Retire or repower wind farms?

Early wind turbine deployments are reaching the end of their operational life, a new industry is evolving to decommission and, in some cases, to recommission these sites.

The UK Government, the world’s second largest offshore wind farm operator after China, has announced it intends to decouple renewables from ‘gas-linked’ energy prices. A move to a contract-for-difference (CFD) model, will allow renewables to undercut gas powerplants when selling to the UK grid.

That shift will incentivise a further buildout of offshore wind farms, including, crucially, to