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A new Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council report has set a clear baseline on Scottish content levels, as well as giving industry and government recommendations on a roadmap to increase the amount of work Scottish and UK businesses win from offshore wind.
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The Global Wind Energy Council together with the Vice-ministry of Energy and Environmental Quality (MINAE) of Ministry of Environment and Energy and Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) have kicked-off a joint initiative to build knowledge about the local benefits of offshore wind and explore pathways for its future development and growth in Costa Rica.
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With the launch of the new educational hub ‘LearnWind’, WindEurope aims to inspire the talents of tomorrow to pursue a career in wind energy. The new hub offers basic explanations about wind energy, a new book on job profiles in clean energy, teaching resources and hands-on activities.
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Crown Estate Scotland will launch a new leasing process for offshore wind farms to help decarbonise Scotland’s oil and gas sector. The announcement follows the opening of the Scottish Government’s consultation on a new planning process which will inform the areas to be made available for seabed leases.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released three reports showing record growth in land-based wind energy, significant expansion of the pipeline for offshore wind projects, and continued decline in the cost of wind energy generation.
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DNV has published the recommended practice (RP) to minimise cost, warranty and liability risks and optimise wind power plant design for seismic conditions in emerging wind power markets such as Asia Pacific and the US.
- China overtakes Germany as the world’s second largest offshore wind market
- American Clean Power 2Q market report shows record clean energy installations in 2021
- American Clean Power Association to further expand with U.S. Energy Storage Association merger
- Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Port Cluster could deliver £1.5bn boost
- Average US construction cost for onshore wind generation decreased by 27% since 2013
- India's July 2021 monsoon wind energy sees strong rebound from last year’s lows
- USA installed 26GW of new clean power in 2020
- Offshore share of total wind energy yield increases in Germany and the Netherlands
- Carbon Trust to support BEIS in development and demonstration of offshore wind in the UK
- IRENA outlines action agenda on offshore renewables for G20
- ScotWind has attracted over 70 applications
- The American Clean Power Association and the U.S. Energy Storage Association announce intent to merge
- Closing date for applications to ScotWind
- The EU Commission wants 30 GW of new wind a year up to 2030
- Industry report addresses technical challenges as floating offshore wind progresses to commercial scale
- WindEurope launches an on-demand wind energy video platform
- Spain wants to install 1 to 3GW of floating wind turbines by 2030
- WWEA celebrates 20th anniversary
- The Danish Energy Agency releases details for next tender
- Philippines launches offshore wind roadmap
- OSW Supply Chain non-profit launched
- Albania launches first tender for wind power
- More than 200 GW of global offshore wind projects have entered development since 2020
- Natural England says nature recovery must be central to offshore wind plans
- Wind industry calls for Europe-wide ban on landfilling turbine blades
- BOEM and USACE collaborate to meet offshore wind goals
- Lidars highlighted as key enabler in energy transition
- North Carolina targets 8GW offshore wind by 2040
- Vietnam’s offshore wind development roadmap published
- Unlocking the green hydrogen revolution