Wind, Exclusive Articles, Comment — 15 September, 2021
The UK's offshore wind industry is forecast to account for a quarter of the world's offshore wind capacity by 2022. It will also be the only country in the world to generate more wind power off the coast than on land. There is growing pressure from public and private bodies to avert the climate cris...
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Wind, Ask the Experts, Exclusive Articles — 15 September, 2021
As wind turbines get bigger, wind parks larger and authorities and safety standards are continuously raised by authorities and energy companies, offshore shipping becomes more and more specialised. PES caught up with Sven Boedewig, Managing Director of Waterworks Offshore Concepts, to find out how m...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 15 September, 2021
The increasing attention given to large-scale renewable energy projects over the last five years, has been driven primarily by larger companies. This has included specialist renewable energy organisations, such as Vestas or Orsted, alongside traditional oil and gas companies who are increasing their...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2021
Around the year 2000, wind turbines of around 1MW and 70m in diameter were common but 20 years later, giants are now being installed. This is especially so offshore, where barriers to installation are lessened. Siemens Gamesa's latest 14MW offshore wind turbine, with its 222-meter rotor diameter, dw...
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Solar, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 09 September, 2021
Being 'climate neutral' means only releasing as much greenhouse gas as can be recaptured or absorbed. Many nations have set themselves this goal, however the path to doing so is lengthy and exacting on all involved. Germany, for instance, has declared its intention to be climate neutral by 2045. To ...
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Solar, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 09 September, 2021
TCT-Europe is a UK based, European company focused on the design, engineering, prototyping and volume manufacturing, using compression moulding, of products made from recycled rubber crumb. The company was set up three years ago, with operations in the UK and Poland, to take advantage of the growing...
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Solar, Ask the Experts, Exclusive Articles — 09 September, 2021
Move over drones, could airplanes be the next big thing for site inspections? PES had a conversation with Wesii CEO, Mauro Migliazzi to find out why he believes the advantages of this solution will forever change the way the solar industry inspects PV plants. PES: A very warm welcome back to PES Sol...
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Solar, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 09 September, 2021
Climate neutrality by 2050. That is the stated goal. But how does Europe achieve it? The European Photovoltaic (PV) sector has faced an era of rapid and complex change over the past two decades. If we flashback to the early 2000s, some argued that European PV manufacturing growth would be continuous...
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