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  • ScottishPower Appoints Keith Anderson as Chief Corporate Officer

    20 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    ScottishPower today announces the appointment of Keith Anderson as Chief Corporate Officer. The appointment follows an extensive internal and external recruitment process which fully considered a number of strong candidates. Keith takes on this role which is based in Glasgow, whilst retaining his position as CEO of ScottishPower Renewables. He will drive and champion Iberdrola […]

  • Offshore and Eastern Europe new growth drivers for wind power in Europe

    31 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    9.3 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity was installed in the EU during 2010, reaching a total of 84 GW by the end of 2010, according to figures released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and coinciding with today’s publication by the European Commission on financing renewable energy. While offshore wind power […]

  • Polish Offshore Wind Foundation Manufacturer Put Up for Sale One Last Time

    13 February 2023
    Business & Finance

    The Official Receiver of the insolvent Polish manufacturer of offshore wind foundations, ST3 Offshore, is putting the company up for sale once again. This is most likely the last time buyers are invited to take over ST3 Offshore as a complete entity, following several earlier attempts to sell the company over the past few years. The […]

  • Siemens Presents New Offshore Wind Grid Connection Solution

    19 October 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Siemens has introduced a new solution for connecting offshore wind turbines to the grid. Presented at the National Maritime Conference in Bremerhaven, the direct-current technology enables a cost-efficient and simplified connection of offshore wind power plants far from the coast, Siemens said. The platform housing the transmission technology is much smaller and more compact than […]

  • Siemens, MHI Submit Offer for Alstom

    17 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) and Siemens AG have joined forces and provided a proposal for the French multinational conglomerate, Alstom. Pursuant to this, MHI and Siemens propose several transactions in order to preserve Alstom’s current perimeter in almost all its activities, enhance its industrial sustainability, strengthen its position as a diversified global player in […]

  • New European Project Sets Out to Develop Liquid Hydrogen-Fueled SOV Design

    21 February 2025
    Collaboration, Green Hydrogen, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    A consortium led by ArianeGroup, an industrial company handling liquid hydrogen (LH2) for space applications, has launched a new project to develop solutions for storing and using LH2 as an energy carrier for maritime transport. The solution will be integrated into a new zero-emission service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farms. The project named […]

  • DONG Targets 12GW of Installed Offshore Wind by 2025

    3 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    DONG Energy yesterday revealed its ambition to increase the installed offshore wind capacity to 11-12GW at the end of 2025.

  • JERA Completes Acquisition of Belgium’s Leading Offshore Wind Developer

    27 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry

    JERA has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Parkwind NV from Belgium’s Virya Energy. The initial agreement between JERA Green, an affiliate of Japan’s JERA, and Virya Energy was signed in March this year. The transaction, which JERA said marks a significant milestone for the company and Parkwind and signals […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Contracted on Dutch Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project’s Feasibility Study

    27 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    The consortium comprising RWE and Neptune Energy has awarded contracts to Siemens Gamesa and Dutch engineering companies H2SEA and Enersea to support concept engineering work as part of the feasibility study for the H2opZee green hydrogen project in the Netherlands. H2opZee, announced earlier this year and planned to be built before 2030 in the Dutch […]

  • Irish Port to Build Floating Offshore Wind Hub

    17 March 2022
    Ports & Logistics

    The Ireland-based Shannon Foynes Port Company is investing EUR 28 million in jetty infrastructure and a port logistics park, aimed at transforming the Shannon Estuary into an international supply chain hub for floating offshore wind. The investment, co-funded by the EU’s “Connecting Europe Facility”, will help expand the quayside area by an additional 117 metres […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: The Most Read News in 2020

    1 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore wind sector was busy throughout the last year and we saw more than a few big news. In this article, our editorial team brings a list of those that were most read on OffshoreWIND.biz in 2020. Orion’s Heavy Lift Crane Collapses – Video A heavy-lift crane installed on the offshore installation vessel Orion […]

  • EXPO 2017: From Wind Turbines to Smart Grid

    23 June 2017

    By Astana EXPO 2017 EXPO 2017, an International Specialized Exhibition on “Future Energy”, opened its doors in the capital of Kazakhstan on June 10. It is inviting industry professionals and tourists from around the world to discover the most advanced technologies and the latest innovations in green energy. A global meeting point in Astana has […]

  • Siemens to Enhance Grid Reliability with Superconductors

    18 December 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    When fed into medium-voltage power grids, large loads of renewable or other decentralized energies – which are generated when winds are strong or the sun is very bright – can produce short circuits that endanger the power supply. Superconducting network technologies can ensure reliable grid operation even under these conditions. Siemens is installing a superconducting […]

  • Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Market Out Now

    11 December 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The report: “Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Market by Material (Glass Fiber, Carbon Fiber), by Blade Size (<27 Meter, 27-37 Meter, 38-50 Meter, and >50 Meter) and Geography -Global Trends and Forecasts to 2019”, published by MarketsandMarkets, defines and segments the Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Market with analysis and forecasting of volume as well as value. […]

  • WindEnergy Hamburg: Honeywell Displays Latest Fall Protection Product Range

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Honeywell, an international supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE), is currently presenting its latest occupational safety solutions for onshore and offshore wind turbine applications at the inaugural WindEnergy exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Visitors to the Honeywell stand, B2.EG.288 in Hall B2, will be able to find out more about the company’s newest height safety products including […]

  • Offshore Wind Eases DONG’s Financial Pains

    4 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy recorded an operating profit (EBITDA) of DKK 18.5 billion (EUR 2.48 bn) in Fiscal Year 2015, a 13% increase compared to DKK 16.4 bn EBITDA in FY 2014, driven mainly by higher generation from offshore wind and higher levels of offshore wind farm construction activities for co-investors, the company said in its annual report today. […]

  • OW Drives Clean Energy Investments in UK

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Clean energy investment in the United Kingdom grew by 13 percent to $12.4 billion, in 2013, according to research released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The U.K. wind sector, which increased by nearly 50 percent to $5.9 billion on the strength of offshore projects and expanded activity in public market financing, drove the increase. […]

  • UK: Severn Barrage Deserves Government Support, Not Fracking

    16 September 2013
    Authorities

    As MP Peter Hain describes the Severn Barrage project as ‘dead in the water’, Tom King considers where the Government’s energy priorities should really be: Peter Hain, who quit Labour’s frontbench to campaign for the Severn Barrage, has today announced the project is effectively dead in the water so long as the Coalition remains in […]

  • Eleven Leading EU Companies Partner Up to Develop P2G Concept (The Netherlands)

    29 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Eleven leading companies in Europe have joined forces in the newly established North Sea Power to Gas Platform to further develop the concept of Power-to-Gas (P2G): the conversion of renewable power into gas. P2G will play an increasingly important role in our future energy system, as it reduces temporal surpluses of renewable power by converting […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Developers Face Workforce’s Competence Issue

    20 August 2012

    As offshore wind projects become larger in size and further offshore the teams involved in their construction will grow significantly. Each project will be phased into separate stages which in turn will create subsets of workers. The issue which arises is the effective management of the entire workforce’s competence. Currently there are 4,700 offshore wind […]

  • GWEC’s Statistics Show Growth of Asia’s Wind Capacity

    1 March 2012

    Annual statistics recently released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) once again show the massive growth in cumulative wind power capacity in Asia, to 82,398 MW last year from 61,106 MW at the end of 2010. When matched with Asia’s continuing population increases, the GWEC statistics seem to indicate that the region as a […]

  • UK: Maritime Craft Services Takes Delivery of New WFSP

    25 June 2012

    A LEADING Scottish maritime services company has taken delivery of a new offshore wind farm support vessel, further demonstrating its intent to be a major player in the burgeoning worldwide renewables sector. And today (Monday June 25) Maritime Craft Services’ MSC Sirocco  goes straight into service, working on the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Project in […]

  • Offshore Energy 2011 Exhibition & Conference: Great Business in Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

    14 October 2011

    Navingo BV, organizer of Offshore Energy 2011, looks back at a very successful edition of Offshore Energy in the Amsterdam RAI. 5121 unique visitors1 (compared to 4026 in 2010) with over 30 nationalities from all over the world, like Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Italy, the United States, China, Australia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Venezuela, the United […]

  • Denmark: DONG Energy Announces Start of Production of Elements for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    8 September 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      Now 13 months after DONG Energy was awarded the concession for constructing the offshore wind farm, production of the first supplies has started. Work is progressing to realise Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Commencement of manufacture of foundations Bladt Industries in Aalborg and their subsuppliers have started manufacturing the foundations for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm […]

  • Offshore grid gets EU Presidency boost (Belgium)

    8 October 2010
    R&D

    Today the Belgian EU Presidency brought together governments and industry to speed up the building of an integrated offshore electricity grid in the North Seas. At a high level conference in Ostend, jointly organised by the Belgium Presidency and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Energy Ministries and industry from North Sea and other EU […]

  • Vestas Flagship 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine to Be Installed Near Danish Port

    8 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received a firm order from Thyborøn-Harboøre Vindmøllelaug I/S af 2002 for a V236-15.0 MW wind turbine to be installed directly on the waterfront in the Port of Thyborøn in the northwestern part of Denmark. The order comprises one V236-15.0 MW wind turbine and includes supply, delivery, and commissioning of the unit. The order […]