Tag Archive for: offshorewind

A snapshot of European wind energy sector

As WindEurope 2024 is about to be held in Bilbao, the annual event of reference for wind energy in Europe, it is a good time to review the current situation of the sector in our continent. After the desert crossing that the last two years have…

What about offshore in the USA?

Large projects cancelled, developers who can't make the numbers, the supply chain seeing their investments at risk, regulators unable to encourage business... it seems that in the last year it's all bad news for offshore wind in the USA. How…

Finally we have suitable areas for offshore wind in spain

It has taken 5 years but finally the Offshore Spatial Planning Plans (POEM) have been approved, defining the high potential areas for the development of offshore wind power. It was a long awaited milestone in the sector as it means the regulatory…

Golden jubilee of the blog: 50 published articles

The blog celebrates its golden anniversary with 50 articles already published, so we dedicate this month's blog to look back and review some of the articles that have already been published

Floating offshore in Spain: main developments

Review of the main floating offshore technology developments in Spain such as WindFloat, PivotBuoy, Elisa, Sath, Nautilus, Flagship and others.
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Offshore wind in Spain

The recent news from Iberdrola and Acciona about offshore projects in Spain has reactivated media interest in this type of project. Iberdrola is even talking about having the project in operation by 2026. Will we really see commercial offshore…

Clash of the wind titans

With the recent announcement of the new Vestas V236-15MW offshore giant, GE Haliade-X and SG14-222 complete the trio that is set to fight for offshore mega-contracts in the coming years.   In this article, we review the state of development…

Wind Offshore Turbines: Battle of the Giants

The new +10MW offshore turbine generation is already here and promises to change the future of companies like GE, SGRE or MHI-Vestas

Offshore wind market: the tsunami that ran out of steam

When I started in the wind sector back in 2004, the imminent offshore wind boom was already announced. All market forecasts agreed that offshore would be comparable to onshore in a few years. But years passed and that moment was always delayed. Pioneer countries grew little and new markets did not arrive. The EWEA established in 2005 a minimum target of 70GW installed in Europe by 2020 but the reality is that we will reach barely 20GW. Today the offshore market is limited to 4-5 markets in Europe and China and does not even account for 10% of annual global installations. What has happened not to meet expectations? Last week WindEurope published a very complete report on the situation of the offshore sector in Europe that can help us to analyze the evolution and prospects of the offshore business.