Richard Heap spoke to Saad Qais, chief financial officer at Goldwind Americas, which is one of the leadership sponsors at Financing Wind North America in Denver on 24th and 25th April.
The US is set to be the next big market for offshore wind. But how big?

A Word About Wind editor-in-chief Richard Heap looks at ten of the key benefits to your business and the industry for entering the European Wind Investment Awards.

Have you signed up for Financing Wind North America on 24th and 25th April in Denver, Colorado? If not, you should.

Richard Heap spoke to Saad Qais, chief financial officer at Goldwind Americas, about the firm’s strategy in North America, trade wars and evolving technology.
In this article, we’re going to share three of the key issues that we discussed on the day, with a particular focus on areas that we didn’t cover as much in the report.
Unpredictability is one of wind energy’s biggest limitations. Power grids are designed to work with large controllable electricity generators and at present have little storage capacity.

Tomorrow we are set to launch our European PPA Trends special report, at an invitation-only networking event in London, in partnership with Augusta &Co. and event host Bird & Bird.
It’s an interesting time to be discussing the PPAs that companies in the wind sector are signing with corporates and other long-term energy buyers across Europe.
The structure was launched in 2016 by a group led by Allianz Risk Transfer, which is part of German insurance giant Allianz, and including evaluation and analytics risk management firm REsurety and investment manager Nephila Climate.

Are you joining us next week for an exclusive networking event and panel discussion on European PPA trends? If not, you should!
We’re more than halfway through Donald Trump’s presidential term – and, as far as wind investors are concerned, it’s a case of ‘so far, so good’.