Blogs & Insights
Global offshore wind supply chains and local content
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? […]
About Women in Wind Global Leadership Program
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 […]
Global Wind Day is a day to celebrate and look ahead
Happy Global Wind Day! The 15th of June is a day for us wind professionals to celebrate, not only in what we do and have done, but in reflecting and communicating to the world how wind power is reshaping our world via its energy systems, decarbonising economies and job creation. When the original Wind Day […]
Meet the Team: Timo Zheng
I’m a graduate geotechnical engineer, which means I work on all the aspects of a wind farm-related to the seabed and below.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
We share the UN’s belief that science and gender equality are essential in achieving international sustainability goals, and today we are celebrating women and girls in science who are leading in innovation
Meet the Team: Danny Ng
My background is in naval architecture and marine engineering. In Longitude Engineering, I perform, supervise and approve naval architecture analyses involving offshore operations and vessel design.
Meet the Team: Juan Frias
As Senior Project Manager, I specialise in early phase project development activities. I work mainly in bid advisory, development and structuring for offshore wind tenders; feasibility studies; site selection; cost modelling; technical due diligence; markets and policy analysis; or business development activities.
IBAMA sets out Terms of Reference for offshore wind farm licensing
After three years of public consultation, a number of webinars and technical support from European experts, the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) has concluded the standard terms of reference (TR) of licensing for offshore wind developments. These terms consolidate the scope required by the Environmental Impact Report (EIA/RIMA) regarding the […]
UK Wind Week – Messages from Staff
It’s UK Wind Week and it’s a great opportunity to share the stories and successes of our wonderful industry. Here at OWC, we focus on helping clients realise their offshore wind projects with project development services, owner’s engineering and technical due diligence… offshore wind is all that we do!