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Scotland, and so the UK, has a huge opportunity with ScotWind. The lease award date is now less than a week away, and that is when the heavy lifting will start.  Dick Winchester published a good article last week, rightly ringing warning bells on local content, as we have been here before and the UK […]

The team at AqualisBraemar LOC shares the passion, vision and values for working in energy and the world’s oceans, de-risking and driving the energy transition. We are driven by the idea that the best work is born from professionalism, diligence… and fun. You know AqualisBraemar LOC, but do you know our team? Gus Daniels Galle, […]

OWC’s Tom Whittle – Director of Asia Pacific Operations, recently took part in a Taiwan Floating Offshore Wind Mini Series, organised by World Forum Offshore Wind to coincide with the 2021 Energy Taiwan expo. Having worked with OWC in Taiwan for 3 years, and with 6 years’ experience in floating offshore wind, Tom contributed to […]

With an increasingly busy marine environment, what are the challenges to look out for in marine spatial planning when looking to develop an offshore wind farm. Dr Nguyen Dinh – OWC Head of Hydrogen and Principal in Vietnam and Ireland, recently addressed the topic in his keynote speech at the Workshop “Offshore Wind and other […]

OWC have based their strategy over the last 10 years on being active in emerging markets from an early stage. New recruit David Wotherspoon has his eyes on Lithuania, and comments below on the Baltic State’s “path to energy independence” Lithuania continues to transform its energy mix and markets since it joined the EU in […]

Ahead of this month’s IUMI 2021 Annual Conference, taking place in Seoul, OWC’s Taiwan Manager and floating wind engineering specialist, Luis Gonzalez-Pinto, shares his thoughts with the IUMI Eye newsletter, on South Korea’s floating wind ambitions and the road ahead to development. On 9 August the Sixth Assessment IPCC Report was released showing the significant, […]

OWC teams from around the world, came together on the 4th August both in person and virtually to celebrate the inaugural event for The Ian Bonnon Award – an annual award set up by the late Ian Bonnon, our founder and chairman, to celebrate and encourage emerging young talent within OWC.  We are pleased to announce the […]

It was recently reported that countries are lining up for wind turbine manufacturing plants to increase local content in their domestic markets. Siemens Energy AG expressed fear about global supply chains being balanced with bringing local content. Does this precede possible bottlenecks in supply and so act as a drag on offshore wind deployment targets? […]

OWC’s Luany Dantas reflects on her experience being part of GWEC’s Women in Wind Global Leadership Program 2021 and how driving diversity in renewables can be part of ensuring that the energy transition is a just transition.  According to the January 2020 IRENA/Women in Wind report “Wind energy: A gender perspective”, only c 21% of […]