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From the energy transition to the attractiveness of infrastructure debt to technological advances, our Seoul and Tokyo events had plenty of topics to explore both on- and off-stage. Below is a snapshot of what we heard.
The impact on generation efficiency and the environment when more offshore turbines are clustered ever closer together in a changing climate is not clear.
Vineyard Wind 1, set to deliver power later this year, will be the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the US. It has laid the groundwork for further industry investment.
Wind capacity has been growing steadily in the region, but a confluence of factors could soon spur an offshore boom.
Offshore wind will be an important part of the future energy landscape, but investors may be mispricing the risk in these projects.
Advances in technology, appetite for low-carbon energy and tumbling costs are set to drive hefty capacity gains in US offshore wind over the next decade, says MetLife Investment Management head of infrastructure John Tanyeri
Hikes in energy prices, interest rates and supply chain difficulties are leaving the US’s grand offshore wind ambitions in a difficult spot.
Jan-Willem Ruisbroek, head of Global Investment Strategy Infrastructure, tells us about APG’s ‘competitive advantage’ as it seeks to partner with ‘leading renewables developer’.
The Canadian pension is set to invest ¥70 billion in renewables developer Shizen Energy, in a deal that will also see it enter renewables markets in Southeast Asia.
The new government’s partnership with state governments to roll out billions in concessional finance is expected to accelerate Australia’s energy transition.