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20/9/2023 Feature / Masum Billah

Bangladesh explores wind power

Bangladesh is exploring offshore wind power as a key solution for a country seeking energy diversification, but whose dense population restricts the land availability for renewable power. Masum Billah in Dhaka reports.

Finance and investment

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1/11/2023 Feature / Nick Cottam

Can the UK learn from Europe on funding offshore wind?

The latest funding round for UK offshore wind farms yielded no bids from developers, yet the method had previously been an enormous success, both in getting wind farms built and keeping down costs to energy consumers. Time to learn from some European countries, writes Nick Cottam.

Offshore wind

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24/1/2024 Feature / Selwyn Parker

FLOW is the way to go

Asia is ripe for the development of deepwater offshore wind – but hurdles lie in the way, reports Selwyn Parker. First, he looks at the challenges to be addressed by Taiwan’s renewable energy ambitions, then at the opportunities for some other Asia-Pacific nations.

Energy policy

Wind turbine and construction vessel at sea

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9/8/2023 Feature / Mark Williams

To secure a net zero future, the UK must recognise its place in the world

The UK was a decarbonisation pioneer, particularly in replacing coal-fired power generation with renewables (and gas). But the country is rather less well placed to build on its initial success and faces considerable investment challenges, writes Mark Williams, Senior Analyst with trade association Energy UK.

Wind

5/4/2023 News

Supply chain challenges could stall new global wind capacity

The global wind industry can expect record installations in both onshore and offshore markets by 2025, with 680 GW of new capacity expected by 2027, according to the latest analysis by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). However, policymakers need to act now to avoid a supply chain bottleneck stalling deployment from 2026 and putting at risk key 2030 climate targets and net zero by 2050 ambitions.

Offshore wind

Aerial view looking down a row of three-bladed wind turbines in a calm blue sea, extending into the distance right to left

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13/8/2025 Feature / Charlie Bush

Power struggle: Taiwan’s energy transition and offshore wind bottleneck

Globally, extreme weather events cost over $451bn between 2022 and 2023. Taiwan is no exception, facing more frequent floods, typhoons and droughts. But for the island nation, climate mitigation is just one of several drivers shaping its energy transition, as the world’s prime semiconductor producer deals with burgeoning energy demands. Charlie Bush reports.

Offshore wind

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11/5/2026 Feature / Caren Hsaio

Restart: the current state of Japan’s offshore wind industry

Japan is a country with high electricity demand, chronically low energy self-sufficiency and significant geographical constraints that limit the expansion of land-based renewables. In that context, as the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) has framed it, offshore wind – and floating offshore wind in particular – is not merely a clean energy option but a structural necessity for achieving both energy security and decarbonisation. So, the collapse of all three Round 1 bids and their formal withdrawal by bidder Mitsubishi last August, was a significant setback. Has the sector learned from its mistakes, asks Caren Hsaio, Head of Asia-Pacific (APAC) at the G+ offshore wind health and safety organisation.

Offshore wind

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4/9/2024 Feature / Caren Hsiao

What’s next for Taiwan offshore wind developments?

Over the last few months Taiwan’s offshore wind industry has been evolving with a new licence round underway and continuing emphasis on local content requirements, despite some detractors, writes G+ analyst Caren Hsiao.

Renewables

Offshore wind farm set against cloudy blue sky

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6/4/2022 Feature / Victoria Judd and Gibran Alaoui

Different strokes – supporting UK renewable generation

The UK government’s contract for difference (CfD) scheme has been highly successful in both bringing new renewable generation projects forward and reducing prices. Here, Victoria Judd and Gibran Alaoui explain how, and discuss the scope for evolution of the support mechanism.*

Wind

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10/5/2023 Feature / Andrew Mourant

How to deliver offshore wind energy to consumers

The UK leads the way in building offshore wind farms but needs to build considerable new transmission infrastructure to connect remote farms with load centres and end curtailment. Andrew Mourant describes a new holistic network design (HND) to include high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology.

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Search results:

Bangladesh explores wind power

Can the UK learn from Europe on funding offshore wind?

FLOW is the way to go

To secure a net zero future, the UK must recognise its place in the world

Supply chain challenges could stall new global wind capacity

Power struggle: Taiwan’s energy transition and offshore wind bottleneck

Restart: the current state of Japan’s offshore wind industry

What’s next for Taiwan offshore wind developments?

Different strokes – supporting UK renewable generation

How to deliver offshore wind energy to consumers