Energy in Transition
Solving the energy trilemma
DNV GL and CanWEA offer a collaborative approach to minimizing potential impacts to bats from wind energy
Comprehensive CanWEA Wind Energy and Bat Conservation Review released Never have the effects of global climate change been as clear across North America as they have been this summer, from severe heatwaves in the eastern U.S. and Canada to record-br ...
Technical Insights Empower Savvy Bidders for Renewable Energy Projects (Part III)
In this blog series, we have provided insight into the renewable energy market, on topics spanning energy assessments and costs to wind and solar asset life span, in order to better inform investors on their buying decisions. The last blog in our ...
Technical Insights Empower Savvy Bidders for Renewable Energy Projects (Part II)
In part one of this blog series, we covered the benefits of performing energy assessments and the useful life of wind and solar assets to optimize valuation of renewable energy projects. Today's blog will focus on the repowering of wind farms and ...
Technical Insights Empower Savvy Bidders for Renewable Energy Projects (Part I)
To bid or not to bid on a wind or solar project? That is the question we will cover in this series of three blog posts that will focus on the renewable energy market and how technical analysis and energy assessments can assist investors in making ...
Vietnam – the next offshore wind market in Asia?
I've just comeback from my short business trip to Vietnam and the first Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Wind Power conference in Hanoi. But I've returned with mixed feelings. Have you ever been in a situation where certain actions or conclusions we ...
Offshore wind setting the price point for large scale low carbon generation
Those of us who work in the Renewable Energy sector often find ourselves on the back foot when defending subsidies for low carbon energy generation. We all remember the allegation that, in 2013, David Cameron ordered aides to 'get rid of all the gree ...
Foundations for Success: Three Steps to Full Turbine Repowering from the Bottom Up
Many U.S. developers are considering repowering for their aging wind farms to requalify them for the renewable energy production tax credit. With nearly 30 percent of U.S. installed capacity over 10 years old this year (25,410 MW out of current 84,40 ...
UK windiness 2017: Lower than long-term averages – what are the implications for you?
Monitoring and recording wind speed trends can be beneficial to assess project performance. But interpreting and truly understanding those trends are where the real value lies. Do you know what do the 2017 results mean to you? 2017 wind speed tren ...
Industry Best Practice for Wind Turbine Foundations
Industry best practice, an often-used term in EPC construction contracts, but what does it mean and how do you ensure your EPC contractor is designing and constructing your wind turbine foundations to industry best practice? Onshore wind turbines ...
Promising forecast for global offshore wind
Offshore wind is forecasted by leading market intelligence actors to increase with an average cumulative growth rate of about 16% each year from 2017 to 2026. The annual growth rate in mature European markets is estimated to be an average of +9%, ...