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Our latest newsletter is now available. This month it has a review of the UK Round Three CfD Auction results, a preview of Offshore Wind North East and many more stories from the world of [...]
Analysis: Record-low price for UK offshore wind cheaper than existing gas plants by 2023
Record-low price for UK offshore wind cheaper than existing gas plants by 2023 in Carbon Brief references Alun Robert's blog ( Initial thoughts on the UK CfD Round 3 auction results) on the results of [...]
Round 3 auction: a big day for Dogger Bank and HVDC
Round 3 auction: a big day for Dogger Bank and HVDC by David Foxwell in Riviera Martime Media contains Alun Roberts initial thoughts following the announcement of the UK Round 3 CfD auctions. Quotes include: [...]
Casting a wider net
Casting a wider net on the Virginia Business website outlines the potential business growth potential for ports in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It extensively draws on our 2018 report on the Virginia ports and their [...]
Legal sword over UK renewables auction as bid window shuts
In Recharge's Legal sword over UK renewables auction as bid window shuts, Mike Blanch's view on the legal challenge to the UK Government's CfD auction is widely quoted. You can read the article in full [...]
MHI Vestas Signs Contract in Taiwan for Local Supply of wind turbines
'MHI Vestas Signs Contract in Taiwan for Local Supply of wind turbines' in Reve mentions our work for MHI Vestas, manged by Alun Roberts, on the potential for job creation in the localisation scope of [...]
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Initial thoughts on the UK CfD Round 3 auction results
The UK CFD Round 3 Auction results were announced today: Big day for offshore wind. 5.5GW to be built at less than forecast wholesale price, but are the losers really losers? 5GW of the 5.6GW [...]
Geospatial LCOE drives decisions
In the previous GIS blog we described some typical questions that GIS analysis is uniquely placed to answer. We also showed that a GIS analysis led by BVGA for WindEurope in 2017 showed how different [...]
What is the onshore wind industry thinking? By Graham Gow
At BVGA, we have been grappling with the question “Does our industry have an accepted definition of what 'good performance' is, and have we simply reached the stage where average is actually good enough?" We [...]
Five factors behind the most successful offshore wind market so far by Bruce Valpy
At the Global Offshore Wind conference in London last week, I was reminded that we as a team now have so much history under our belts, having been at the heart of the world’s most [...]
EU DemoWind projects demonstrating cost reduction innovations
At RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy showcased innovations funded by the €100 million DemoWind project. Among the completed projects presented were: FSFound - the development and demonstration of [...]
Sector Deal targets and a post-subsidy world by Alun Roberts
There were lots of questions occupying the minds of those attending Renewable UK's Global Offshore Wind in London. Two of these are were: What will the UK Government's Sector Deal mean for me? How might [...]