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Market eyes next milestone as 14-MW turbine emerges
Market eyes next milestone as 14-MW turbine emerges in Riviera Maritime Media quotes Andy Strowbridge's views on the strategic implications of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s launch of a 14-MW offshore wind turbine. You can read the [...]
Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” could put the pinch on offshore wind power
Adam Smith's "invisible hand" could put the pinch on offshore wind power is an opinion piece in Recharge by Kate Freeman. In the article, Kate explains how any move to subsidy free presents several challenges [...]
MHI Vestas to source blade materials in Taiwan
In the ReNews story MHI Vestas to source blade materials in Taiwan, our work on local economic content and benefits for MHI Vestas is mentioned in detail. Led by Alun Roberts, we helped MHI Vestas [...]
April 2020 Newsletter: Keep it turning
Our April 2020 Newsletter is now available. In this edition you can find out how we can help you keep you assets productive in these strange times. There are also updates on the projects we're [...]
Challenges and solutions: how the UK can hit its 40GW offshore wind target by 2030
In the Recharge article Challenges and solutions: how the UK can hit its 40GW offshore wind target by 2030, quotes BVG Associates's Mike Blanch on the challenges and opportunities that the UK target of 40GW [...]
Tien Li contract confirms MHI Vestas as first turbine manufacturer to build blades locally in Taiwan
The MHI Vestas press release below, references our economic impact assessment work, led by Alun Roberts, and its impact on the investment decision to manufacture blades locally in Taiwan. Aarhus, Denmark March 24, 2020 Tien [...]
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What a difference a year makes by Andy Strowbridge
With a mean UK temperature of 6.8 °C (1.3 °C above average), March 2019 provisionally came in as the 10th warmest March on record. A number of records were broken including the hottest Easter Monday on [...]
Wind energy and economic recovery by Stephen Mills
Mental health experts advise us not to think beyond the day-to-day when dealing with the current COVID-19 crisis. However, while governments must focus on the immediate emergency, they also need to start planning for recovery. [...]
Data, apps and algorithms by Graham Gow
In my previous blog, I looked back at how the role of data has changed the world of asset management in the last 10 years. But what about the next 10 years? While the data [...]
Twenty-Twenty Vision by Neil Douglas
The temptation for retrospection is difficult to resist as we head into a new year and a new decade. For the wind industry, such retrospection delivers a justified sense of pride. When I joined the [...]
Ten years of asset management technology for wind farms
At this time of year it is always tempting to look back at what has been in the current year and look forward to what will be in the next. As we are also at [...]
What ever happened to superhubs? by Alun Roberts
Ten years ago, we produced for The Crown Estate our first offshore wind supply chain gap analysis. The aim was to identify the bottlenecks in the UK supply chain if its Round 3 leasing process [...]