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  • Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Creates Activity in Djursland (Denmark)

    4 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DJURS Wind Power’s member companies have secured orders for DKK 450 million and directly related employment for 330 employees in connection with the construction of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Djurs Wind Power  Apro Wind is one of the specific examples Very important locally Network produces results This is the result of the latest count made […]

  • GWEC: Installed Offshore Wind Reaches 8,759 MW in 2014

    2 April 2015
    R&D

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) launched its flagship publication the Global Wind Report: Annual Market update yesterday in Istanbul. The report details wind power’s remarkable growth in 2014, as well as updating GWEC’s rolling 5 year market projections, which show continued growth for the rest of the decade. Led by China and Brazil in the first […]

  • Carbon Trust: Offshore Wind Crucial for Japan’s Energy Security

    2 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Japan’s offshore wind industry needs to accelerate Research, Development and Deployment (RD&D) efforts to reduce the country’s exposure to the highly volatile costs of imported energy and secure its future energy supply, according to a series of reports released today by the Carbon Trust.  Japan’s offshore wind industry needs to accelerate Research, Development and Deployment […]

  • Gamesa Attends Manten-er Trade Fair in Valladolid, Spain

    12 January 2012

    Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, will attend the III Manten-er trade fair, which begins today in Valladolid, with new offerings in the area of operation and maintenance (O&M) services for the wind energy market. These developments include the European and international launch of Gamesa’s business for reconditioning major turbine components (gearboxes, generators […]

  • Siemens Energy Makes EUR 4.04 Billion Siemens Gamesa Takeover Offer

    23 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Energy has launched a voluntary cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares in Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, or approximately 32.9 per cent of Siemens Gamesa’s share capital which it does not already own. The wind turbine manufacturer’s minority shareholders will be offered EUR 18.05 per share in cash, representing a premium of 27.7 […]

  • Japan: the winds of change

    19 September 2022

    Japan has an estimated potential of 144 gigawatts (GW) for onshore wind and 608 GW of offshore wind capacity and therefore the potential to become a leader in Wind Energy production. Considering the lack of land due to high population density in the country, simply makes sense to take advantage of the power potential of […]

  • OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES: 1991 – 2015

    5 January 2016

    Giant technology and scaling steps The world’s first close to shore offshore wind farm, Vindeby, built in Denmark in 1991, features 11 semi-standard 450kW Bonus B35/450kW turbines (now Siemens) and is still in operation today. From today’s perspective the look of these tiny three-bladed turbines in shallow water is largely similar with today’s 6 to […]

  • Platts Awards 21 Companies and Industry Leaders at NY (USA)

    5 December 2011

    “Green” was the predominant color as the 2011 Platts Global Energy Awards were presented to 21 companies and industry leaders at a gala dinner in New York. Clean energy and sustainability themes prevailed in the entries for this year’s awards, not only setting the criteria for honors in energy efficiency and technology categories, but also […]

  • Two East of England Firms Win SCORE Funding

    19 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The SCORE (Supply Chain Innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy) programme continues to provide grant funding to innovative ideas coming out of the East of England to benefit the offshore renewable energy sector. The latest grant recipients have been announced as offshore and vessel support specialists, Kiss Cranes, and Pager Power, providers of worldwide planning solutions […]

  • Grids ‒ Paving the way forward

    3 January 2012

    Delegates of the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 conference in Amsterdam were left in little doubt that an offshore super grid has to be the way forward if European ambitions are to be realised. But while a super grid may be coveted by the industry, there are still a number of major hurdles to overcome. And if […]

  • GE Contemplating Adwen Takeover; Aims Top Position in OW Market

    10 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    GE, which took over Alstom’s power and grid businesses last year, has its eye on another company developing offshore wind technology – Adwen – a joint venture between Gamesa and Areva that arose as a stumbling block during Gamesa’s merger talks with Siemens.  On Tuesday, Reuters quoted Jerome Pecresse, President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy, as saying that […]

  • Germany: Nordex Order Intake Increased by 84 pct in Q1

    10 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    The new Chief Executive Officer of Nordex SE, Dr. Jürgen Zeschky, presents the group accounts for the first time today. In addition, Zeschky underscores that the Management Board, acting with the approval of the Supervisory Board, has decided to continue on the path of strategic reorientation already announced in recent months. Nordex will focus on […]

  • ETI Presents Tidal Energy Converter System Demonstrator Project

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance

     A project by the Energy Technologies Institute to identify ways of providing a cost effective deployment of tidal stream technologies at commercial scale in UK waters, has been announced at All-Energy by Charles Hendry, the Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Tidal Energy Converter (TEC) System Demonstrator project will […]

  • Maersk Organizes Offshore Energy Helideck Trainings

    4 March 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    Maersk Training is about to launch two new offshore emergency courses, the OPITO Helideck Emergency Response Team Member Training and the OPITO 6 Day Combined Helideck and Team Member Training. These two OPITO Accredited courses will kick start this month at the company’s training centre in the North-East of Scotland and be delivered using a […]

  • WINDFORCE 2013: Industry Experts to Meet in Bremerhaven, Germany

    31 May 2013

    WINDFORCE has been a fixed date in the calendars of national and international experts in the offshore wind energy industry for the past nine years. Many have registered again this year to attend the German offshore wind conference. “We are very pleased that we can welcome more than 650 participants to this year’s WINDFORCE in […]

  • Germany: Nordex to Focus on Onshore Wind Sector

    3 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    The new Chief Executive Officer of Nordex SE, Dr. Jürgen Zeschky, presents the group accounts for the first time. In addition, Zeschky underscores that the Management Board, acting with the approval of the Supervisory Board, has decided to continue on the path of strategic reorientation already announced in recent months. Nordex will focus on its […]

  • US Government: Offshore Wind 101

    7 May 2014
    Training & Education

    Under the series “Top Things You Didn’t Know About…”, US Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is now focusing on the offshore wind. Besides these facts, the department has released Energy 101: Wind Turbines video. 1. Offshore Wind Resources are Near Most Americans: More than 70 percent of the nation’s electricity consumption occurs in the […]

  • HUMBERSIDE DEVELOPMENT: Renewable energy revitalises the Humber

    22 June 2015

    To quote the British Government: “Enterprise Zones create jobs and boost businesses…. They are great places to do business for both new and expanding firms, benefiting from government backing.” The largest Enterprise Zone in the UK is on the Humber Estuary – both sides, North and South of the River Humber. The zone includes the […]

  • Coronavirus: an unprecedented challenge to the manufacturing industry

    1 April 2020

    by Dario Mulazzani, Davi Product specialist Heavy duty and Wind department. The COVID-19 outbreak is becoming a global stress test. As the number of people infected with the virus continues to rise around the world, uncertainties about global economic growth increase. As an example, China hosted the first outbreak and, after more than 1 month […]

  • Buoyant Vestas Plans EUR 50 Million Blade Factory in India

    5 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Denmark’s Vestas is planning to build a new blade manufacturing facility in India and is expecting up to EUR 1 billion more in revenue in 2015 after posting encouraging operating results for the quarter ended September 30. The construction of the new factory will start in 2016, and the project is expected to cost around EUR 50 million, Bloomberg […]

  • Legal aspects of grids: The Dutch case

    19 October 2015

    On 6 September 2013 the Energieakkoord voor Duurzame Groei (the Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth) was signed by (semi) governmental bodies and various other industry parties. The proposal outlines the agreements for the development of renewable energy in the Netherlands. The set goals seemed ambitious and overreaching at the time and unfortunately, due to the […]

  • WTIVS: The future – An owner/operator’s perspective

    3 October 2013

    Offshore WIND also spoke to the top management of four of the WTIV owner/operators to find out what their views and ideas are concerning the tools of their trade, the wind turbine installation vessels. These four companies are all working in the same market, experiencing the same conditions, both financial and physical. What are the companies experiencing now and […]

  • Germany: TenneT Revenue Reaches EUR 1.5 Billion in 2011

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT has maintained a high security of supply in 2011, while transmission rates remained at a low level. TenneT also contributed to making the energy supply in north-west Europe more sustainable. Major investments have gone into strengthening and expanding the grids in the Dutch and German markets in order to meet increasing […]

  • Germany: Windreich Sells ‘Deutsche Bucht’ Offshore Wind Farm

    25 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Windreich AG enters into a purchase agreement for the wind farm ‘Deutsche Bucht’ with an Anglo-Saxon financial investor and at the same time acquired the responsibility for the subsequent turnkey erection, commissioning and the expected future operation of the wind farm. Hence this Windreich offshore Project is a success. The Swabian wind power pioneer finally […]

  • Peel Ports Pledges Big Effort in Replacing Vestas at Sheerness, UK

    4 July 2012

    Peel Ports Group, owner of the Port of Sheerness in Kent, has moved quickly to pledge a major effort in securing a replacement for Vestas, following a decision not to take up the option to locate a major wind turbine manufacturing facility at the port. Peel Ports and Vestas jointly announced last week that the […]

  • Offshore Wind in Asia: Following in Europe’s Footsteps?

    23 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    The following article is a guest post by Peter Thompson, East Asia Energy Leader at Arup, a global engineering and consultancy company. The article discusses the growing offshore wind sector in Asia, applying and refining lessons learned from Europe, as well as the region’s potential in floating wind. Asia’s offshore wind market is expected to […]