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High-skilled oil and gas workers and the supply chain will not be left behind in the transition to a low carbon future, the UK government vowed as a landmark North Sea Transition Deal is agreed with industry.
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Danish manufacturer Vestas held the title as the world’s largest supplier of wind turbines in 2020 across onshore and offshore wind, thanks to the manufacturer’s wide geographic diversification strategy, with new installations in 32 markets last year, and strong performance in the US, Australia, Brazil, Netherland, France, Poland, Russia and Norway.
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America’s offshore wind resources are big enough to produce more electricity than the nation currently consumes. To make use of these resources, policy-makers should remove the barriers slowing down the growth of the offshore wind industry.
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The Oregon House of Representatives (USA) has received a Bill which looks to establish 3GW of commercial scale floating offshore wind energy projects within federal waters off the Oregon Coast by 2030.
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According to the latest data released by GWEC, 2020 was a record year for wind power growth in the Asia Pacific. This growth was driven by China, which installed 52GW of new wind power capacity in 2020.
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North and Latin America installed nearly 22GW of new capacity in the region, or 62% more capacity in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to GWEC.
- Taiwanese alliance for offshore wind energy development officially launched
- Global commissioning of wind turbines was up 59% in 2020
- Global offshore wind O&M market to grow 16% annually
- ABS publishes US offshore wind report
- Africa is only tapping into 0.01% of its wind power potential
- Study on community energy in Germany and Japan
- Over 100.000 GWO trained workers
- Wind is not growing fast enough for EU economy to go climate-neutral
- Over 6GW of new offshore wind capacity added in 2020
- UK launches offshore wind manufacturing investment support scheme
- GWEC India and MEC+ team up in India
- Fisherman and other mariners can supplement income in offshore wind industry
- International working group for remote and autonomous training standards launched
- Global offshore wind installations to peak in 2030 at 28.5GW
- Twelve UK companies receive funding and support from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership
- Two-part documentary podcast exploring the potential of floating offshore wind
- U.S. Department of Energy announces fund for transformative clean energy solutions
- Records set for global offshore wind financial investment in 2020
- Total to outpace Iberdrola and Ørsted on renewable power capacity by 2030
- Delay to Scottish offshore wind leasing
- OWA publishes new design recommendations to prevent export cable failure
- Offshore wind industry installed 5,206MW in 2020
- Latest UK seabed leasing risks raising costs of offshore wind
- Europe invests a record €26bn in offshore wind
- US wind developers commission 10GW of wind energy in Q4 2020
- New Directors join Scottish Renewables’ Board
- Consortium awards $2.6million to advance offshore wind innovation
- Onshore wind energy scores lowest ever price under new Spanish auction design
- South Africa to auction 6,800MW of renewables
- DecomBlades consortium awarded funding for wind turbine blade recycling project