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NorthWind at OED forum about offshore wind
FME NorthWind was represented at a collaboration forum about offshore wind organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, on Friday, 20 May.

Four North Sea countries set ambitious offshore wind targets
Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium announced that they will build at least 150 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050.

Norwegian government strengthens offshore wind targets
The Norwegian governement announced today its intentions of making concessions available to install 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2040. Such a capacity corresponds

The Scientific Advisory Committee launches is operations
The NorthWind Scientific Advisory Committee officially started its operations today by holding its first full meeting with international partners. The meeting took place digitally. The

The straight facts about wind power
Wind power and hydro power are actually a very good match, says Magnus Korpås, professor at the department of Electric Power Engineering at NTNU.

How can we decarbonise oil and gas exploitation?
NorthWind research centre director John Olav Tande and acting LowEmission research centre director Stefania Gardarsdottir are the guests of the Smart Forklart podcast this week.

NW on the Fornybaren podcast
NorthWind centre director John Olav Tande is the guest of Bendik Solum Whist and Aslak Øverås on the podcast Fornybaren this week. You can listen

Using offshore wind to cut oil and gas emissions
By John Olav Tande The North Sea is known in Europe for oil and gas activity, fishery, transport and during the last decades, increasingly, offshore

Annual report 2021
NorthWind’s very first annual report is available for download. The 60-page document provides a complete overview of the Centre’s first half-year of activity, complete with

Offshore wind: the EU needs to invest now
The European Union wants offshore wind to become a pillar of its future energy system. Getting there is within our reach, but research challenges must be solved. We propose two new large-scale initiatives to allow the EU to reach its goals.

NW on the NTNU Energy Transition Podcast
NorthWind centre director and SINTEF Chief Scientist John Olav Tande is the guest of NTNU Energy Transition Podcast host Julius Wesche. Listen to them discuss

NorthWind gets new FME sibling
The ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced an investment of NOK 200 million (EUR 20,271,400) in HYDROGENi: a new centre for environment-friendly energy research (FME)

EU parliament adopts new strategy on offshore renewables
The members of the European Parliament adopted yesterday recommendations on how to deploy offshore wind more quickly. The EU Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy lays out

Norwegian government announces offshore wind plans
The Norwegian government laid out its plans for offshore wind development today (link in Norwegian), at an outdoors press conference in Oslo. Development will go

EERA DeepWind offshore wind energy R&I conference 2022
These are exciting times for offshore wind, and this was reflected in the number and quality of the presentations we saw at the 2022 edition

EERA DeepWind’2022 goes online
Because of the Covid-19 situation, the 2022 edition of the EERA DeepWind offshore wind R&I conference will be held online only. Like last year, the

Join us at EERA DeepWind’2022, 19-21 January
The offshore wind R&I conference EERA DeepWind has an exciting programme this year with more than 160 presentations by experts and leaders from policy, technology

NorthWind’s first Annual Innovation Forum
NorthWind held its very first annual Innovation Forum for project partners. It was initially scheduled to be an in-person event at the Royal Garden hotel

The North Sea as a springboard for the green transition
NorthWind centre director and SINTEF Chief Scientist John Olav Tande was in Glasgow for the UN Climate Summit COP26. He spoke at the event The

NorthWind director featured in energy podcast
NorthWind centre director and SINTEF Chief Scientist John Olav Tande was a guest on the latest episode of the Energy Transitions Podcast, hosted by Pamela

NorthWind gets FME plaque from Research Council
Special advisor for the Research Council of Norway, Tone Ibenholt, formally handed over an FME plaque to NorthWind research centre leader John Olav Tande at

DeepWind 2022: one week left to submit your abstracts
Scientists wishing to make a presentation at the EERA DeepWind 2022 conference in Trondheim have until 1 November to submit their abstract. All abstracts will

The DeepWind 2021 papers are published
Selected papers from the EERA DeepWind conference 2021 are now published with open access in the Journal of Physics: Conference Series volume 2018, 2021. The

NorthWind Board elected
The NorthWind Centre Board was elected at the General Assembly, earlier this week. The board is elected for two years. It comprises of eight seats

Offshore wind featured on SINTEF podcast
SINTEF Chief Scientist John Olav Tande is the guest of podcast host Aksel Faanes Persson this week, talking about the possibilities and challenges linked to

The North Sea as a platform for the green transition
ARENDAL – August 16th – The North Sea should play a central role in the green transition, according to a new report to which FME

Marine spatial planning and cumulative impacts of blue growth on seabirds
NINA secured funding from the Research Council of Norway for a collaborative project to address societal challenges relating to blue growth. The project called MARCIS

NorthWind kicks off its activities
June 16th – The NorthWind research centre on wind energy launched its activities today with its first General Assembly – a digital event, because of

Norway launches major wind power research centre
December 11th – Today the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, announced an investment of 120 million NOK (11.3 million EUR) in a