ANALYSIS

A deep dive into the issues impacting the wind industry including expert opinion, features and podcasts, as well as Windpower Monthly's Turbines of the Year awards and our latest issues.

Opinion

We're undaunted by grid capacity challenges for ScotWind

There is cause for optimism despite the challenges ahead, argues Jean Lewis

US whale deaths illustrate how wind’s biggest challenge is misinformation

Biden's biggest challenge for the wind roll out could be misinformation, argues Shahid Mahdi (Image credit: Shahid Mahdi and Getty)

Europe must protect offshore wind from sabotage as it shifts from Russian energy

It is time to increase measures to prevent espionage and sabotage of offshore wind, argues Stefan Thimm

Envision’s turbine underlines threat to western OEMs' market share outside Europe

Western OEMs are decelerating new product launches just as Chinese turbine firms increase them, writes Shashi Barla

Poland’s seabed auction effectively scuppered by NATO underwater training

Jakub Budzyński unpicks what went wrong in Poland's first seabed auction this year

Floating wind could be profitable in little more than a decade

Speed and being an early adopter is of the essence, argues Arvid Nesse (Image: Norwegian Offshore Wind)

UK ruling in GE-Siemens Gamesa case could impact all offshore wind patents

The UK judge's decision in the patent case cold have major implications for all offshore patents, argues Robbie Gauld

Training won’t bridge offshore wind skills gap alone - we must build competency

Taiwanese local content laws could strangle its nascent offshore wind industry

Taiwan's offshore wind sector has several hurdles to overcome in order to be viable, argues Scott Hsu

Could modularisation and standardisation restore profitability to OEMs?

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Features

Multi-rotor research shows potential to slash system mass and cost

Scaled X-Multirotor model displayed at WindEnergy Hamburg (pic credit: Kristian Panzer)

Enercon CEO Jürgen Zeschky discusses the hurdles facing the wind industry

Jürgen Zeschky: "We need this ‘whatever it takes’ moment to speed up the permitting and realisation process for onshore wind.”

US offshore wind accelerates to reach 30GW by 2031

The 30MW Block Island wind farm, off Rhode Island, was the first commercial offshore wind farm in the US when it began operations in December 2016 (pic credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Exclusive: WEG bets on Indian wind market with 4.2MW prototype

WEG installed the AGW 147/4.2 prototype at a site in Tamil Nadu, India

WindEconomics: Can small nuclear compete with wind power on cost?

The demonstration ACP100 small modular reactor at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in China is under construction (pic credit: Luo Yunfei/China News Service via Getty Images)

Why California’s floating auction underperformed the New York Bight

Equinor's Hywind Tampen project off Norway is the largest floating project to date (Pic credit: Equinor)

Analysis: Italy looks to offshore wind for growth

Italy's first offshore wind farm came online earlier this year (pic credit: Renexia )

2022: Windpower Monthly's review of the year

Images: Getty Images, Vestas, GE, Siemens Gamesa, Goldwind

Exclusive: Eize de Vries reviews NGC's leap in torque density for 18MW powertrain

NGC is now focusing on medium-speed drivetrains, including this 13.5-15.0MW gearbox, which many OEM’s prefer to high-speed systems for large offshore turbine. Note the (horizontal) gearbox side torque support

Exclusive analysis: Eize de Vries reviews 'gamechanging' bottom-fixed substructure solution

A fully assembled gravity tripod for a 14-16MW-plus class turbine will weigh around 7,500-8,500 tonnes

Podcasts

In conversation with BOEM chief Elizabeth Klein

The future of turbine blades

Can green hydrogen live up to the hype?

Is biggest best when it comes to wind turbines?

Unlocking the potential of floating offshore wind

WindEnergy Hamburg round-up with GWEC's Ben Backwell

Waking the 'sleeping giant' of German onshore wind

How will SGRE-GE court battle affect US offshore wind?

Will war in Ukraine lead to faster energy transition?

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Is the EU's 480GW wind target for 2030 realistic?

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Latest Issue

Windpower Monthly's Turbine of the Year 2022 special

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Turbines of the Year 2022

A year of record scaling, drivetrain switches and new developments

Windpower Monthly Turbines of the Year 2022 awards

Low wind offering with offshore dimensions and big order book

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Chinese giants push boundaries to cut LCoE

Top turbines 5.6MW-plus

Offshore giants inch closer to 20MW and 250m rotor

Offshore turbines of the year

The blades behind record rotor sizes

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Leap in torque density for next-generation offshore turbines

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Clever solutions to help accelerate the pace of the energy transition

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Floating designs look towards industrialisation for GW-scale projects

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Eize de Vries reviews Turbines of the Year 2022

Turbines of the Year 2022 winners