Energy in Transition
Solving the energy trilemma
Fitting together the pieces to get to 100% Renewable Energy
Energy storage is the critical link in the transition to a 100% renewable and sustainable energy future. While solar and wind generation have received a lot of attention and seen dramatic improvements in technology, reliability, and cost, the sto ...
Should the Trend of Larger Turbines Continue Offshore? An Analysis of the New York Bight Floating LIDAR
As an industry, we are exceptionally skilled at optimizing energy production of onshore wind farms. But what happens when the wind resource offshore no longer supports our usual tricks of the trade? In this blog, DNV GL explores the energy benef ...
Undertaking accurate wind resource assessments in the Benelux onshore wind market
Getting the wind resource assessment right is crucial for the development of any wind energy project. Wind studies ultimately rely on the available data for any region in the world. Within the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) onshore m ...
How can we achieve a holistic asset management framework through improving technical quality?
Utilities of today face multiple challenges. With increasing optimization demands, expectations of high efficiency and grid modernization, utilities (and other critical infrastructure owners) face issues such as: Struggling with managing the ...
UK windiness 2019: Lower than long-term averages – what does this mean for you?
Monitoring and recording wind speed trends can be beneficial to assess project performance. However, interpreting, understanding and acting on these trends are where the real value lies. Do you know what the 2019 results mean to you? How is 2020 ...
How Certification Could Stimulate India's Wind Energy Industry
Transparency, alignment with international standards and a focus on project as well as type certification could encourage international investment and make it easier for Indian manufacturers to succeed in foreign markets. Wind power in India h ...
7 Lessons Learned from Merchant Energy Storage Projects
This blog post is part 2 in a 2-part series on merchant storage. Recently, we published the first part of this blog series, Unravelling the Complexity of Merchant Energy Storage Projects which compared typical fossil fuel power plants to energ ...
Connecting the dots in renewable energy development
The development of any asset is a lengthy and time-consuming effort. From the initial inception, information gathering, planning and finally through to collecting initial feedback (and improving on the plan as a result), all these steps are appro ...
Unravelling the Complexity of Merchant Energy Storage Projects
This blog post is part 1 in a 2-part series on merchant storage. Brian Warshay, principal consultant for DER and energy storage at DNV GL You know an industry is maturing when developers discuss the merchant market not as a source of upsi ...
DNV GL’s Asal Ibrahim judges the Jordan Energy Hackathon
Last month, DNV GL’s Senior Consultant Asal Ibrahim was asked to be a judge in Jordan’s biggest energy Hackathon in Amman. During the event, 50 teams, worked together for 11 days to find solutions to Jordan’s biggest energy challenges. The ...