As any visitor will attest, wind speeds on the Scottish island groups of Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides tend to be consistently high. Add som...

The build-up of an offshore wind farm portfolio around the UK has been dramatic, but the long-term viability of individual farms will depend upon effi...

Offshore wind is a relatively new technology, but Europe now has over 10 GW of generating capacity at 82 offshore farms. In the first of our articles ...

From its inception, the wind energy industry has experienced expensive gearbox failures. Here, David Latimer makes the case for a generator incorporat...

One fundamental influence on the cost of offshore wind energy is the shape and size of the major players in the turbine supply market. Charles Yates l...

The relentless drive to hammer down the levelised cost of energy from wind has yielded startling forward leaps in efficiency and energy production. In...

As the tidal energy sector for UK waters continues to grow, two developers – Swedish-based Minesto and UK company Sustainable Marine Energy – are on t...