Editors’ Picks | Offshore Wind News in 2024: ‘The First, The Largest, The Record’

Some news are important for the offshore wind industry at large, some are significant for parts of the supply chain or in certain regions, and some are just good to know. With 366 days and thousands of news in 2024 behind us, the task of choosing only a few stories was not an easy one for the offshoreWIND.biz editorial team. In the overview below, you can find several of the many articles that we consider worth a reminder.

Like in all other industries, especially the more complex ones, things can go wrong in offshore wind. In 2024, most incident reports involved blade events and a vessel hitting a wind turbine.

… And Get Fixed

Offshore wind infrastructure and the supply chain are quick to rectify even major issues, as some stories last year have shown.

Not Just Wind

The number of power-to-X and system integration projects is increasing, with offshore wind-generated electricity to be used to power oil & gas platforms and produce green hydrogen, and offshore wind farms starting to include floating solar plants.

The First

Being a young industry, pioneering technologies and methodologies in offshore wind are a regular occurrence. And with the global market growing, so is the number of countries having their first offshore wind farms up and running.

The Largest

Wind turbines are getting bigger and more powerful. But so are offshore wind farms, vessels and, looking at some 2024 news, power purchase contracts.

The Record

Records are there to be broken and in 2024, there were more than a few news on things never previously achieved. As reports on 2023 developments in the industry were published at the beginning of 2024, we decided to include those too.