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The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is seeking to collaborate with a UK-based University to accelerate offshore wind turbine blade research and development activities, combining academic and industry skills and resources to better respond to industry’s needs.
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The market for wind energy continues to grow, and in the last six months, an increasing amount of turbine deals have been announced compared to the second half of 2015. During the first six months of 2016, global wind turbine orders from 11 vendors in 29 countries totalled nearly 13.5GW, with Vestas overtaking Siemens as the top vendor.
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The New York Offshore Wind Alliance (NYOWA) is a diverse coalition of organisations with a shared interest in promoting the responsible development of offshore wind power for New York. NYOWA is a new project of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY). The mission of the Alliance is to promote policies that will lead to the development of demand for offshore wind in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York State.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell have announced the publication of a collaborative strategic plan to continue accelerating the development of offshore wind energy in the United States, the National Offshore Wind Strategy: Facilitating the Development of the Offshore Wind Industry in the United States, which could help enable 86GW of offshore wind in the United States by 2050.
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The demand for renewable electricity in Europe, documented with Guarantees of Origin (GOs), grew briskly in 2015 – up more than 9% from 2014 and surpassing 343 TWh. Based on recent statistics from The Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB), the growth trend continues in 2016. Mid-year figures show a growth-rate in excess of 6.3% from 2015 to 2016. From 2012 to 2016 the market has experienced an annual growth (CAGR) of 14.3%.
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South Africa is the new hotspot for wind installation and has great potential for capacity addition over the next four years. Over 3 Gigawatts (GW) is expected to be installed by 2020, bringing the country’s cumulative capacity up to 5.6 GW, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
- Policy clarity in key markets provides near-term boost to the global outlook
- Catapult delivers first blade leading edge erosion measurement campaign
- Global wind operations and maintenance market set for strong growth
- Expansion of onshore wind energy in Germany in the first half of 2016
- US wind energy investment grows during the second quarter
- Offshore wind in Europe draws € 14 billion investment in first half of 2016
- DNV GL launches new JIP for standardisation of floating wind turbines
- European offshore wind developers join forces with the Carbon Trust
- Germany to reform the country's renewable energy law
- Dutch tender brings offshore wind on a par with conventional power generation
- New guidance for transferring personnel offshore
- Wind energy capacity of 39GW expected in Middle East and Africa by 2025
- Fred. Olsen Ocean and Shoreline simulate O&M solution for bigger offshore wind farms
- Strong growth wind energy expected in China’s long-term outlook
- Average costs for solar and wind electricity could fall 59% by 2025
- Dutch consortium aims for cost of offshore wind at € 7 cent per kWh
- ExxonMobil and ENER-G launch guide to help wind turbine operators optimise performance
- US senators introduce ITC extension for offshore wind through 2025
- Positive momentum in the US and China veils impediments elsewhere
- WindEurope welcomes Energy Ministers' deal to cooperate on offshore wind
- 11 energy companies sign offshore wind declaration
- BOEM initiates planning for California offshore renewable energy task force
- BOEM proposes New York offshore wind lease sale
- New global report shows record year for renewable energy
- Latin American wind power market faces uncertainty beyond 2018
- New version of the MEASNET site assessment procedure
- New annual capacity in APeC will more than double by 2025
- Friends of Floating Offshore Wind join forces
- China produced almost half of new global wind installations in 2015
- NREL distributes wind competitiveness improvement project round four funding