News
Here Comes All Your California Offshore Wind Jobs
The CleanTechina Article Here Comes All Your California Offshore Wind Jobs , contains an interview with Mary Collins of the American Jobs Project. In the interview, Mary talks about “The California Offshore Wind Project: A Vision for [...]
Offshore wind could support over 17,500 new jobs in California
New report offers strategies for leveraging offshore wind to dramatically increase in-state renewable energy generation and pioneer new era of economic leadership in the Golden State BERKELEY, CA – With some of the highest offshore [...]
UK treads softly on CfD review as giants line up for auction
UK treads softly on CfD review as giants line up for auction' in Recharge quotes Giles Hundleby's views on the upcoming auction round for UK offshore wind. Giles's CfD review is: “The budget allocation was [...]
Guide to an Offshore Wind Farm updated to help businesses access UK offshore wind market
The Crown Estate and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have today published an updated and extended version of the popular ‘A Guide to an Offshore Wind Farm’, to help a [...]
EXCLUSIVE: offshore wind subsidy could be as low as £2/MWh
Wind Power Monthly's 'EXCLUSIVE: offshore wind subsidy could be as low as £2/MWh', includes the following quote from our team (provided by Mike Blanch and Giles Hundleby) on the likely prices in the upcoming offshore [...]
Our January newsletter
Our January Newsletter is now available. The stories include our approach to optimising asset management strategy, strategic work for Virginia and latest blogs. You can read the newsletter in gull here: BVGA January Newsletter
Views
Fixed vs. floating offshore foundations – it’s win-win by Andy Logan
Floating foundations continue to be a hot topic within the offshore wind sector. In the drive to reduce the cost of offshore wind, particularly for floating foundations, attention is often placed on choosing the ‘best’ [...]
My digitalisation obsession by Graham Gow
This year I will hit the dubious landmark of 25 years in the wind industry. Right from the very start I have been involved in creating software systems that managed and analysed data. My first [...]
End of life options for wind farms by Graham Gow
The increasing age of wind farm assets all over Europe poses some very significant questions to the industry, both technically and politically. Regardless of how far we think we have come in terms of wind [...]
Carbon reduction in 2019 by Hannah Collings
The progress of carbon reduction in 2019 will be heavily influenced by the UN’s COP24 that took place in Katowice, Poland in December 2018. The aim of the UN’s annual climate conference was to agree [...]
Good is not enough for asset management by Graham Gow
As we head into 2019, we continue to ponder one of our obsessions: How do wind farm owners know that they are getting the best value from their assets? Asset management strategies lie somewhere between [...]
Intermittency – the next challenge for renewables by Andy Strowbridge
Renewables are increasingly winning the ‘cost war’ and becoming an accepted part of the global energy mix. That is a great first step as it reduces the industry's dependence on regulatory support, which could change [...]