Ian Griggs

1 month ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ian Griggs

Windpower Monthly’s technology and market trends correspondent – and Turbines of the Year judge – Eize de Vries answers questions about why the winners won and the shape of things to come in turbine technology, both on and offshore. The discussion also touches on why floating wind power has not reached commercial scale yet and whether this sector will ever come of age.

1 month ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ian Griggs

From expectations of their company’s future performance, their prognosis for the industry and their reaction to policy announcements; Donald Trump is a looming presence whose victory threatens four years of policy backsliding and uncertainty in one of the world’s biggest wind markets.

2 months ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ian Griggs

Speaking ahead of Windpower Monthly’s Blades USA conference in late February, Lili Haus, wind energy engineer and scientist at the Electric Power Research Institute, talks about her quest to introduce a global dictionary of agreed terms to categorise blade damage.

Jan 20, 2025 | windpowermonthly.com | Ian Griggs

The survey, now in its second year, will canvass the wind industry’s opinion on a range of themes, including policy, company performance and the current state of the workforce. The survey will close at midnight (GMT) today (Monday 20 January). As with last year’s survey, respondents will be asked to describe their year in the wind industry and give their forecasts and predictions for the year ahead.  The survey is anonymous and takes around 15 minutes to complete.

Jan 16, 2025 | windpowermonthly.com | Ian Griggs

Germany’s onshore wind market is a remarkable success story, with 2,400 onshore wind turbines totalling 14GW newly approved in the last year. But the country stands at a crossroads, with upcoming federal elections on 23 February in which the two parties currently leading in the polls are either agnostic or actively hostile towards wind power. So, can the fragile gains made under the current administration survive the election?