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IWSA’s Gavin Allwright explores wind propulsion’s rise, deployment funding, and how shipping is nearing a tipping point toward zero-emission energy.

🌿 The RGI October newsletter is out! Explore this edition for updates on: 🔹 A call for proposals for a study on material requirements for grid infrastructure 🔹 An online event exploring lessons learned from how the UK is planning and developing offshore wind, while seeking to support biodiversity 🔹 An upcoming RGI and GINGR – Global Initiative for Nature, Grids and Renewables webinar on how tracking pollinators can demonstrate if electricity corridors are nature-positive 🔹 Write-ups of recent in-person and online events including the Power of Participation workshop, organised with the European Commission's DG ENER and EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) 🔹 Updates from, OCEaN – Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature, JustWind4All and our IRD projects 🔹 Recent grid-related news 👉 Access the full October newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/eCkSUEfH

💡 At our last IEA Wind Task 43 WG1 (Data) meeting, we had the pleasure of hearing from Jannie Sønderkær Nielsen from Aalborg University on “Risk-based blade maintenance – A case study on leading edge erosion.” The presentation explored how enhanced data-driven decision making can generate real value in wind turbine blade maintenance. It combined: 🔹 Three erosion models – physics-based, statistical, and Bayesian network 🔹 A risk-based decision model 🔹 A cost model covering inspection, repair costs, and erosion loss Case studies showed that expected costs and optimal decisions depend strongly on project-specific parameters such as discount rate, rain intensity, wind distribution, and repair costs. At IEA Wind Task 43, we’re working to make these kinds of decision models generalisable and scalable — by developing machine-readable formalisations of blade damage types. 👉 Join IEA Wind Task 43 to access the recording, take part in the discussions, and collaborate on advancing data-driven decision-making in wind energy: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVUMp8Se

Geothermal is having a moment...and even the Trump administration seems to agree. It’s one of the few renewable energy sources the U.S. currently leads in, thanks to new drilling tech borrowed from the oil and gas industry. ➡️ Quaise Energy, CEO Carlos Araque is aiming to drill up to 12 miles into Earth’s crust to tap super hot rock (>705°F) for virtually limitless clean energy. ➡️ Sage Geosystems, co-founded by Lev Ring is creating “lung fractures,” subsurface reservoirs that can store energy and provide heat for power generation. Catch our SOSV Climate Tech Summit session moderated by Casey Crownhart, Senior Climate Reporter at MIT Technology Review on how they’re redefining what’s possible below the surface. 🎟️ Tickets are free. Registration link in the comments. 🗓️ Virtual, Wednesday, November 5th at 11:10AM PST. #ClimateTech #Geothermal #DeepTech #EnergyInnovation

Miss our latest #ExpertExchange on coal plant flexibilisation? ⬇️ See key insights, presentations and recording in our summary article! Listen back as speakers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), vgbe energy e.V. and inodu discussed how adapting existing coal-fired power plants can unlock renewable integration without compromising stability. Revisit real-world insights from #Chile and #India on the regulatory, financial, and system considerations that turn legacy plants into transition enablers. See all highlights 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6UEQ2BW #JustEnergyTransition #JustTransition #CFPP #Renewables The Innovations Regions for a Just Energy Transition (IKI JET) project is jointly funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Government of Germany and by the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) for the Just Energy Transition in Coal Regions Interregional Platform (JET-CR).

"Use less engineering by having less new designs that you're trying to develop", Rosemary argues, pointing to a fundamental contradiction in the wind industry's current strategy. Companies are cutting engineering staff to reduce costs, while simultaneously pursuing increasingly complex turbine designs. This issue underscores the International Energy Agency (IEA) slashing its five-year offshore wind growth forecast by 27%. The dramatic reduction reflects policy shifts in the US, project cancellations across Europe, and cost escalations in Asia. The IEA's sobering forecast coincides with an industry-wide quality crisis. "Who is not having blade problems at the moment? Nobody", Rosemary observes. Manufacturers constantly develop new platforms instead of perfecting existing technology through repeated production—stretching thinner engineering teams across more complex projects. Allen frames the downturn within historical context. After two decades of remarkable growth, the wind sector faces natural market consolidation. Every industry experiences these cycles as markets mature and reality confronts ambitious projections. This episode also covered: → GE Vernova's Q3 financial results → Ming Yang Smart Energy's 50MW twin-rotor floating turbine https://lnkd.in/gT-68JKE

Wind, gas and geopolitics on Offshore Energy's OEEC 2025 conference agenda which kicks off in two weeks time Resilience, security and geopolitics will sit alongside energy transition and ecosystem protection as central themes at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference #OEEC2025 at RAI Amsterdam. The OEEC conference agenda offers a window into how offshore energy is redefining itself at a time of turbulence – balancing sustainability goals with affordability and security. It will also consider developments across the Atlantic where the US offshore wind industry is facing existential challenges at the same time that Brazil and Colombia are ramping up work on bringing their first wind farms at sea to realisation..... https://lnkd.in/eFQ-5qRH

CorPower Ocean will join the 19th Strategic Energy Technology Plan Conference in Odense, Denmark on 4–5 November 2025. Hosted by the Danish EU Presidency this year’s conference is co-organised by the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities and the European Commission, bringing together high-level speakers, policymakers, industry leaders, researchers and academia. CorPower Ocean’s commercial director Kevin Rebenius will speak at Parallel Session 6: Emerging Energy Technologies, highlighting the role of wave energy in Europe’s transition to a resilient and decarbonised energy system. More details here: https://lnkd.in/d4DJdzVb #SETPlan2025 #CleanEnergy #WaveEnergy #CorPowerOcean

📢Did you know innovation in repowering could unlock gigawatts of untapped wind potential across the UK? With hundreds of turbines approaching end-of-life, repowering offers a major opportunity to boost clean power output and strengthen progress toward net zero. Continued policy support and technological innovation will be key to sustaining momentum and maximising the impact of future CfD rounds. ⚡ In our latest blog, Will Russell, Business Development Manager, explores the significance of CfD AR7, the opportunity for repowered wind projects, and how innovation can help close the gap to the UK’s 2030 clean power goals. 👉Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/eUN9FVru #Repoweringwind #netzero #innovation #cfd #ar7

Proud to be opening and hosting this year’s Westminster Energy Forum Annual Review on the UK’s Onshore Energy Transition — right here in our EY London office. This year’s agenda couldn’t be more timely. With the UK’s Net Zero strategy facing new regulatory, infrastructure, and delivery challenges, we’ll be diving deep into: - Key system challenges for transitioning the UK energy landscape - Regulatory shifts and implications for Net Zero - Industrial delivery hurdles in onshore power generation, EMS & storage - Wider considerations around climate risk, spatial planning, and resilience I’ll be opening the session with reflections on the current energy landscape — the pressures, the pivots, and the opportunities ahead. It’s a moment to speak candidly about where we are, and where we need to go. Grateful to be joined by expert voices from Ofgem, Centrica, RWE, National Gas, UK Power Networks, E3G, and the Environment Agency. Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in energy transformation. #energytransformation #netzero #EYenergy Yunus Ozler | Sue Chin | Andrea Powell | Catherine Barnett-Jaafar | Lee Downham | Colm Devine | Courtney Adler | Sevan Dymond | Céline Delacroix | Anthony Byrne | Gillian O’Boyle