Lawsuits, DOE Strategy, Innovation, SG Win, Sweden Slow Down

How much of a threat are the four Federal lawsuits against Vineyard Wind? All of the cases charge that the BOEM's environmental review was inadequate. We discuss what's at stake and how we see the cases progressing. Legal cases may be harder to predict than wind: GE and Siemens Gamesa just settled their patent dispute. Meanwhile, the US DOE has released its Offshore Wind Energy Strategy to reach 110GW by 2050 and lower PPE by a third. Allen and Joel wonder how the DOE plans to do it. Will there be R&D grants? Does DOE have a wondrous new technology up its sleeve? Or will we buy Chinese turbines?  Speaking of innovation, RWE and BP are both looking for projects to fund. RWE is looking for innovations that improve circularity and reduce waste and also for systems integrations that improve system flexibility. The winners get to test their concepts with RWE team and other experts. Similarly,BP's Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge wants to see concepts that reduce waste and other potential negatives of wind while balancing energy supply and demand. See show notes for application details and deadlines. Scottish Power Renewables has ordered 95 SG 14-236 DD wind turbines for the East Anglia 3 wind power project in the North Sea. There's a great repowering project (actually, eight!) going on in Texas, thanks to the IRA and a new partnership between ACEN and PivotGen, to be completed in less than a year. And our Wind Farm of the Week is Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm, in Nebraska, which will power both Adobe and Facebook facilities. But are there any rattlesnakes? Grab your earbuds...there's a lot more in this episode!  Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Wind Power Lab - https://windpowerlab.com Weather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.com Intelstor - https://www.intelstor.com BP Innovation Application Site - https://innovation.bp.com/offshorewindcircularity RWE Innovation Application Site - https://www.rwe.com/en/research-and-development/project-plans/innovation-competition/#competition-2023 Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!