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  • Iberdrola Profit Stable at EUR 840.8 Mln

    29 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola recorded first quarter Ebitda of €2,136.3 million, a rise of 8.8%, while net earnings were stable at €840.8 million (-0.7%). Recurring net profit rose 7.2% to €795.9 million. These results were made possible by growth in international businesses, which increased their contribution to Ebitda by 14.5%, and to strong operating performance during the period. […]

  • UK Ranks Fifth on Potential Renewable Energy Markets List

    29 February 2012

    Projects in Scotland have helped the UK climb to fifth on a list ranking the potential renewable energy markets of 40 countries. The UK had been sixth on Ernst & Young’s quarterly Renewable energy country attractiveness indices. Announcements on what has been described as the world’s largest offshore wind farm and also marine projects helped […]

  • MMT Wins Survey Work for Baltic Sea Energy Island

    20 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Denmark’s Energinet has awarded MMT with a contract to carry out cable route surveys at the planned energy island in the Baltic Sea and associated offshore wind projects. The Energy Island, located on the island of Bornholm, some 15 kilometres offshore, will connect Germany and Denmark to an offshore hub with around 2 GW of […]

  • DOE’s 2019 Renewables Budget Cut by 65%

    13 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s Budget for FY 2019, proposed to the U.S. Congress on 12 February, requests USD 30.6 billion for the Department of Energy (DOE), with DOE’s Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) Office witnessing a cut of a little more than 65% compared to the budget enacted for 2017. 

  • E.ON Secures 86.2% Innogy Share

    30 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    E.ON has secured an 86.2% share in innogy after completing the voluntary public takeover offer (PTO) to the company’s minority shareholders.

  • Denmark: DBB Jack-Up Expands Its Fleet and Service Offerings to Offshore Wind Industry

    3 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    DBB Jack-Up is expanding their fleet and service offerings to the Offshore Wind Industry. With an office staff growth of 200% and offshore crew increase by 250%, DBB is well prepared for delivery of their next 2 jack-ups. DBB Jack-Up is focusing on the demanding operation and maintenance work, including major component replacements where crane […]

  • Happy Star Brings First Deutsche Bucht TPs to Cuxhaven Port

    16 July 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    BigLift’s cargo ship Happy Star brought the first eleven transition pieces for the Deutsche Bucht (DeBu) offshore wind farm to the Cuxhaven port in Germany on 14 July, after loading them three days earlier in the Port of Avilés, Asturias, Spain.

  • NKT Preparing for Surge in Offshore Power Cable Demand

    17 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    NKT is increasing its capacity to transport and store offshore power cables from its factory in Cologne, Germany. The demand for offshore power cables is expected to grow in the years to come as offshore wind continues to be essential for the global transition to renewable energy, the cable maker said. With the positive market […]

  • ECN: North Sea Transnational Grid Needed for Large Scale OW Integration

    20 February 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    ECN Wind Energy has issued a report called “North Sea Transnational Grid: A better way to integrate large scale Offshore Wind Power”. A huge amount of wind power, 30-60 GW, is foreseen in the northern part of the North Sea. These wind farms have to be connected to the national grids of five different countries […]

  • Denmark – Wind Energy Hub

    20 December 2010

    Denmark is the first country in the world to pursue a climate plan for how to build an energy system that is independent of fossil fuels and wind power already accounts for more than 20% of the total power consumption. It is widely agreed that wind turbines will become the backbone of Denmark’s future electricity […]

  • Dutch offshore wind experience shows Japan way forward

    13 March 2017

    By Kjeld Duits The remarkable success of offshore wind development in the Netherlands has caught the attention of the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA). The Japanese organization believes the small European country is a much better model for Japan than the far larger markets of Germany and the UK. “Japan has learned a lot from […]

  • First TP-Less Monopiles for Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Farm Arrive in Port of Eemshaven

    14 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first eight foundations for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm in Germany have been offloaded at the Buss Terminal in the port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The foundations, of the TP-less monopile type, were delivered by Dajin Heavy Industry which manufactured them at its Penglai facility in China. Dajin produced the first foundation for […]

  • Nexans Provides Specialized Trenching Service for Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm Subsea Power Export Cables (Germany)

    26 January 2011
    Grid Connection

    Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been called in by EnBW (Energie Baden-Wurttemberg) to use its specialized Capjet trenching system to protect the HV (high voltage) subsea power export cables for Baltic 1, Germany’s first commercial offshore wind farm. Nexans provides specialized trenching service for Baltic 1 offshore wind farm subsea power […]

  • RWE Applies for All 11 Offshore Wind Areas Offered in Poland

    18 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    RWE has submitted applications for location permits for all the eleven areas the Polish Government has offered for offshore wind development since the application period opened for the first sites in 2021. The Germany-based company said that by applying for all the eleven areas it wanted to strengthen its presence and continue the process of […]

  • Arcadis Ost 1 Bases O&M Ops in Port of Sassnitz-Mukran

    16 September 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ems Maritime Offshore (EMO), Vestas, and Parkwind have signed lease agreements for an operations and maintenance (O&M) building in the Port of Sassnitz–Mukran for Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm. The building will see up to 40 professionals overseeing and maintaining the 257 MW project, located northeast of the island of Rügen in the […]

  • EnBW Renewables Branch Sees 62.2% EBITDA Boost in 2019

    26 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    EnBW reported an adjusted EBITDA of EUR 482.8 million in the Renewable Energies division in 2019, a 62.2% rise compared to the previous year. According to EnBW, the growth is due to the overall improvement in wind conditions at offshore and onshore wind farms in Germany, as well as due to earnings contributions from onshore […]

  • Rutgers Uni Secures DOE Grant for Turbine Design Software

    10 October 2019
    R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy has allocated a circa USD 1.3 million grant to Rutgers University to develop a software for the design of floating offshore wind turbines. The university’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering secured the funding through ARPA-E’s  Aerodynamic Turbines, Lighter and Afloat, with Nautical Technologies and Integrated Servo-control (ATLANTIS) program. According to Rutgers University, Assistant Professor Onur Bilgen […]

  • Ørsted Selects Offshore Management System Provider

    13 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Ørsted has awarded the Aarhus-based Systematic A/S with a contract to provide a global offshore management system (OMS) dedicated to its offshore wind farms. The system will enable Ørsted to coordinate, monitor, and supervise offshore activities across multiple wind farms and make logistics data available for further analysis. The globally-implemented digitalised and scalable solution will cover both […]

  • Carbon Trust Issues Suction Caissons Guideline

    20 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Carbon Trust has published guidelines on the use of suction caissons on offshore wind farms with an aim to increase their usage. The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Suction Installed Caisson Foundation Design Guidelines features research and understanding to provide clarity and guidance for engineers looking to design suction buckets. According to The Carbon Trust, the […]

  • British Wind Energy Marks New Record

    12 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wind energy has hit new records in Great Britain as 15.32GW of capacity was produced on Friday, 8 February, according to the UK National Grid. The 15.32GW provided 36% of Britain’s electricity demand between 12:15 and 1:45 p.m. local time beating the previous record of 15.04GW set on 18 December 2018. “At one of the […]

  • Ørsted Freezes Ongoing Supply Chain Contracts in Taiwan

    21 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has suspended the execution of contracts with Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, China Steel Corporation (CSC) and Century Iron and Steel Industrial (CISI) for the developer’s offshore wind projects in Taiwan, Taiwanese media reports. OffshoreWIND.biz has contacted Ørsted to confirm this, with the company yet to respond. The suspended contracts were already ongoing, while for those that […]

  • New York Wraps Up European Offshore Wind Transmission Study

    8 August 2019
    R&D

    The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has completed the study of European offshore wind transmission models which aims to help guide New York towards its 9GW by 2035 goal. The study examined transmission and grid interconnection strategies, as well as development and electricity rate structures in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. It found […]

  • Ideol Partners with Shizen Energy for Japanese Floater

    27 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    France’s Ideol and the Japanese Shizen Energy have signed an agreement to jointly develop a commercial-scale floating offshore wind project in Japan. The multi-megawatt floating wind project will comprise Ideol’s Damping Pool technology located off the coast of Kyushu and will draw upon Shizen’s experience in local project development, Ideol said. Currently, Ideol and Shizen Energy are examining […]

  • Top News of 2018 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2019

    From a sea of major updates that hit the headlines last year, Offshore WIND has chosen a few that could sketch the sector’s progress by looking at various developments across the globe in 2018.

  • Tractebel Completes Another Offshore Wind Buy

    10 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Tractebel has, through its subsidiary Lahmeyer International, acquired Deutsche Offshore Consult GmbH (DOC) aiming to strengthen its position in the offshore wind industry.

  • WFW Advises CIP on OffshoreMW Acquisition

    5 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) advised Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on the acquisition of 100% of OffshoreMW, which holds a 675km² offshore wind energy lease off the coast of Massachusetts.  Outside the US, CIP already owns stakes in two offshore wind farms – the 588MW Beatrice in the UK and the 402MW Veja Mate in Germany, with […]