This report distils experiences from established offshore wind markets into key success factors to help emerging markets build successful offshore wind sectors. It is designed to share international good practice while recognizing the unique contexts of each country. The key factors described...

Europe's marine environment faces increasing demands from maritime sectors and this briefing addresses the often-conflicting demands on the marine space. This briefing highlights the need for informed planning to meet climate goals and safeguard marine biodiversity.

Article 15c of the revised RED, obliges EU Member States to "adopt one or more plans designating [...] renewables acceleration areas for one or more types of renewable energy sources". The identification of areas suitable to be designated as renewables acceleration areas has to follow the...

Accurate prediction of offshore wind power generation is essential for efficient power scheduling and grid integration. This study introduces an innovative hybrid forecasting approach to address variability in power output due to different climatic conditions and challenges in measuring offshore...

This year’s key themes outlook focuses heavily on the resilience of hydrocarbon markets in the face of disruptions of many kinds; how sustainability and energy transition are becoming a strategic political objective that reaches well beyond the energy economy; and the technology elements of...

This report seeks to inform ongoing discussions on how to accelerate global decarbonization efforts, and the role of concessional finance in supporting such efforts. The report is also intended to complement national efforts to develop policies and strategies in support of offshore wind,...

The World Bank Group (WBG) launched a new global initiative on offshore wind in March 2019. The offshore wind development program objective is to support the inclusion of offshore wind into the energy sector policies and strategies of emerging market countries and support the preparatory work...

As energy demands for clean energy mount to meet international and national climate goals, there remains constant tension in the trade-off for where to siting large-scale offshore wind farms. Using data from a choice experiment (CE) to elicit preferences for large-scale, 3600 megawatts (MW) of...

Latin America has the cleanest energy matrix in the world and is expected to have 70% of its electricity consumption generated from renewable energies by 2030. Colombia is an energy-rich country with an abundance of oil and gas reserves, although these are declining. Colombia also has a large...

To offset the impact of climate change, a transition to renewables in the energy sector is needed. Offshore wind energy (OWE) is a promising renewable technology that is developing at an unprecedented rate. However, the offshore wind (OW) industry is material intensive, and there are concerns...

Offshore wind energy holds promising potential as an alternative source of energy for a country like India, which continues to be land deprived and faces increasing difficulty in acquiring land for energy. While some scholarly efforts have focused on India's context, there is a dearth of studies...

Since the onset of the COVID-19, the seriousness of the climate problem has attracted more attention, and international cooperation to prevent climate change and climate disaster is continuing. More than 100 countries, including the EU, China, and Japan, have declared or are pursuing carbon...

Offshore wind energy systems are generally regarded as variable baseload technologies and can therefore serve a crucial role in a net-zero or carbon-neutral electricity supply grid. With the spate of growing commercial and government-policy interests in offshore wind, it is important to examine...

Most companies are postponing their decommissioning activities due to cash flow restrictions, others are taking advantage of low oil prices to speed up decommissioning activities as some of the related oilfield service costs are also reduced.However, decommissioning is an emerging and growing...

This is the original copy of the thesis submitted to the University of Copenhagen as part of the Master of Laws (LL.M) programme. This thesis won the European Society of Construction Law (ESCL) First Prize 2021; a chapter was subsequently published in the International Construction Law Review under...

Most companies are postponing their decommissioning activities due to cash flow restrictions, others are taking advantage of low oil prices to speed up decommissioning activities as some of the related oilfield service costs are also reduced.However, decommissioning is an emerging and growing...

I make use of an over-dispersed Poisson regression model and the roll-out of a new pro-competition regulatory and tax regime in Norway in the mid-2000's to estimate the effects of industry microstructure and firm-level variables on well drilling. I demonstrate the importance of the...

The ACTOM toolbox is designed to provide value over a range of field cases with diverse subsurface geology and environmental marine characteristics. Whereas the end-product of the toolbox is to aid users in defining a monitoring plan that will satisfy local stakeholders, one intermediate outcome...

In order to mitigate climate change, new solutions are being sought by energy companies to reduce CO2 emissions from offshore production facilities. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) may be a technically and economically viable alternative option compared to electrification of offshore facilities...

The traditional optimization of the layout of a wind farm consisted in arranging the wind turbines inside a designated area. In contrast, the 2021 tender from the UK government, Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 ("UK Round-4") and upcoming bids only specify large regions where the wind farm can be...

Background: Dual-level stochastic programming is a technique that allows modelling uncertainty at two different levels, even when the time granularity differs vastly between the levels. In this paper we study the problem of determining the optimal fleet size and mix of vessels performing...

Offshore wind energy holds promising potential as an alternative source of energy for a country like India, which continues to be land deprived and faces increasing difficulty in acquiring land for energy. While some scholarly efforts have focused on the Indian context, there is a dearth of...

This roadmap provides strategic analysis of the offshore wind development potential in the Philippines, considering the opportunities and challenges under different, hypothetical growth scenarios. The goal is to provide evidence to support the Government of the Philippines in establishing...

Many offshore wind farms are expected to be installed along the European coasts in the next few years. However, developing offshore wind power may affect other maritime activities already established in the sea space (e.g. commercial fishing). We conducted a discrete choice experiment in France...

This paper applies bio-inspired optimization techniques to the interconnection planning of offshore wind farms. More specifically, the Bat Algorithm and the Grey Wolf Optimizer are applied to solve the problem. Reliability and economic criteria related to wind farms are considered. The study is...

Local opposition to a renewable energy project shows competition among various ideas and values in the energy transition process. Offshore wind farms (OWFs), one of the most promising renewable energy sources, are still not free from conflicts. This study aims to enrich our understanding of what...

Offshore wind power is emerging option in wind industry due to relatively consistent wind behavior over ocean. This study aims to access offshore wind resource employing a novel approach using bathymetry data, in-situ measured and 5th generation European Reanalysis (ERA-5) wind data. The...