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First turbines in federal waters? Va.’s on the way
The E&E website story 'First turbines in federal waters? Va.'s on the way' includes a reference to our report, commissioned by the Sierra Club in September, on potential for the development of an offshore wind supply [...]
ISO 9001:2015
Following an extensive external evaluation process, we are proud to have been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification by Advanced Certification Ltd. The certification required an audit of our quality management system that identified no non-conformances with [...]
Renewable Reputation Index 2018
We are delighted to have finished so far up the rankings (11 out of the 3000 companies) in the Tamarindo's Renewable Reputation Index 2018, especially as the vast majority of the other top 100 seem [...]
New Floating Offshore wind report
Technology innovations that will impact the LCOE in floating offshore wind farms InnoEnergy and BVG Associates have launched a new joint report, Floating Offshore: 55 technology innovations that will have greater impact on reducing the [...]
Press Release: Landmark Report Charts a Course for Virginia Offshore Wind
New Report Shows Virginia’s Leaders Have the Opportunity to Reap Significant Economic, Energy Benefits from Urgent Action to Develop Offshore Wind NORFOLK, VA, September 19, 2018 – A new report released today by BVG Associates [...]
UK onshore growth at risk
In reNews's UK onshore growth at risk includes a quote from Renewwable UK that sites our 'Power of onshore wind report': “Onshore wind is the lowest cost option for new power in the UK, with a [...]
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Five strategic building blocks to beat auction challenges by Andy Strowbridge
There has been a global shift in wind energy support towards auctions, from feed-in tariffs with fixed prices for all qualifying projects. This has led to increased capacity of renewable electricity with reduced support costs. [...]
UK CfD Announcement by Giles Hundleby
The recent UK CfD announcement by the Government has finally brought some clarity to the outlook for offshore wind in the 2020’s. The key parameters from Claire Parry’s speech last week are: Auctions every two [...]
Answering the toughest questions for wind energy by Andy Strowbridge
Wind energy has completed a dramatic evolution in its relatively short history. It has come from being described as “alternative” to “renewable” to “the new conventional”. Grid penetration has also progressed enormously. Across the whole [...]
Evolving asset management strategies in a changing world by Neil Douglas
When speaking to our clients we are consistently reminded that one of the most common challenges faced by wind farm portfolio owners is that of asset diversity. Diversity can take many forms within a portfolio [...]
Japan – seven years on from the triple catastrophe by Bruce Valpy
It is already seven years since the offshore earthquake lead to Japan suffering from a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. Japan now has a world-leading floating offshore wind demonstration programme and its government has announced [...]
The 1-2-3 of unlocking better wind farm performance by Neil Douglas
When it comes to technology for achieving better wind farm performance, a quote from the Norwegian political scientist Christian Lous Lange provides some sage guidance: “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master”. I [...]