Wind Consulting Articles & Analysis
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The existing fleet of turbine and foundation installation vessels is well suited to serve the European offshore wind market in the short and mid-term but it will not be sufficient to support installation demand after 2020, Michael Guldbrandtsen, senior consultant at MAKE Consulting, told Wind Energy Update. ...
The Crown Estate manages UK sovereign assets such as offshore territory and closer inspection of the data shows load factor increases have accelerated in recent years when discounted for wind variability. Globally, some 5.3 GW of offshore wind capacity is expected to be installed in 2015 and annual additions are set to rise to 7.5 GW by 2020, according to the ...
Monopiles will be Europe’s dominant offshore wind foundation for the next five years despite increasing turbine capacity, Tim Fischer, Head of Wind at German consultancy Ramboll, said. ...