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BlueFloat Energy eyes 1GW-plus off Taiwan
Spanish developer looks to enter Taiwanese offshore wind market with bid in forthcoming third tender round
Offshore wind sector ‘boosts UK investment case’
Favourable offshore wind regimes make US, China and UK top spots for renewables investment, says EY
OX2 plans gigawatt-scale offshore wind off Finland
Developer adds to pipeline of large offshore wind farms in Nordic waters with latest agreement with Finnish investor
Offshore News & Analysis
Underwater drone inspects wind turbine foundations
Wind farm owner EDF believes this is the first time offshore turbine foundations have been inspected autonomously
BlueFloat and Falck’s Italian pipeline grows to 5.5GW
BlueFloat and Falck’s latest joint development is a 975MW floating wind farm off the north-east coast of Sardinia
CIP eyes ‘hydrogen island’ fed by 10GW offshore wind
Danish investor believes island could deliver 900,000 tonnes of green hydrogen to neighbouring countries per year
Vattenfall to pilot hydrogen-producing offshore turbine
Swedish developer Vattenfall wins funding from UK government to demonstrate full-scale offshore hydrogen production
Petrobras and Equinor plan 4GW offshore wind off Brazil
Oil majors eye potential for 4GW wind cluster off Brazil’s south-east coast as interest grows in nascent sector
Offshore In depth
Interview: TetraSpar pioneer Henrik Stiesdal
The wind industry veteran behind the TetraSpar floater on the need to overcome our fear of mistakes and why competition is healthy
Opinion: Floating wind needs fresh data to harness potential
The advent of floating offshore wind technology requires that we take a fresh look at the data, argues Bronwyn Sutton
Superclass offshore turbines pose installation challenges
Offshore wind turbines are reaching dizzying new heights and capacities. Will the rest of the industry be able to keep up?
Exclusive: How SGRE made its blades fully recyclable
Eize de Vries gets an exclusive insight into Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable blade technology
Offshore wind sector targets rapid growth beyond Europe
With offshore wind now set to account for a fifth of all global wind energy by 2025, more countries are setting out bold new visions