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  • Marubeni and Partners to Invest Billions of Euros in UK Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Projects

    12 October 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Japan’s Marubeni has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Department for Business and Trade of the UK Government on comprehensive cooperation in clean energy projects, including offshore wind and green hydrogen businesses in the UK. According to Marubeni, the MoU affirms the partnership between the UK Government and the company, indicating the UK […]

  • Bibby Marine CEO: There Are Several Boxes to Tick when Looking for Vessel Design

    22 January 2017
    Vessels

    In 2017, Bibby Line Group will reach another milestone in its 209-year history when it takes delivery of the Bibby WaveMaster 1 – a vessel designed specifically for operations & maintenance (O&M) and construction support activities for Round 3 wind farms. And even in the ‘worst-case scenario’ in terms of the numbers of offshore wind […]

  • Into the Unknown: Floating Offshore Wind

    4 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Andreas Dracoulis (Partner), and Jonathan Morton (Associate) at the international commercial law firm Haynes and Boone. Interest in the offshore wind industry has grown exponentially over the last year and the anticipated growth of the market is huge. The EU expects to have 450 gigawatts (GW) of […]

  • FEEDER SYSTEM: “Feeder to serve for the match”

    19 January 2016

    HBB Hanseatic Break Bulk is a marine logistics company acting as an independent shipbroker and Heavy Lift Agency based in Hamburg, Germany. An integrated part of HBB’s business is to develop coastal concept studies for transportation of Offshore Wind foundations and components. Foundation installation likely to become bottleneck The installation part of Offshore Wind turbines, […]

  • ACCIONA Triples Net Profit Reported in Same Period Last Year (Spain)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    ACCIONA obtained a net profit of 314 million euros in 9M 2011, tripling the 101 million euros reported in the same period of 2010. Group EBITDA amounted to 934 million euros, a 14.8% increase vs. 9M 2010 and revenues grew 5% to 4,796 million euros. EBITDA growth was mainly due to the positive performance of […]

  • France: AREVA Announces Q1 Revenues Up by 2.4 pct

    27 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    AREVA generated consolidated revenue of 2.026 billion euros in the first quarter of 2012, up 2.4% (+1.3% like for like) compared with the same period in 2011. The increase in revenue in the Mining Business Group (+11.9% reported, +6.5% like for like), the Reactors & Services Business Group (+5.8% reported, +6.0% like for like) and […]

  • German-Japanese Duo Ups Its Alstom Bid

    20 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Siemens today submitted an offer letter specifying further the proposed transaction to Alstom. With the specified offer MHI and Siemens reaffirm their commitment to strengthen Alstom as an independent Global Player in Energy and Transport. After extensive discussions with all stakeholders over the past days MHI and Siemens reviewed their […]

  • American Wind Power Surmounted Challenges in 2010

    3 January 2011

    Despite significant challenges in 2010, the U.S. wind industry continued to make good on its promise to strengthen America, and laid the foundation for a strong return in 2011. As the year closed, industry leaders appealed to Washington to adopt a long-term energy plan so the benefits of wind energy can continue for decades to […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND Releases H1 Report

    29 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, has published its results for the first half of 2012. The reporting period was characterised by ntensive onshore and offshore project development activity which required advance payments and investments in projects whose realisation will lead to future sales and earnings. Providing further evidence to the strength of […]

  • EU R&D Funds Puts 2020 Targets in Question (Belgium)

    1 December 2011

    EU funds for non-nuclear energy R&D double in the new research budget proposed by the European Commission – but are nothing like enough to fund what the European Commission says is necessary to achieve its 2020 targets. The European Commission today unveiled ‘Horizon 2020’ – its proposal for a new Framework Programme for Research and […]

  • Mingyang Targets South Korean Offshore Wind Market with Multi-Million-Euro Investment

    17 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Mingyang Smart Energy has signed a localisation cooperation agreement with the South Korean wind turbine manufacturer and wind power company, Unison, to promote its business in South Korea and globally. The agreement will see Mingyang Smart Energy investing 400 billion Korean won (approximately EUR 276 million) to carry out various forms of localisation cooperation with […]

  • Access systems: The access challenge

    18 June 2013

    Cost reduction is the number one priority for the offshore wind industry and operations and maintenance (O&M), representing about a quarter of overall costs, is a significant opportunity for delivering savings. As wind farms get bigger and are built further from shore, in harsher met ocean conditions, the challenge of undertaking O&M will become even greater. To illustrate this challenge, if today’s […]

  • First Nordergründe Nacelles Reach Base

    28 July 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first nine of eighteen nacelles built by Senvion for the 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm have arrived at the south end of the Bremerhaven Container Terminal, Eurogate, the operator of the terminal, reports. Weighing 340 tonnes each, the nacelles were transported from the Senvion factory in Bremerhaven’s Labradorhafen via pontoon to the Nordhafen and then moved to […]

  • 50Hertz Emits EUR 500 Mln Bond

    4 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    50Hertz’ holding company, Eurogrid GmbH, has emitted a corporate bond over 500 million Euros on June 2. The bond has a denomination of 100,000 Euros with a duration of 10 years and a coupon of 1.875 %. The issuance was done via Bourse Luxembourg where the bond will also be traded. “Instruments like such bonds […]

  • BOW Terminal: A heavy-lift port

    11 February 2014

    The offshore wind energy industry is growing and several European ports have prepared, or are preparing, to provide the necessary logistics and storage services and facilities related to different construction & installation, O&M, and production phases of this industry. The wind farms are getting larger and moving into deeper waters further offshore resulting in bigger […]

  • Subsea operations – An overview

    13 February 2013

    Any activity underwater and on or under the seabed in the various offshore energy sectors can usually be prefixed by the word “subsea”. Subsea activities began in earnest in the 30’s and 40’s of the last century with the first offshore oil wells. It was, however, the Victorian engineers laying communication cables across the seas and building ports to […]

  • CASC Secures Multi-Million-Euro Work on Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind Turbine Preassembly

    13 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    CASC has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa that will see the Northern Ireland-based engineering company working on offshore wind turbine preassembly projects worldwide. In August, CASC secured a contract with Siemens Gamesa for quayside mobilisation for wind turbine pre-assembly work for the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Under this contract, the […]

  • Marine Energy Event: “Marine Energy Is Not a Niche Market”

    16 October 2017

    Marine Energy Event, held on October 11, 2017, as part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2017 in Amsterdam, gathered a great number of industry experts who discussed the latest in marine energy with a focus on conditions for commercial success which was also the topic of this year’s event.

  • Video: It’s Time to Start Talking Spatial

    10 May 2019

      This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Vimeo. For a long time, the development of offshore wind was little contested by other sea uses in the North Sea. Whilst there were objections from fishermen due to limiting their access to sea space and tourism representatives concerned by visual impacts […]

  • Fred. Olsen United: Staying ahead of the game

    4 June 2013

    Fred. Olsen United is one of those few players that plays a role in almost all aspects of the offshore wind industry and is able to offer a fully integrated turnkey solution. This diverse company has been active in the offshore wind industry since the early days and is now uniting capabilities to provide a single interface with the client. In 2007, installation […]

  • EUR 5 Billion for German Grid Companies

    28 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    At today’s press conference held in Frankfurt chief executive officer of KfW, German development lender, Ulrich Schroeder, stated that KfW is considering the manners in which the production of renewable energy in Germany could be expanded, reported Bloomberg. He stated that there is a „room for manoeuvre“ since there is 5 billion-euro ($6.68 billion) financing […]

  • Gamesa Reports Q1 Profit of 17 Mln

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Gamesa ended the first quarter of 2014 with 17 million euros in net profit, more than double the figure of 7 million euros posted in the same quarter last year. These figures reflect the improvement in profitability, with an EBIT margin of 6% (up from 4.4% in 1Q 2013), and the return to growth in […]

  • Germany: E.ON Plans to Reduce Offshore Wind Farms Costs

    15 March 2012

    Upon initiating a 7 billion-euro ($9 billion) renewable energy expansion plan, EON AG (EOAN) expects to reduce costs for building offshore wind farms about 40% by 2015, reports Bloomberg. Chief Executive Officer, Johannes Teyssen, said the company is planning to commission as much as 800 megawatts of renewable capacity this year. “Renewables are a mainstay […]

  • SSE, Equinor Move Forward with 1.5 GW Dogger Bank D Project

    26 August 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    SSE and Equinor have finalised a seabed lease with the Crown Estate to progress Dogger Bank D, the proposed fourth phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction off the coast of England in the North Sea. The lease allows Dogger Bank D shareholders to […]

  • Germany: RWE’s EBITDA Reaches EUR 5 Bln

    14 August 2012

    RWE improved its earnings performance in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in the previous year. While revenue remained almost constant at 27.1 billion Euro, the operating result increased by 9 percent to 3.6 billion Euro and EBITDA also rose by 9 percent to 5 billion Euro. However, the first half […]

  • Stars for Global Tech I Come from Wilhelmshaven, Germany

    6 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    BLG and EUROGATE have jointly with AREVA Wind developed a logistics concept for handling, storage and assembly of rotor stars for the Global Tech I offshore wind park approximately 110 km off Germany’s North Sea coast. Overall responsibility for this project lies with BLG, which today signed the contract with AREVA Wind. In the search […]