With real world data translated into O&M asset and service strategies, the 2019 edition of New Energy Update’s Onshore Wind Operations & Maintenance Report provides a complete value chain with the analysis needed to navigate the shifting onshore wind power marketplace. The new report also formulates one of the most cost-effective O&M strategies for owners…
Floating wind built in series could be less costly than fixed-bottom projects
This article is authored by by Neil Ford, with New Energy Update, provider of independent market research and international conferences. Read the full article here. Floating wind project activity is continuing to grow as developers seek to gain a foothold in the deep water offshore wind market. Norwegian oil major Equinor could soon build…
You’re invited: US Offshore Wind 2019, Conference & Supply Chain Exhibition
In preparation for U.S. offshore wind project development and supply chain partnering, New Energy Update would like to invite representatives from your company or organization to attend the US Offshore Wind 2019 Conference & Supply Chain Exhibition (USOW19). Learn and network with executive speakers from Avangrid, Equinor, Vineyard Wind, Ørsted, Northland Power, EnBW, MHI Vestas,…
MidAmerican wind repowering targets 28% output hike & longer returns
Editor’s note: This article comes from New Energy Update, and is authored by Neil Ford. To read the full version, click here. U.S. wind repowering is booming as operators take advantage of technology advances and tax credit windows to increase asset returns. Falling costs and growing wholesale market exposure have pressured margins for suppliers and operators. In 2017, MidAmerican…
Wind-operations survey predicts digital, profit-sharing future
Onshore wind participants predict more revenue-sharing, digitalization, and multi-project contracts in the operations and maintenance (O&M) sector, while service providers plan to expand spare-parts capabilities, a survey by New Energy Update shows. Ageing wind fleets, falling technology costs, and increasing competition between power-generation technologies have raised the importance of O&M. The continuing drive toward lower…
Why the U.S. offshore wind market is going to be even bigger than you think
What does provoke argument is the likely scale of this growth and the relative importance of the factors that are going to push it forwards or hold it back.
Wind Energy O&M Report 2017 finds difference between predictive & condition-based strategies
Once a wind farm is operational, adopting a cost-effective operations and maintenance strategy is the main path for operators to maximize ROI on wind energy. However, New Energy Update‘s latest Wind Energy O&M Report 2017 found a significant difference in the performance of predictive compared to condition-based O&M strategies. According to the report, a scoring strategy was…