Offshore wind

MHI Vestas chief executive Philippe Kavafyan explained the offshore turbine maker’s approach to global growth at our Financing Wind Europe conference in London on 1st November.

I love the week before Christmas. Yes, it’s almost mid-January, so no doubt some of you are furiously grinding your teeth at any mention of ‘the C word’. All I can say is watch out for next month’s romance-related puns.

Taiwan is among the most promising emerging markets for offshore wind, if not the most. But political and policy changes since November have shaken this nascent market – and caused shockwaves among developers and investors.

In the first weeks of the new year it can feel like you're still coming to terms with how much you ate over Christmas. But there's another thing we've been digesting: juicy Q4 deals.

Gunnar Herzig is managing director at the newly-formed World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO), which is set to support the expansion of offshore wind around the world. In this article he argues investors should look at taking a portfolio approach to offshore wind investment.

The consolidation activity that kept companies in the wind sector busy in the first three quarters of 2018 continued in the last three months...

Javier Cavada joined Highview Power in September as CEO and president. We spoke to him about the company’s plans for the next few years.

Doreen Abeysundra from Fresco Advisory considers some of the risks and opportunities for investors in the floating offshore wind sector in Europe, North America, Asia and further afield.

Financing Wind Europe speaker Felix Fischer, of Chatham Partners LLP, spoke to us about prospects for renewable energy at a time of declining subsidies, as well as the future of German offshore wind.

Ben Scholes of Papertrail explores how the digitisation of turbines can help the wind industry deliver lower-cost energy.

The UK Government and offshore wind industry are working together on a sector deal that could boost offshore wind in UK waters and support British firms going overseas, but we haven’t heard much on that since March. We might get more at Global Offshore Wind, says Frances Salter

Businesses are starting to look seriously at developing offshore wind farms in the waters near Poland – but can investors trust a government that has so effectively damaged the onshore wind sector. Ilaria Valtimora reports