Eleven offshore wind developers – bp, EnBW, Fred Olsen Seawind, Ørsted, Parkwind, RWE, Scottish Power Renewables, Shell, SSE Renewables, Total Energies and Vattenfall – are partnering with the Carbon Trust to make future offshore wind more sustainable.

New research could cut the cost of offshore wind farm fabrication 

New research, investigating single-sided welding for offshore wind foundations, could cut the cost of wind turbine fabrication. 

New research, released today, provides detailed guidance and highlights key innovations still needed to help the floating offshore wind sector overcome technical challenges to reach commercial scale.

New offshore wind research to help reach net zero energy goals

Sixteen new projects will be unveiled this month to help scale up and industrialise offshore wind to meet international Net Zero energy targets.

More partners, more data, more relevance: new members join the project consortium enabling the extension of an unprecedented offshore wind measurement campaign to understand the interaction of offshore wind farms with the atmosphere at two RWE wind farms in the German Bight.

ClassNK and the Carbon Trust have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the progress of offshore wind power generation in Japan.

Offshore wind industry seeks step-change in cost reduction by raising the array voltage

The Offshore Wind Accelerator announces its latest joint industry initiative: the High Voltage Array Systems (Hi-VAS) project.

The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), a collaboration of eight developers and the Carbon Trust has today published new recommendations for fibre optic cable design to mitigate the risk of export cable failure.

A new joint industry programme launched today by the Carbon Trust aims to maximise the contribution of offshore wind to a low cost, flexible, predictable and low carbon energy future.

Japan has set a target to become carbon neutral by 2050 today in remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the Diet, increasing Japan’s climate ambitions in line with other leading commitments made by the UK and EU in the run up to next years’ UNFCCC conference, COP26.

Floating Wind Joint Industry Project R&D findings delivered to support 70GW by 2040

New summary report from the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project.

Offshore wind projects to benefit from new recommended boat landing geometry design

Offshore Wind Accelerator publishes new recommended boat landing geometry design.

How can a flexible energy system help deliver net zero?

The Carbon Trust and Imperial College lead new cross sector consortium project.

A 3D printed anchor and a self-charging mooring line monitoring device are two of eight innovative technologies announced today as winners of a technology acceleration competition, funded by the Scottish Government and run by the Carbon Trust’s Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (Floating Wind JIP).

Research papers on design methods for offshore wind power monopile foundations in clay and sand seabed conditions, now available Open Access from the Géotechnique journal, detail new, industry-specific guidance to model the interactions between monopiles and the soil.

The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP), managed by the Carbon Trust, has today launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialisation of floating wind.

Carbon Trust launches new stage of ORJIP Offshore Wind

Industry backs four year programme to address consenting barriers for offshore wind

Competition to Improve Offshore Wind Resource Estimates Launched

The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched an international competition to improve current wind resource models in the offshore wind industry.

The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has today launched a competition to accelerate the development of technologies with the potential to reduce vessel emissions and fuel consumption.

The Carbon Trust has published the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Suction Installed Caisson Foundation Design Guidelines, to increase industry confidence in the use of suction caissons.

Wales Need to Harvest Offshore Wind to Meet Renewables Target

A new report by the Carbon Trust outlines offshore wind opportunities in Wales

The Carbon Trust has today announced that Shell Global Solutions International BV has officially joined the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), the Carbon Trust’s collaborative RD&D programme, further demonstrating its commitment to the energy transition.