some of the biggest challenges confronting offshore wind farms to date.

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Industry Insight

Ormonde Offshore wind farm fully commissioned

Rikki Stancich, (Feb 22, 2012)

Two years after construction began, Vattenfall’s Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm is being readied to operate at full power today, with commissioning work...

Offshore wind: does Britannia still rule the...

Rikki Stancich, (Jan 23, 2012)

Offshore investors face an increasingly wide choice of projects as Baltic and, more recently, French waters open up for development.

The offshore wind skills gap: Race against time

Rikki Stancich, (Nov 28, 2011)

As the UK ramps up it’s efforts to hit EU renewable energy targets in 2020, Wind Energy Update investigates the looming skills gap on the horizon

Intelligence Brief

Weekly Intelligence Brief: September 19 –...

Rikki Stancich, (Sep 26, 2011)

A round-up of this week's global wind energy news, from Wind Energy Update. This week's top three stories include: UK must drop “laissez-...

Weekly Intelligence Brief: July 18 – July 25

tonyjack, (Jul 25, 2011)

25 July 2011 New Bill to support offshore wind energy in the US

Weekly Intelligence Brief: May 16 - 23

Rikki Stancich, (May 23, 2011)

A round up of this week's Wind Energy Update news from around the globe.

Executive viewpoint

London Array: Taming the tides

Rikki Stancich, (Jan 30, 2012)

By no means has it been plain sailing for what will be the world’s largest wind farm, London Array. If the project achieves its ‘end-of-2012’...

Ontario: Windstream pushes ahead despite...

Rikki Stancich, (Jan 24, 2012)

Why Windstream Energy believes it stands a chance of developing its 300 MW offshore Wolfe Island Shoals project in lake Ontario.

OWEC Tower: O&M design solution market-ready...

Rikki Stancich, (Jan 16, 2012)

Wind Energy Update speaks to Owec Tower’s CEO Bjørn Fjeld about its recent deal with Keppel Corp and key R&D projects that address major wind...

Press releases

Supply chain gains momentum as offshore wind...

Polly Freeman, (Feb 15, 2012)

The most important update from the offshore wind industry in the past week was the revealing of the cable corridor for East Anglia One - the first of...

Europe’s leading offshore wind supply chain...

Polly Freeman, (Feb 9, 2012)

There are less than four weeks before key industry figures from The EU Parliament, The Crown Estate, RWE Innogy, GDF Suez, Alstom, RES Offshore,...

The offshore wind industry elite meet in London...

Polly Freeman, (Feb 3, 2012)

Despite its rapid growth over the past few years the offshore wind industry still has numerous issues to resolve. Supply chain cost and availability...