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  • EIB Considers Raising Loan Price for Renewable Energy Projects (Luxembourg)

    10 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank may raise the price of loans to renewable energy projects to bolster capital as demand for funds rises, the bank’s climate chief said. “You could say that this year’s projects have to pay a bit more for next year’s borrowers, but it all goes back into the business,” Chris Knowles, head […]

  • Cost reduction: Safety is safety in any language

    8 August 2013

    Offshore wind power is about as pure as energy generation gets. However, it is frustrating that statutory regulations in a key area, the deployment of novel vessels that service the industry, muddy these crystal waters. While a wind farm is rooted to the seabed, generating clean energy for decades to come, owners and operators may wish to transport their valuable project experience […]

  • UK Round 3: Accepting the challenge

    16 April 2014

    The UK currently has the largest offshore wind market in the world, with an installed capacity amounting to over 3.6GW, and a currrent development pipeline of up to almost 40GW capacity in the future. There are two development rounds in progress and an ambitious third round waiting to kick off. However, this third round is […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Signs EUR 500 Million Guarantee Facility as Orders Pour In

    27 August 2021
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a guarantee facility worth EUR 500 million with EKF and Danske Bank to back the delivery of offshore and onshore wind turbines from its order book. The guarantee facility will reinforce Siemens Gamesa’s ability to keep pace with growing future orders and allow the wind turbine supplier to provide guarantees, according […]

  • UK: Sutton Bridge Asks for Benefits in Centrica’s Offshore Wind Projects

    7 October 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    Sutton Bridge Parish Council is trying to get the best from Centrica’s offshore wind projects and protect its citizens and shore at the same time, as the Race Bank project development gears up. After the cables were laid through the Sutton Bridge sea bank for Lincs offshore wind farm, the sea bank will yet again […]

  • Germany: windcomm Appoints New Board Members to Lead Energy Transition

    25 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    The wind energy cluster windcomm Schleswig-Holstein eV has strengthened its board with new appointments. Volker Koehne from GL Garrad Hassan Germany GmbH was elected to the Board at a recent general meeting. The Board will be chaired by Renate Duggen, director of Rendsburg Port Authority. Deputy Chairman remains Asmus Thomsen from the VR-Bank Niebüll, who […]

  • BNP Paribas Sets Aside EUR 15 Billion for Renewables

    25 November 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    French multinational bank BNP Paribas will more than double the financing resources allocated to the renewable energy sector, from EUR 6.9 billion in 2014 to EUR 15 billion in 2020, and strengthen its policies for the management of carbon risk. The bank will also continue to promote Green Bonds to institutional investors, a market in which the bank […]

  • 7 Environment Achievements to Celebrate in 2010

    29 December 2010

    Life on the green front has been admittedly glum in 2010. A series of deadly spills and explosions, only the least of which was the BP Gulf mess, haven’t yet led to serious reforms; what’s more, the climate bill died a tortured death in the U.S. Senate this summer. All while we are on track […]

  • Proposed Expansion Turbines Taller than London Gherkin (UK)

    16 May 2011

    A SCHEME for the massive expansion of the Burbo Bank wind farm shows turbines with blades that will sweep an area bigger than Wembley… By Leigh Marles (wirralglobe) [mappress] Source: wirralglobe, May 16, 2011;

  • Braveheart Expands Offshore Services, Orders New Javelin Vessel

    31 October 2016
    Vessels

    Braveheart Shipping has contracted Javelin International to build a new vessel, called Javelin 25.25, as Braveheart is further expanding its offshore services in the area of crew tendering, hydrographic and seismological research, and survey activities. The 25.90m long vessel will be used for both survey and crew tendering activities as well as during construction and maintenance vessel of offshore wind farms. […]

  • Germany: Windreich Drives MEG I Development Regardless of Insolvency Proceedings

    20 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Windreich GmbH continues driving the development of the offshore wind farm MEG I and targets the financial close within this year. Negotiations on the new management with suppliers, potential investors and the advisory banks were positive. “We are pleased by the constructive feed-back which we got from our most important partners in developing our second […]

  • Two Buoys to Be Deployed at Race Bank OWF

    28 October 2014
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy plans to deploy two seabed mounted current profilers within the Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm Site, on or around the 4th November 2014.  The deployment of both seabed mounted current profilers are expected to take no longer than a day and will be in situ for a maximum of two months, with an expected […]

  • Mingyang Plans to Build ‘Britain’s First Fully Integrated Offshore Wind Manufacturing Facility’

    13 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has announced plans to invest up to GBP 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 1.7 billion) in Scotland to create what the company says would be Britain’s first fully integrated offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility, which would provide up to 1,500 new jobs. The three-phased project would create an offshore wind hub to […]

  • WWF: Investments in Renewables Must Be Scaled Up Rapidly

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment

    WWF backs a call in a major UN scientific report that the world should more than triple investments in sustainable, safe low-carbon energy sources as the main measure to mitigate climate change. The report, agreed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says that the world should triple or quadruple investments in clean energy […]

  • Germany: Norton Rose Advises Consortium of Banks on Investment in Butendiek OWF

    10 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    International legal practice Norton Rose has advised a consortium of banks led by KfW IPEX-Bank, UniCredit and Bremer Landesbank on the financing of the offshore wind farm Butendiek in the North Sea. The consortium finances this large-scale project with loans in the total amount of approximately €855m; the overall investment volume is about €1.3bn. The […]

  • A2SEA to Discuss Offshore Wind Vessel Health & Safety in Hamburg

    10 July 2014

    Kirsten Bank Christensen will be talking about how A2SEA complies with health and safety expectations in a panel discussion with offshore wind’s biggest operator, DONG Energy.  With offshore wind moving farshore vessel load capacities need to increase and the logistical elements of this require an increased focus on health and safety. A2SEA’s Vice President for […]

  • UK: ABP Seeks EIB Loans for Port Development Projects

    26 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Associated British Ports (ABP) Finance Plc announces that ABP Acquisitions UK Limited (“ABPA”), its fellow group undertaking, is in discussions with the European Investment Bank for the provision of two corporate loans totalling around £125m. In accordance with the terms of ABPA’s existing financing, proceeds from the loans, if concluded, will be applied to repay […]

  • EOLINK Floater Readying For Sea Trials

    26 January 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The Bretagne-based startup EOLINK has secured funds to install and test a 1/10 scale floating wind turbine prototype off France.

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine Up at Burbo Bank 2

    8 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines has been installed at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The turbines are the largest in the world and this is the first time they have ever been used in an offshore wind farm, DONG Energy said. Once completed, the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension will generate enough […]

  • MAKE Consulting: 10 Surprises for Global Wind Power Industry in 2013 (Denmark)

    5 February 2013
    R&D

    Moving through these final stages of what has been a challenging period for the global economy, the wind power industry is looking forward to better times and renewed demand. The path back to profitability and growth, however, is not without its challenges and the industry is expected to undergo some significant changes in the process. […]

  • JECS’ Business Mushrooms with Offshore Wind

    15 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    JECS Offshore is negotiating contracts for several offshore wind farms as well as framework agreements with two major developers covering multiple services to projects over a 3-year period, the company reported along the news that its turnover has increased by 80% over the past 12 months thanks to European offshore wind industry. JECS Offshore was formed 18 […]

  • RenewableUK: Policy Exchange ‘Wrong to be Worried About Offshore Wind’

    19 January 2012
    Authorities

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave & tidal industry, has highlighted some misunderstandings and confusions in a Policy Exchange paper ‘The Full Cost to Households of Renewable Energy Policies’. The paper attempts to estimate the cost to households of current Government energy policies, but fails to account for the reforms to the electricity […]

  • Wind Lifts DONG Energy, IPO Within a Year

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has ended the first quarter of 2016 with DKK 5.2 billion (EUR 699 million) net profit, a 49% increase compared to DKK 3.5bn net profit recorded in the first quarter of 2015, mainly attributed to a strong performance in the Danish energy company’s Wind Power sector. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization […]

  • OHT Alfa Lift Blocks Falling Into Place

    21 January 2020
    Vessels

    The China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard has installed 78 out of 162 blocks in the dock of Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. According to OHT, the hull structural steel construction of the remaining blocks is also taking shape. In total 103 of the 162 blocks have reached the […]

  • OFFSHORE WIND CONTRACTOR AIMS FOR NEW VESSELS (Norway)

    30 June 2010
    R&D, Technology

    At the Offshore Wind Conference 2010 in Liverpool, Scottish based SeaEnergy PLC signed a Letter of Intent with Ulstein Group to co-develop new service vessels for the offshore wind industry. Deputy CEO Tore Ulstein says that renewable energy is important and interesting and look forward to see what we can come up with together. As […]

  • NOS Launches Latest WFSV Straight to Race Bank

    2 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Northern Offshore Services AS (NOS) has launched M/V Doer, the company’s sixth D-Class series wind farm service vessel (WFSVs).