Top News of the Week, 1 – 7 January 2018

Siemens Gamesa Shows How It’s Done at Sea (VIDEO)

Click the link above to watch Siemens Gamesa’s video in which the company navigates you through the installation process of the offshore wind turbines. Get up close and personal with these behemoths and see how they come together at sea.

Business Moves on Offshore Wind 2017 Chessboard

Throughout the year behind us, we witnessed numerous business moves within the industry from mergers and takeovers to companies securing their positions in non-domestic markets where offshore wind is about to take off.

First UK-Made Offshore Wind Tower Sections Ready to Roll

CS Wind UK is commencing the transportation of the first nine offshore tower sections from its Machrihanish factory in Campbeltown, Scotland, to the local harbour on 8 January.

New York Reveals Offshore Wind Power Play

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has called for a procurement of at least 800MW of offshore wind power between two solicitations to be issued in 2018 and 2019.

States Respond to Trump’s New Oil & Gas Plan. Shell, Statoil Interested in New Areas

As the Trump Administration issued the draft proposal for the 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program on 4 January, the move to make more than 90% of OCS available for oil and gas exploration and production saw opposition from several U.S. coastal states, including those that want more renewable energy in their future.