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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 […]

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 […]

I’m a graduate geotechnical engineer, which means I work on all the aspects of a wind farm-related to the seabed and below.

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

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.

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.

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 […]