OFFSHORE WIND – EQ Int’l Magazine

UK to Get 30% of Electricity From Offshore Wind by 2030

March 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

The government says this marks a key milestone in the global shift to clean energy, while some critics say the offshore wind target is “woefully inadequate.” The U.K. this month launched a major commitment to renewable energy development, with a pledge to get 30 percent of electricity from offshore wind by 2030. Energy and Clean […]

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ARPA-E Commits $28 Million to Develop Advanced Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

February 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

The Energy Department wants to “develop new and potentially disruptive innovations” in floating offshore wind turbine technology. The U.S. Department of Energy’s innovation arm wants to disrupt floating offshore wind turbine technology. On February 1, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced it was making available $28 million in funding for research projects to develop […]

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Wind To Surpass Hydro as No. 1 U.S. Renewable Power Source in 2019

January 16, 2019 Anand Gupta

Meanwhile, coal will keep losing. Wind power is on track to surpass hydropower as the U.S. grid’s largest source of renewable electricity in 2019, according to Energy Information Administration data. Hydro had a century-long head start, and plants like the 2,000megawatt Hoover Dam and 6,800-megawatt Grand Coulee Dam still outsize any other generating stations. However, […]

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US Government Shutdown Slows Progress on Offshore Wind Projects

January 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

The closure of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delays Vineyard Wind meetings. Vineyard Wind has emerged as the first U.S. offshore wind project to face delays caused by the ongoing federal shutdown. Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners were due to start building the 800-megawatt wind farm off of Massachusetts this year, but they […]

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Orsted Diversifies From Offshore Wind With 20MW UK Battery

January 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

The wind giant’s strategic expansion into energy storage is more about the future than the present. Danish energy giant Ørsted has added energy storage to its global clean energy arsenal. The company activated its first large-scale battery in Liverpool in late December. The 20 megawatt Carnegie Road project inaugurates a new business line for the […]

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Siemens Gamesa Looks to Cut Offshore Wind Foundation Costs by 30%

December 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

The turbine maker is targeting up to a 30 percent cost reduction. Siemens Gamesa is aiming to cut the cost of offshore wind foundations by up to 30 percent as part of a project unveiled this month. The turbine maker said it is working with Aalborg University of Copenhagen, Denmark on a five-year offshore wind […]

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Every State Will Win in the Race to Build Offshore Wind

September 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

Every State Will Win in the Race to Build Offshore Wind We are at the dawn of an exciting new day for offshore wind in the United States. For far too long, offshore wind was a promising concept rather than an actual industry in this country. But today, states up and down the East Coast […]

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