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World Wind Technology Issue 2 2023
Editorial Editor Nicholas Kenny
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t’s been a long, trying year for the wind power industry. Despite the initial boost of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), US wind energy took a hit with the cancellation of Orsted’s Ocean Wind project in New Jersey, alongside ongoing supply chain issues. The UK and Europe, meanwhile, have seen their own share of cancelled projects, such as Vattenfall’s 1.4GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm, off the UK’s east coast. Even China has suffered from tightened permit requirements and project delays. Together, these issues led Wood Mackenzie to slash its forecast for global wind power capacity by the end of 2032 by 29GW, down to 2.35TW. These cancellations follow after a perfect storm of rising inflation, supply chain challenges and geopolitical turmoil, resulting in a mismatch between subsidies and costs for wind farm developers. Despite these short-term challenges, however, the long-term health of the industry remains in good shape, with many of these issues expected to be rectified over the next few years. The industry also faces concerns over the ever-increasing size of wind turbines, as executives across Europe have begun calling for a size cap to provide a period of stability. We explore on page 34. Of course, sustainability remains a key focal point, with the hotly contested UAE-hosted Cop28 now in our rear-view mirror. With that in mind, we investigate the role wind power is currently playing in aiding the fossil fuel sector, looking into Equinor’s development of the Hywind Tampen wind farm to help nearby oil and gas platforms reduce their emissions on page 10. Elsewhere, on page 28, we look into a study investigating ways to minimise the impact on the local environment during the decommissioning process, once offshore turbines reach the end of their life cycles.
The demands on this industry are high, and no one expected the energy transition to be easy. In many ways, 2023 has been epitomised by the Cop28 president Sultan Al Jaber’s comments over there being “no science out there […] that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5°C”. In short, disheartening, dismissive and defeatist. Yet, we must persevere all the same, secure in the knowledge that wind power is the key to humanity’s future – regardless of small setbacks on the way.
Nicholas Kenny, editor
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