A new study, conducted by the University of Delaware’s Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW) for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), offers a roadmap of key strategic steps New York State can take to reduce costs of offshore wind power over the next decade. The study finds that ongoing technology…
IRENA workshop to develop energy storage roadmap
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will host their fourth workshop “International Energy Storage Policy and Regulation” at the Energy Storage Europe 2015 Conference and Expo, March 10 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The workshop will collect input and feedback on IRENA’s technology roadmap for electricity storage, due to be launched this summer. The roadmap will guide…
Floating Lidar reaches first stage of UK offshore roadmap
Editor’s Note: The UK’s Carbon Trust helps companies develop and deploy low-carbon technologies from renewable power. The organization’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) is a collaborative R&D program, involving nine offshore wind developers with 72% (31GW) of the UK’s licensed capacity. OWA’s aim is to reduce the costs of offshore wind by 10% by 2015. Babcock…