News
Airborne wind energy is finally ready for lift-off
Energy Monitor's 'Airborne wind energy is finally ready for lift-off' includes references to our white paper for AirborneWind Europe. It mentions that our paper states that AWE enables increased energy generation per square kilometre, at [...]
The Crown Estate, DfE advance plan for offshore wind leasing in Northern Ireland
Riviera Media's 'The Crown Estate, DfE advance plan for offshore wind leasing in Northern Ireland' references our report of September 2022 for RenewableNI. The report, 'The Clean Revolution – Building Northern Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industry', sets [...]
SSE Files for Consent for Berwick Bank
offshoreWIND.biz's 'SSE Files for Consent for Berwick Bank, Says 4.1 GW Offshore Wind Project Essential to Meet Scotland’s 2030 Targets' mentions that SSE's application documents refer to our study, released in September, which found that [...]
Season Greetings in our December 2022 newsletter
Our December 20220 newsletter has Season Greetings from Bruce Valpy and all the team at BVGA. It also contains updates about BVGA's activities. This includes details of our latest recruitment drive, with four new roles [...]
Solving floating wind’s tow-back challenge
Riviera Media's 'Solving floating wind's tow-back challenge' includes an interview with our non-Executive Chair, Julian Brown, in his role as board chair for SenseWind. It also references some our work in estimating failure rates of [...]
Important milestone reached as Northern Ireland joins offshore wind race
In Riviera Media's 'Important milestone reached as Northern Ireland joins offshore wind race', David Foxwell mentions our report on the potential of Northern Ireland's offshore wind industry. The report, 'The Clean Revolution – Building Northern [...]
Views
California auction results: some initial thoughts
The results of the BOEM lease auction for floating wind sites off the coast of California shows the industry is maturing and taking floating wind seriously. Quiet congratulations to winners we helped along the way, [...]
Three potential gotchas on the road to digitalisation
When it comes to digitalisation, George Westerman, MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy summed it up well when he said, “When digital transformation is done right, it’s like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, [...]
New York blockbuster wind auction: what to watch for II
As mentioned in my previous blog, New York State development agency NYSERDA’s third offshore wind solicitation round could become the largest offtake round in the history of US offshore wind, supporting up to 4.6 GW [...]
New York’s blockbuster wind auction: what to watch for
New York State development agency NYSERDA has published the final terms of an offshore wind solicitation round could become the largest offtake round in the history of US offshore wind, supporting up to 4.6GW of [...]
California dreaming of offshore wind.
The Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for two regions on California’s outer continental shelf heralds the start of offshore wind development off the US West Coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has stated that [...]
What does the UK’s Energy Security Policy Paper mean for LCOE?
The offshore wind industry welcomes bold and clear statement of government intentions. Such statements give confidence in future pipeline, make investments easier and further reduce costs. The UK Government’s recent Energy Security Policy Paper announced [...]