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  • Fishing Industry Alliance Sues US Interior Department Over Vineyard Wind 1

    7 February 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA), a US coalition of fishing industry associations and fishing companies, has taken legal action against the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decision to approve the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which recently entered construction. RODA filed a lawsuit with the US district court for the District of […]

  • Two Celtic Sea Floating Wind Projects Could Be Delivered by 2028

    5 January 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have said that they are looking at early delivery of their two floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea, called Llywelyn and Petroc, which have grid connections secured and almost a year’s worth of bird surveys already completed. “As our joint venture has already undertaken considerable work including bird surveys, […]

  • Mainstream Raises EUR 60 Mln in New Corporate Debt Facility

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Mainstream Renewable Power has successfully closed a new €60 million corporate debt facility. The four year facility was arranged through BlueBay Ireland Corporate Credit, a vehicle established by one of Europe’s leading asset managers BlueBay Asset Management, with substantial investment from the National Pensions Reserve Fund of Ireland, and through Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland from Irish […]

  • ScottishPower and Ørsted’s UK Offshore Wind Farm Celebrates Decade of Operation

    2 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom

    The West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, owned by ScottishPower and Ørsted, has passed ten years in operation since its commissioning in 2014. Built and operated as a 50/50 partnership, the 389 MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm was commissioned in 2014, with its 108 Siemens 3.6 MW turbines installed in the […]

  • Vattenfall Calibrates Company Structure to Support Future Strategy

    15 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall today announced a new organisational structure and executive management team as key steps in ensuring the right structure to support Vattenfall’s future strategy. The new structure will take effect on 1 April 2015 and will replace the current regional structure.  Vattenfall’s new organisational structure is part of the current review of the Group’s strategy. The […]

  • Offshore Wind Drives Northern European Long-Term Wind Power Growth

    1 December 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    With an expected 2.5% year-over-year growth, the European wind market will stabilize in 2014 from the decline in 2013. Europe’s short term outlook from 2015 to 2016 shows declining wind demand driven by regulatory adjustments. However, MAKE forecasts an average long term growth of 2.1% per year from 2014 to 2023. European market growth is […]

  • Ørsted Sells 50 Per Cent of Greater Changhua 1

    29 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    A consortium comprising Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Taiwanese private equity fund Cathay PE is acquiring a 50 per cent ownership share in Ørsted’s 605 MW Greater Changhua 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan for approximately TWD 75 billion (around EUR 2.2 billion). Under the agreements Ørsted signed with the consortium […]

  • Ingka Buys Stake in 6 GW Finnish Offshore Wind Portfolio from OX2

    12 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish developer OX2 has agreed with Ingka Investments to sell a 49 per cent stake in its three offshore wind projects in Finland with a total installed capacity of about 6,000 MW. The three projects are Halla, Laine, and Tyrsky located in the Gulf of Bothnia in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. With a combined […]

  • European and U.S. OEMs Dominate Global Wind Energy Market

    26 March 2013

    After 2 consecutive years of climbing up the global market share rankings, the Chinese OEMs slipped back down the rankings, according to MAKE Consulting’s Global Wind Turbine OEM 2012 Market Share study. A 26% decline in Chinese installations and a decline in market share in China from the top 3 leading Chinese OEMs were responsible […]

  • Poland Primed For Offshore Wind Boom

    21 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Poland is set to become one of the biggest centres in Europe for offshore wind, turbo-charging billions of Euros of investment, the Maritime Economy Forum Gdynia has heard. The investment will create a ‘boom’ in the offshore wind sector generating an estimated 77,000 jobs and EUR 14.1 billion for the economy by 2030, the forum has […]

  • Ministers Invited to Climate Dialogue

    18 May 2015
    Authorities

    German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius have invited around 35 ministers from all regions of the world to participate in the sixth Petersberg Climate Dialogue from 17 to 19 May 2015. With the Dialogue, Germany and France want to pave the way for a successful outcome at the United Nations […]

  • UK Renewables Jobs Grow Faster Than National Average

    4 May 2015
    Jobs & Recruitment

    The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has released regional and national jobs analysis, which has revealed remarkable growth in the UK’s renewable energy labour market. In the UK as a whole, employment in renewable energy increased by 9% across all sectors, bringing the total number working in the industry to 112,026. In comparison, the Office for […]

  • NYSERDA Drawing Up Offshore Wind Blueprint as New York Commits to 50% Renewables by 2030

    2 August 2016
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection

    The New York State Public Service Commission has approved New York’s Clean Energy Standard which requires 50 percent of the state’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources like wind and solar by 2030. In its initial phase, utilities and other energy suppliers will be required to procure and phase in new renewable power resources starting with […]

  • Schur to Step Down as Chairman of Dong Energy

    31 January 2014

    Fritz Schur will step down as chairman of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting on 12 March 2014, as Danish Parliament approved the final implementation of the investment agreement. ”I’ve been in the post for nine years, the company is developing well, a strong management is in place and with the addition […]

  • US offshore wind opportunities in 2018

    12 April 2018

    By: Jason Deign, for New Energy Update The US offshore wind sector ended 2017 on a slightly ironic note. Plans for Cape Wind, which was supposed to have been the country’s first offshore wind farm, were finally shuttered after a long period of uncertainty.[1] But prospects for the rest of the market looked better than […]

  • Marine Species to Benefit from Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Project (Denmark)

    15 July 2011
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

      Due to extensive utilisation for, eg harbour piers and coast protection facilities, rock reefs have become a rare natural element in Denmark. And this is a shame for the large variety of flora and fauna that lives on and by the reefs. Now, lobsters, crabs and a neumber of fish species will benefit from […]

  • Mainstream Renewable Power Exiting Offshore Wind

    4 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    In its annual results for 2015, Mainstream Renewable Power marked the sale of the Hornsea Project One to DONG Energy in Q1 2015 as part of its strategy to exit the offshore wind market. The company, which reported a profit after tax of € 96.0 million in 2015 (compared to a loss of € 46.6 million in […]

  • Dudgeon Halfway Done

    3 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Installation works on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm are progressing according to plan and the project is halfway to being completed, according to Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm Limited (DOWL). The wind farm’s export cables were laid and the jacket for the offshore substation was installed in May. The crane vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed half of […]

  • Offshore Wind Power Production Revenues to Reach USD 104 Billion by 2017 (USA)

    11 October 2011

    Although the deployment challenges of developing offshore wind power generation facilities are significantly greater than on land, developers, manufacturers, governments, and investors are now turning their attention to offshore wind farms as a means of further expanding wind power capacity. The reasons for this interest are several: Some of the world’s best wind resources are […]

  • DNV Is Owner’s Engineer for Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II

    23 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DNV has signed a USD 17.7 million (EUR 14.84 million) contract to be the Owner’s Engineer for Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan. The 300 MW TPC Changhua Phase II is the largest offshore wind farm being developed solely by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower). The work scope lasting into the […]

  • Ming Yang Shareholders Say Yes to Going Private

    6 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Shareholders of China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited voted in favour of the proposal to authorize and approve the previously announced agreement and plan of a merger which if completed would resulted in the privatisation of the company. The merger by and among Ming Yang, Zhongshan Ruisheng Antai Investment, Regal Concord Limited, and Regal […]

  • USA: Pike Research Joins Navigant

    11 July 2012
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Navigant has announced that it has expanded its energy sector market intelligence and industry report capabilities by adding the expertise of the professionals from Pike Research. Through the development and publication of more than 100 research reports annually, many of which are delivered via subscription, the Pike Research team develops market sizing, forecasting and segmentation […]

  • Humphree Develops Vessel Motion Monitoring System

    21 October 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Humphree, the Swedish based manufacturer of Interceptor Trim Tabs, has introduced a system for Vessel Motion Monitoring, which provides monitoring of real time impact forces, vessel heave motions and sea sickness index with a possibility of complete data recording. Humphree has developed the Vessel Motion Monitoring (VMM) system in-house as a request from their customers in different […]

  • Energy Industry Experts to Advise Across East of England

    29 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Businesses across the East of England keen to cash in on opportunities created by the booming energy industry are being urged to accept a free helping hand from experts. A specialist roadshow is to cruise the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex over the next three months offering information, advice and an overview of […]

  • UK’s Most Energetic Sites Could Reduce Wave Power Costs by 50 Pct, Study Says

    17 October 2012
    R&D

    New research released today by the Carbon Trust has taken the most detailed look yet into the most suitable locations to develop wave energy for the UK. The findings have resulted in a ‘hot spotting’ of locations around the UK where the best balance of wave resource versus the cost of exploitation can be found. […]

  • Why do People Oppose Wind Energy Development? (USA)

    2 June 2011

      An industry that is often affected by local opposition in the United States is that of wind energy development. It seems odd that businesses that attempt to bring clean energy and preserve the environment are frequently faced with disapproval from local communities. We talk about the necessary changes in our lifestyles in order to […]