06/12/2019
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Richard Heap
CAN OFFSHORE WIND COMPANIES WIN THE BATTLE OF THE HIGH SEAS? by Richard Heap
The high seas. They cover 50% of the planet and evoke feelings of freedom and lawlessness that make it beloved by pirates to the present day.
But will offshore wind be able to take root in these areas, which start at 200 nautical miles from the coast? This is the question raised in a new report.
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04/12/2019
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STORM ON THE WAY FOR INVESTORS IN CHINAby Richard Heap
The shift from subsidies in China is set to cause pain for the wind sector.
What’s happening
The Chinese government has started the wind-down of subsidy support for new wind projects. It announced in May that it would end the subsidies from 2021 to introduce competitive auctions, and thus force wind and other renewables to compete on ...
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02/12/2019
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US WIND SEES FRESH HOPE FOR PTC EXTENSION by Richard Heap
The US wind industry is hoping for an extension of a key tax credit that it has spent the last five years planning for the end of. Funny old world.
What’s happening
This month, the US wind industry has given its clearest indication yet that it wants an extension of the wind production tax credit – and can see a route to achieving ...
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29/11/2019
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GARETH BROWN, CEO AT CLIR RENEWABLES, ON WIND FORECASTING AND FINANCIAL RETURNS by Richard Heap
The impact of data forecasting on financial returns at wind projects has been in the headlines in the last month. We talk to data expert Gareth Brown, CEO and founder at Clir Renewables, about what these stories mean for investors.
Thanks for your time. To kick us off, what does Clir Renewab ...
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27/11/2019
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WHICH BRANDS ARE THRIVING IN A DIFFICULT MARKET?by Richard Heap
Are you one of Europe's leading renewables brands? Find out now.
What happened
Yesterday, A Word About Wind’s parent company Tamarindo Group published the 2019 European edition of the Renewables Reputation Index.
The report is an objective examination and ranking of the most impactful brands in renewables in Europe. More ...
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25/11/2019
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SPOWER ATTACK FIRES CYBERSECURITY WARNING FOR RENEWABLESby Richard Heap
US utility sPower has become the first wind and solar provider known to have been the victim of a cyberattack that disrupted its supply network.
The news has come as the US Department of Energy has warned about huge shortages of cybersecurity specialists.
What happened
Utah-based renewables company sPower was the ...
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22/11/2019
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DOES A WARMING WORLD HELP WIND INVESTORS? DON'T BANK ON IT! by Richard Heap
Investors in wind farms are set to make more money because winds will blow faster than expected over the next decade. That’s what a new study suggests.
What happened
This week, scientists from Princeton University in the US released a study in the journal ‘Nature Climate Change’.
The research, called ‘A revers ...
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20/11/2019
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HOW CAN WE MAKE PPAS MORE ACCESSIBLE? by Richard Russell, group commercial director, RES
Corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) have increasingly been mooted as a way to secure the investment needed in subsidy-free renewable energy to achieve ‘net zero’. But is the wind industry in danger of putting too much emphasis on PPAs as the route forward?
And if corporate buyers truly are the fu ...
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18/11/2019
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A WAKE UP CALL: ØRSTED REVELATION PUTS FOCUS ON FORECASTING by Richard Heap
“When France sneezes, the whole of Europe catches a cold.”
When Austrian diplomat Klemens von Metternich said this in the 19th century, he was confirming the importance of Napoleonic France to the rest of Europe. If something happened in France then the impacts would be felt far and wide.
In the wind industry, th ...
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15/11/2019
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HURDLES SLOW GROWTH OF HYBRIDS IN EUROPEby Richard Heap
Hybrid projects are often heralded as the future of renewable energy.
They could be the solution that helps intermittent renewables – wind and, to a lesser extent, solar – to be an even more important part of the electricity mix globally. But finding opportunities to build hybrids including wind in Europe is a lot trickier, according t ...
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