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  • PNE WIND AG publishes 2009 annual report

    30 March 2010

    The wind farm developer PNE WIND AG (ISIN: DE000A0JBPG2) has today published the certified figures for the past year together with the 2009 business report. According to IFRS accounting principles the company has generated an annual result of 10.1 million euros. Unlike the previous year’s amount of 17.1 million euros, the result for the business […]

  • Germany Passes 1 GW Offshore Wind Mark

    15 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The German market for offshore wind energy projects broke through the gigawatt barrier last year. By 31 December 2014, 258 offshore wind turbines in the German North and Baltic Seas with a total capacity of 1,049.2 megawatts fed into the grid. This figure was ascertained by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf of the four organisations VDMA […]

  • Van Oord Awarded Two New Offshore Wind Contracts Worth More than Half a Billion Euros in Total

    8 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has been awarded contracts for Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland and Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan valued at more than EUR 500 million. For the Baltic Power offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea, Van Oord will transport and install 78 foundations, including 76 monopile […]

  • Siemens Lays Out Cost Cutting Strategy

    22 June 2016

    Siemens stated that its offshore wind projects from 2025 onward will be capable of generating electricity at a Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) level below eight euro cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), with the price also including the costs for grid access to shore.  The company said it is confident that the current goal of generating offshore wind […]

  • Construction of Gwynt y Môr Gathering Pace (UK)

    8 December 2011

    CONSTRUCTION of a wind farm off the coast of Mostyn at a cost of two billion euros is gathering pace.   (leaderlive) [mappress] Source: leaderlive, December 08, 2011

  • Belgium: Colruyt Seeks Co-Investors for Offshore Wind Projects

    19 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Colruyt Group is seeking co-investors for several offshore wind projects. The company aims to reduce financial burdens of the investments, reported De Standaard. Colruyt currently owns two offshore wind farms, Belwind and Northwind. Northwind NV, formerly known as the Eldepasco, requires 760 million euros for which the European Investment Bank is evaluating a loan of […]

  • Almost Half of EnBW Baltic 2 OWF Sold for EUR 720 Mln

    7 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has sold 49.89 percent of its shares in the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 to Macquarie Capital, the principal investment, advisory and capital markets arm of Macquarie Group. A corresponding purchase agreement has now been signed. “This means that we have now successfully implemented our second participation model in the […]

  • Germany: Volkswagen Plans to Invest in Renewable Energy

    26 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    The biggest European automaker, Volkswagen, plans to invest almost one billion euros ($1.44 billion) in renewable energies over the …   (economictimes) [mappress] Source: economictimes, August 26, 2011

  • Areva to Supply 40 Turbines M5000 for Borkum West II Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    7 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Areva announced, at the end of December 2010, the signing of a contract worth 400 million euros, with Trianel, an association of German…   (instalbiz) [mappress] Source: instalbiz, January 07, 2011

  • Vattenfall Ready for German Offshore Wind Tender with 3 Projects

    31 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall is expected to participate in the first competitive offshore wind tender in Germany with three projects.

  • Scotland plans for offshore wind and marine development

    16 August 2010
    Authorities

    Investments for 266 million euros have been proposed for the construction of 11 offshore wind and 3 marine manufacturing sites Scottish… (enelgreenpower) [mappress] Source: enelgreenpower, August 16, 2010;

  • Offshore Consent Applications Submitted for 1 GW Buchan Floating Wind Farm

    20 August 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has submitted offshore consent applications to Scottish Ministers for its proposed 1 GW floating offshore wind farm. The submission includes applications for consent under the Electricity Act 1989 and marine licence applications under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. Accompanying these is an extensive […]

  • MHI Vestas Signs Turbine Supply Deal for Borssele III & IV

    30 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a conditional agreement for the Borssele III & IV offshore projects in the Netherlands, for which the consortium comprising Shell, Eneco, Van Oord, and Mitsubishi/DGE won the tender in December 2016.

  • EWEA, GWEC Launch Global Wind Energy Photo Competition (Belgium)

    28 February 2013

    The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) have launched a global photo competition – ‘Discover the stories behind wind energy’. Why? Because wind energy is more than a technology. It captures the imagination, inspires, fascinates and captivates. Many people have a wind energy story they can share through a […]

  • EIB Considers USD 612m Loan for German Offshore Wind Farm

    13 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank is considering a loan of as much as 450 million euros ($612 million) for a German offshore wind farm developed…   By Sally Bakewell (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, September 13, 2011

  • Angela Merkel Announces 7 Billion Dollars in Soft Loans to Kick-Start Investment in Renewable Energy (Germany)

    3 May 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Germany is offering 5 billion euros (7 billion dollars) in soft loans to kick-start investment in renewable energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel… (monstersandcritics) [mappress] Source: monstersandcritics, May 03, 2011;

  • 3sun: Offshore Wind Presents Powerful Opportunities, Gusty Challenges

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As an alternative to fossil fuels, wind power is plentiful, renewable, clean and produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation. The effects on the environment are generally less problematic than those from other power sources. In 2010, wind energy production was more than 2.5 percent of total worldwide electricity usage, and growing rapidly at more […]

  • EDF ENERGIES NOUVELLES: France can now be part of the offshore wind story

    9 March 2015

    Being awarded the concession to develop three French offshore wind farms is not only a great opportunity for EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) to further expand its renewables portfolio but also a great opportunity for the country’s industrial sector and offshore wind knowledge base. Offshore WIND interviews Béatrice Buffon, EDF EN Deputy Chief Executive Officer, […]

  • China Huaneng Group to invest EUR 687 million in offshore wind

    6 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    China Huaneng Group said it will invest six billion yen (687 million euros) to build the largest offshore wind park in the world.The… (instalbiz) [mappress] Source: instalbiz, September 06, 2010;

  • Natuur&Milieu, Eneco Call for Further 700MW of Offshore Wind in the Netherlands

    19 July 2016

    Investing in a package containing offshore wind, sun and bioheat is almost EUR 1 billion cheaper for Dutch consumers than biomass co-firing, according to a report commissioned by Nature & Environment (Natuur & Milieu) and Eneco, which called on the Dutch government for an additional 700MW of offshore wind farms to replace the co-firing of biomass in […]

  • Borssele 1&2 World’s Cheapest Offshore Wind Farm

    6 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The cost of building and operating the 700MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm is expected to be EUR 2.7 billion cheaper than previously estimated. Moreover, the wind farm will generate 22.5% more electricity than anticipated. Fierce competition between companies in the public tender to secure the permit and associated subsidy to build and operate […]

  • THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY: The next generation

    6 October 2015

    The offshore wind industry is not really doing anything exceptional when it comes down to the basics. Wind turbine generators, WTGs, have been around onshore since one of the first electricity-generating wind turbines was built to power a holiday home in 1887 in Marykirk, Scotland. Offshore platforms were built in the early 20th century for […]

  • EWEA Reports Stable Offshore Wind Market in 2011 (Belgium)

    19 January 2012

    2011 was a stable year for the offshore wind industry with 235 new offshore wind turbines grid connected, worth approximately 2.4 billion Euros. Today the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published its annual offshore wind statistics for 2011 in Brussels showing that 235 new turbines with a total power capacity of 866 Megawatts (MW) were […]

  • Zero Subsidy Bidders to Take First Stab at Dutch Offshore Wind Zones

    29 June 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands will allow companies interested in developing the 700MW Hollandse Kust Zuid I and II offshore wind farm zones without government subsidies to submit their bids prior to the subsidy and permit tender planned for this autumn.

  • Top News of the Week May 27 – June 2, 2013

    2 June 2013

    Germany: EUROS Delivers First 7MW Offshore Blade  Three months after opening the new prototype production facility in Sassnitz/Mukran on the island of Rügen, Germany, independent rotor blade designer and manufacturer EUROS delivers its first offshore blade to the customer Mitsubishi. VIDEO: Construction of Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm  RWE’s Nordsee Ost wind farm will be […]

  • Sweden: E.ON Opens Kårehamn OWF

    1 October 2013

    E.ON has reached a new milestone in the development of renewables. In the presence of Swedish energy minister Anna-Karin Hatt it officially opened the Kårehamn offshore wind farm near the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The wind farm had already been connected to the grid a few weeks ago after only 19 […]