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New NPPF lifting restrictions on on-shore wind energy. We are so back! Wind also to be brought back into the NSIP regime at 100MW. This will also be the new solar threshold. #onshorewind #solar #NPPF

🌞 America's clean power pipeline has expanded to nearly 175 GW, mainly attributed to #batterystorage and #solar. It is worth mentioning that the first #offshore wind project in federal waters began supplying 132 MW of power to the grid. ♻ The development potential of offshore wind #power in the future is huge. #renewable #energytransition #greenenergysolution #cleanenergy

Global wind capacity additions surged to a record high of 118GW in 2023, according to a new report by research provider BloombergNEF. BNEF’s 2023 Global Wind Turbine Market Shares report finds that developers commissioned 36% more capacity worldwide than in 2022 after capacity additions skyrocketed in the world’s largest market. For the report ➡ https://lnkd.in/d4f6UMJC

Global offshore wind capacity to rise by 9% in 2024, despite inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions, according to Rystad Energy. Europe expected to contribute over 70% of global floating wind installations by 2040, with floating wind capacity projected to reach ~ 90GW Read more: https://lnkd.in/g9C74dS5 #offshorewind #EnergyTransition #SDGs #windfarms #supplychain

The issue with solar, as with wind, is that they're intermittent and asynchronous. Every new GW offshore wind connected from 2030 requires £3bn onshore grid reinforcement +10% of that p.a. forever. Plus building, connecting and contracting all the balancing and ancillary services. The figure for solar is three times that. And powering the hydrogen economy from the grid would require doubling the grid size again. They need to connect to the grid THOUGH synchronous storage at the right scale of duration. And, with such storage, to take the bulk of the hydrogen economy entirely off-grid. Only this, and correct regulation and market design, will make the energy transition affordable, reliable and resilient.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released its Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study. Lots of great stuff in there, but some key items: ⚡Offshore transmission networking benefits outweigh costs 2:1 or more ⚡Interregional links offer the highest value ⚡HVDC standards are "essential for future interoperability" "Offshore networks with interregional interlinks provide the most value as quantified in benefit-to-cost ratios and total net value...The benefits of offshore networking persist when mixing interregional and intraregional interlinks, along with some radial connections." Check out the study here: https://lnkd.in/ecgnhGcf. #offshorewind #offshoregrid #reliability #transmission

Offshore Wind & Solar Power Issue #03🌍🚨 For all of the LinkedIn content I get to write and put together, these Newsletters have to be one of my favorites. There is nothing better than shouting about positive news in our industry, shouting out companies who are doing incredible things and showing that in an industry that has so many ups and downs, there is a strong future ahead for us! 🌍👏🏼 🚨 Ailes Marine and the Saint-Brieuc Offshore Windfarm are off to a fantastic start with 31 machines now producing power! 🚨 I spoke about this last week on LinkedIn (I'll leave the original post in my comments section) but SolarDuck are leading trio plans for the 540MW floating wind solar park off Italy 🚨 US Offshore Wind is GO GO GO! New contracts have been awarded to two troubled offshore wind projects with a state that has one of the most ambitious targets in the country for Offshore wind this is great news for everyone involved 👏🏼 #offshorewind #renewableenergy #solarenergy #solarpower

This weekends grid dynamics are remarkable first and foremost because of the total glut of renewables (alas mostly wind 💨 in GB rather than Solar ☀️) and the hours and hours of negative prices. Spare a thought for the interconnectors which are helping balance power - often flowing in contrary motion to help correct for onshore transmission constraints - and make do with Britain outside the EU Internal Energy Market Https://gb.kilowatts.io

Wind capacity additions worldwide surged 36% in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching a record high of 118 GW, according to data from BloombergNEF, released today. “It’s no surprise that Chinese turbine makers dominate the top five in our ranking, as buildout of gigawatt-scale wind projects and an end to pandemic restrictions sent installations soaring last year,” said Cristian Bogdan Dinca, wind analyst at BloombergNEF and lead author of its 2023 Global Wind Turbine Market Shares report. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dAkHbTTz

Identification of reliable locations for wind power generation through a global analysis of wind droughts: https://lnkd.in/emu_sXVH Interesting paper for wind developers & grid development. Unfortunately for (North-West) Europe, it shows that winds are not that constant in the long term, with continental-scale wind droughts possible, and the need to diversify generation sources (type and location), as well as storage. By contrast, the MISO region in the US is blessed with much more reliable wind resources, which helps with 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 from renewables and thus reduced need for storage (see https://lnkd.in/eujJDRGJ).