Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets agreed to buy Bard Offshore 1’s owner in August and won European Commission support for the deal last September. How did Bard Offshore 1 overcome its history – and where is it going from here?
How confident are you in your wind measurements?
German giant Siemens is pressing ahead with the spin-off of its power and gas operations despite the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Tuesday, we heard from Vineyard Wind, the 50:50 joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners that is working on the 800MW Vineyard Wind project in the waters off Massachusetts.
Will this be the year that offshore wind finally takes off in France?
Predicting the future is a mug's game. We all know that. But we can't help it so stick a handle on us, pour coffee in our head, and call us a mug.
We speak to A Word About Wind community member Gary Bills, country director and MD for UK and Ireland at K2 Management, for his views on the wind market, including offshore wind, the supply chain squeeze, and more.
MHI Vestas chief executive Philippe Kavafyan is speaking at Financing Wind Europe 2019 in London next Thursday, and the company is headline sponsor of our debut European Wind Investment Awards. Ilaria Valtimora has caught up with him to talk about the UK's latest CfD auction, the offshore supply chain, and Brexit.
We're looking at the companies shortlisted in our Innovation Award category, and how they could influence the industry. Here we look at how a piling protocol at Beatrice offshore wind farm protects marine creatures, including dolphins and porpoises.
Despite the bold plans, A Word About Wind found Vattenfall’s wind head Gunnar Groebler in cautious mood when we met at the annual conference of WindEurope – where he is chairman – in Bilbao in April.
The two utilities are set to put together their offshore wind assets and projects in a new and as-yet-unnamed joint venture, starting with a total of 1.5GW under construction and 4GW under development.
In November, Madgwick became CEO at Red Rock Power, which is the European power arm of China’s State Development & Investment Corporation. A Word About Wind caught up with him to find out the company’s plans for wind in Europe, the big challenges he sees for offshore wind cost-cutting, and misconceptions about China.
