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  • GE Executive Announces New Investment Into Offshore Wind and Solar Power (USA)

    16 December 2010

    Even with $6 billion in renewable-energy investments, GE Energy Financial Services plans new bets on offshore wind and solar power plants, an executive said Wednesday. Kevin Walsh, managing director at the General Electric Co. unit /quotes/comstock/13*!ge/quotes/nls/ge (GE 17.50, +0.01, +0.06%) , didn’t lay out a timetable for investing in offshore wind, but said it could […]

  • Mercom Capital Group Releases Report for 2011 (USA)

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, yesterday released its annual and fourth quarter funding and merger & acquisition (M&A) activity report for the wind sector in 2011. In 2011, venture capital (VC) funding for wind energy continued to increase past previous years, totaling $369 million in 14 deals, […]

  • Floating Lessons at DeepCwind (USA)

    19 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      The DeepCwind Consortium reviewed dozens of applications and placed 12 students around Maine and Washington, D.C. for eight-week-long summer internships. Follow this series to hear from the mouths of interns what it’s like to work for companies that are launching the floating deepwater offshore wind industry.  Dustin Jalbert, Masters Candidate International Finance and Economics […]

  • IDEOL Announces New Floating Platform Solution to Accelerate Deployment of Offshore Wind Farms (France)

    12 April 2011
    Technology

    IDEOL, a company specialized in the development of innovative solutions for the offshore wind market, announces it has developed and patented two new concepts enabling to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind farms. – A floating platform on which to erect the wind turbines, with a construction costs divided by two in comparison with other […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Receives Record Order for US Offshore Wind Projects

    19 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has conditionally received a record wind turbine order for 1,714MW from Ørsted and Eversource encompassing three US offshore wind projects. The signed conditional contract is the largest US offshore wind power order to date, Siemens Gamesa said. It covers the supply, delivery, and installation of SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines including service agreements […]

  • BOEM to Gauge Industry Interest in Two New Wind Energy Areas Offshore California

    28 July 2021
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is set to publish a Call for Information and Nominations to solicit public input and determine industry interest in developing commercial wind projects at two new areas offshore central California. The new areas are adjacent to the Morro Bay Call Area, originally designated by BOEM in 2018, […]

  • Vestas and Tien Li Roll Out First Offshore Wind Turbine Blade in Taiwan

    25 April 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has, together with its partner Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology, produced the first V174- 9.5MW™ blade at its facilities in Taiwan. The blade will be installed in 2022 at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ Changfang offshore wind project and is the result of close collaboration with local suppliers and investments in local capabilities, […]

  • Suction Pile Foundation Developed in South Korea

    1 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Off the shores of South Korea, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology professor Sangchul Bang is designing a suction pile foundations for a 2,500-megawatt (MW) wind farm, his nearly $200,000 contract with Korea Electric Power Corporation Research Institute (KEPRI) will result in foundations for 500 windmills ranging from 3 MW to 7 MW each […]

  • UKERC: Renewables Create More Jobs than Fossil Fuels

    10 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    A new study by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) suggests that renewable energy and energy efficiency create up to ten times more jobs per unit of electricity generated or saved than fossil fuels. However, in itself labour intensity may not be a desirable quality and support for green jobs should not solely focus on […]

  • IPO Results Value DONG at EUR 13.2 Billion

    9 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has announced the results of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) through which 17.4% of the company’s shares have been allocated to more than 36,000 new investors at the final offer price of DKK 235 (EUR 31.6), leading to a market capitalisation of the company of DKK 98.2 billion (EUR 13.2 bn).  The admission to trading and official listing of […]

  • NYSERDA to Gather Wind and Wave Data at New York Offshore Wind Site

    21 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is seeking comments on a draft plan to measure wind speed and ocean waves at the federal ocean site off the coast of Long Island on which it plans to bid on 15 December, 2016 alongside thirteen other applicants. The draft plan, called MetOcean, calls for […]

  • Ørsted to Rewild Offshore Wind Farms

    17 May 2022
    Environment, R&D

    Ørsted and ARK Nature have partnered to test the potential of rewilding principles to restore ocean biodiversity and develop the best ways to scale up work globally to ensure an overall net-positive impact on nature when building offshore wind farms. One initial focus is restoring shellfish reefs that are fundamental to ecological restoration in the […]

  • GBP 2 Million Fund Now Available for Marine Renewables Companies in Cornwall, UK

    22 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    To further strengthen Cornwall’s position as a leading centre for marine energy, approximately £2m of Convergence European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) has been made available for marine renewables companies. The GBI (R&D) fund is available to those currently working on concept or prototype development; as well as early stage demonstration or deployment of marine renewable […]

  • LEINE LINDE SYSTEMS to Present New Product at EWEA Offshore 2013

    31 October 2013
    Technology

    Insurers, banks and construction authorities usually require wind turbine manufacturers and operators to have a certification according to the applicable guidelines. Up until now, the safety functions required within this context, for example, switching off wind turbines in case of excessive rotor speed, have been implemented with relatively costly and frequently redundant constructions. With its […]

  • AWEA Hires GES for its 2012 Show (USA)

    9 December 2011

    Global Experience Specialists (GES) a leader in exhibition, event and retail marketing services, announced today that American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has appointed GES as its official services provider for its show beginning in 2012. The five-year agreement includes WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition and the Small & Community WINDPOWER Conference […]

  • Norway: Boilers Balance Critical to Renewables Market

    4 March 2013
    Technology

    The ability of the Parat electrode boiler to manage fluctuations in renewable energy sources rapidly has brought swift uptake in Denmark since 2011. As the Norwegian company launches in Germany, Parat reflects on the promise its solution offers to efficiency in Europe’s smart electricity grids. Germany’s appetite for renewable energy dwarves other European states, accounting […]

  • Oceanology International Presents Ocean Observation, Forecasting, Hydrography and Geophysics (UK)

    16 January 2012

    “Oceanology International is a unique event; there is nowhere else where such a broad range of providers of technologies and users of technologies and the applications of technology come together,” says the event’s Conference Chairman, Ralph Rayner, Professorial Research Fellow, London School of Economics; and Sector Director, Energy and Environment for the BMT Group. “It […]

  • The World’s Largest and Most Efficient Aluminum Shipbuilder

    20 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Austal is the largest aluminium shipbuilder in the world. When it established a new shipyard in Alabama, USA in 1999, specifically targeting future US Defence requirements, the company knew that it would need to adopt “world’s best practice” shipbuilding methodologies in order to successfully cope with multiple vessel contracts and to meet the very stringent […]

  • Seacat CTV Completes First Run on Vegetable Oil

    18 May 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Seacat Services’ vessel Seacat Enterprise has completed her journey to and first operational assignments at Triton Knoll offshore wind farm using Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO). Following a scheduled refit at the Alicat yard in Great Yarmouth, which saw Seacat Enterprise undergo a number of modifications, she was loaded with 8,000 litres of HVO30 for her […]

  • Shell and CoensHexicon to Jointly Build 1.4 GW Floating Wind Farm Offshore Korea

    1 September 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Shell Overseas Investment B.V. and CoensHexicon Co., LTD have established a joint venture to develop and operate a 1.4 GW floating wind project off the south-east coast of South Korea. Shell controls an 80 per cent stake in the MunmuBaram joint venture, and CoensHexicon, a joint venture between Hexicon and Korean company COENS Co, controls […]

  • EnBW Takes Renewables Road to Boost Profit

    29 April 2015

    EnBW made good progress in the previous financial year in implementing its 2020 business strategy, while it reported that its adjusted EBITDA in 2014 was 2.6% lower than in previous year.  As a result of expectations of a continued fall in electricity prices, it was however necessary to make significant write-downs on the EnBW power plant […]

  • DONG Explains the Thinking Behind Subsidy-Free Bids

    14 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has revealed the factors behind the decision to place two zero subsidy bids in the first round of offshore wind auctions in Germany. As reported earlier, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea with a combined capacity of 590MW. For two of the projects – […]

  • Taiwanese Premier Champions Offshore Wind During Formosa 1 Tour

    16 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan is actively developing offshore wind power, which will be an important factor in transforming the country’s overall energy structure, Premier Lin Chuan said during a tour of the recently constructed 8MW Formosa One offshore wind farm off Miaoli County. The nation’s first two offshore wind turbines, just completed in October, show that Taiwan has entered a […]

  • Scottish Energy Minister Visits Germany

    26 June 2012
    Authorities

    Renewables links between Scotland and Germany will be strengthened today by a visit from Energy Minister Fergus Ewing to Bremen and Bremerhaven. On the first day of a three-day visit, Mr Ewing will today visit Areva Wind, Europe’s second largest offshore wind company, in Bremerhaven and attend a meeting on the wind supply chain also […]

  • Denmark: ABB Shows Portfolio for Wind Industry at EWEA 2012

    11 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    As energy cost reduction has become a buzzword in the renewables industry and a hot topic during European’s major wind fair EWEA 2012 starting from April 16, ABB brings to this event its complete wind portfolio as well as latest technologies to address the issue. One of the highlights of ABB’s booth is its offering […]

  • 80 Pct of Irish People Support Wind Developments, Poll Finds

    27 March 2013

    The Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA), the national body representing the wind energy sector in Ireland has today (27 March) strongly welcomed an opinion poll conducted on its behalf by Ipsos MRBI which revealed that 80% of the Irish public support wind developments. This opinion poll was taken from 916 respondents. Reacting to this opinion […]