Mike@OpticalStrategies

How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.

Putting the hard work in:

How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Sea Trials Underway for First Jones Act-Compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel The sea trials have commenced and are in progress for Charybdis, the first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV).

Inspiring - first Jones Act-compliant U.S. offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) starts sea trials. Shown here during a "jacking" test, the ship is perched 400 feet (122 meters) above the water. Soon to be installing wind turbines off Virginia - CVOW.

www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/18/s...

Against there backdrop of information, misinformation and confusion around U.S. inflation being circulated, @usafacts.org just published a timely and very helpful primer - comprehensive and simple to understand:
usafacts.org/answers/what...

YouTube video by Engineering with Rosie Offshore Wind in Crisis! What Can We Learn?

Stumbled across a terrific overview of Offshore Wind by @engwithrosie.bsky.social - shares the how's and why's, and provides significant depth of techno-economic background to to help dispel a few pervasive myths - check it out here:

youtu.be/MuwNBtKpjhQ?...

Half of Global Operational Offshore Wind Capacity in China The global capacity of fully operational offshore wind farms has reached 80.9 GW, according to RenewableUK, whose new report also shows China is leading in total operational capacity, new capacity ins...

Interesting data - global progress in Offshore Wind Power Capacity:

www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/07/h....

Forget saving the planet. Clean energy interests sharpen a different message: Money and jobs Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now emphasizing the greener side of green: wealth-building.

Clean energy - "It's about Money and Jobs" - plus it helps save a planet" @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/clim...

First US-Built Offshore Wind Installation Vessel Begins Sea Trials as Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Project Hits Halfway Mark The Charybdis, America’s first domestically-built wind turbine installation vessel, has commenced sea trials in Brownsville, Texas, marking a significant milestone for the U.S. offshore wind industry....

U.S. Offshore Wind - not just about wind turbines. Interesting news:

gcaptain.com/first-us-bui...

How Climate Change Could Upend the American Dream Americans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses.

Very interesting article co-published by @propublica.org and @nytimes.com wrestling with climate change, home valuations, insurance changes and population migration.

"The implications are staggering."

Worth a 5-minute read.

www.propublica.org/article/clim...

Which is worse for wildlife, wind farms or oil drilling? US President Donald Trump says that wind farms harm birds and whales. Scientists weigh wind power's impacts on wildlife against those of oil and gas.

Which is worse for wildlife, birds and whales? Interesting read from the BBC. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

New Report: No Recorded Collisions Between Floating Offshore Wind Turbine and Birds For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway has been monitored by a bird camera. No collisions have been recorded.

Interesting, recent study out of Norway examining offshore wind and bird strikes. More than 21,000 bird passages detected - zero bird strikes.

www.norwegianoffshorewind.no/news/new-rep...

Trump admin’s attack on clean energy and climate funding continues Federal funding portals are down. Binding contracts are at risk. And a legal battle is sure to come. What happens next?

Trying to sort out the "real" impacts of recent EO's in the sustainability arena. Read this article from @canarymedia.com and found it helpful:

www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Trump’s offshore wind assault threatens factory jobs in GOP districts Over 64% of manufacturing and supply chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican-led districts, per new data.

Found this very interesting, thought you might be interested, too. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

Are major natural disasters increasing? | USAFacts Nine out of the 10 years with the highest number of natural disasters occurred in the last decade.

In the late 80's I recall a university lecture suggesting that climate change would stimulate more severe and frequent weather events globally. Sharing insightful data published by #USAFacts - clarifies some of the economic impact: usafacts.org/articles/are...

HI everyone - giving Bluesky a try and looking forward to exchanging information around sustainability and renewables. My background is in fiber optics - with distributed fiber optic sensing #DFOS applied to sustainability an area of great interest.