2020 In Review: End of Year Special
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the offshore wind sector like never before, but the industry demonstrated incredible resilience in the face of the crisis and achieved remarkable success. In this spec...
30 Dec 202038min
Rocking the boat: The role of vessels in driving offshore wind growth
As offshore wind continues to accelerate growth into new markets, the industry must keep looking to the future and anticipate growth to avoid any potential bottlenecks and be able to fulfil a growing ...
18 Dec 202036min
Skills, Safety, and Diversity: The making of a global offshore wind workforce
The offshore wind sector is growing exponentially, with over 205 GW of new offshore wind capacity forecasted to be installed by the end of this decade. But, we need to make sure that there is a work...
20 Nov 202038min
Future ports and coastal communities
The offshore wind industry is a major contributor to economic growth in coastal areas, bringing in investment to revive critical infrastructure such as ports and creating thousands of jobs in the comm...
6 Nov 202036min
Is floating offshore wind a game changer for the industry?
Floating offshore wind has the potential to increase offshore wind resource by a factor of ten, and is set to play and increasingly relevant role in the global energy mix. As of the end of 2019, 65.7 ...
22 Okt 202036min
Mega-turbines and supergrids: What's at the cutting edge of offshore wind technology?
Offshore wind turbines have come a long way since the first project was installed in 1991. One of the main reasons that the offshore wind industry has been so successful is thanks to technology innova...
7 Okt 202032min
Energy islands: the next step for offshore wind growth?
As offshore wind grows in scale as a power generation source, so does the need for large-scale interconnection between wind farms across different national boundaries. Energy islands, large-scale ener...
24 Sep 202033min
China's offshore market - separate or just different?
China has quickly become the global new leader in offshore wind, and this trend is set to continue as we will see an installation rush over the next year as developers look to have their offshore proj...
10 Sep 202037min
