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  • Germany to Invest EUR 200 Billion in Offshore Wind Farms Projects

    19 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed her plan to construct offshore wind farms that will stretch over an area six times the size of New York City, reports Bloomberg. The plan expected to cost 200 billion euros ($268 billion), according to the DIW economic institute in Berlin, will also include installation of power lines that could […]

  • Wassenberg Leaves Senvion

    3 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Marcus A. Wassenberg, CFO of Senvion SE in Hamburg since 1 June 2012, is leaving the company at his own request by the end of September. He will take up a leading position in an international company outside of the wind energy industry. Until a successor has been identified CEO Andreas Nauen will oversee this […]

  • Gamesa Plans to Invest USD 128m into China

    7 September 2011

    Gamesa Corp Tecnologica SA, a leading Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, plans to invest 90 million euros ($128 million) by 2012 in China… By Liu Yiyu (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, September 07, 2011

  • Final Turbine Assembled for 30 MW EFGL Floating Wind Pilot Project (Video)

    19 August 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The third and final floating wind turbine that will be installed at the site of the Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in France has been assembled at Port-La Nouvelle. The 10 MW turbine, provided by Vestas, has been mounted on Principle Power’s WindFloat semi-submersible floating foundation at Euroports’ purpose-built Eolic Terminal in […]

  • Ballast Nedam: “Poor Year, Sharper Strategic Focus and Solid Refinancing”

    10 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Ballast Nedam has issued its annual results for 2013, which show that the company had a difficult year. However, its results in the offshore wind energy market were rather good. Results in line with the press release of 5 February 2014 Operating loss of € 30 million, including € 18 million of restructuring costs and […]

  • Horizon 2020 Allocates €118 Mln for Renewables

    27 October 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Horizon 2020, the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme, has issued a call for submission in renewable energy technologies and low carbon energy. A total of €118.3 million in total will be available for project proposals while a sum of €61.3 million will go for developing of the next generation technologies of renewable electricity and heating/cooling. Other categories […]

  • Shell Joins Dutch OW Consortium Aiming for EUR 70/MWh by 2030

    14 June 2016
    R&D

    A consortium of 16 Dutch companies and research institutes will launch an innovation program for offshore wind – GROW – with an aim to bring the cost of offshore wind further down to seven eurocents per kWh by 2030.  The GROW (Growth through Research, development & demonstration in Offshore Wind) consortium will spend at least EUR 100 million on research, development and […]

  • Boskalis Kicks Off Baltica 2 Boulder Clearance Work Offshore Poland

    19 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The next stage of seabed preparation for the construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has begun with the arrival of Boskalis’ BOKA Falcon vessel in Polish waters. The task of BOKA Falcon, equipped with two ploughs, T-Rex and Megalodon, will be to remove large boulders along the planned cable routes. T-Rex […]

  • Siemens and Shanghai Electric to Invest USD 226 Million info Two Joint Ventures (China)

    9 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Shanghai Electric Group Co. (2727) and Siemens AG (SIE) will invest 169.1 million euros ($226 million) to form two wind-power …   By Joshua Fellman and Sally Bakewell (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, December 09, 2011; Image: siemens

  • Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid

    13 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for grid connections and funding for existing offshore wind farm projects, with one of the operators offering the lowest price bid of 0.00 Euro cents per kilowatt-hour.

  • Borssele III & IV Tender Kicks Off Today. Minimum Turbine Capacity 6MW

    16 September 2016
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch government’s call for tenders for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites is set to be launched today, with the period for submitting bids ending at 5 p.m. on 29 September.  As of this tender round, turbines used for projects must have a nominal capacity of 6MW at least, in line with market trends, according […]

  • Global Tech I Offshore Project Receives ‘Wind Deal of the Year’ Distinction (Germany)

    27 January 2012

    AREVA welcomes the announcement that the Global Tech I (GTI) offshore wind project, powered with the group’s turbines, has received the “Wind Deal of the Year” distinction. The award was given by internationally-renowned magazine, Project Finance International (PFI), during an official ceremony held on January 25, in London. Global Tech I, for which the group […]

  • Top News of the Week, 10-16 April 2017

    16 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for grid connections and funding for existing offshore wind farm projects, with at least one of the developers offering the lowest price bid of 0.00 Euro cents […]

  • NWA Develops Nordergründe Insurance Package

    18 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nordwest Assekuranzmakler GmbH & Co. KG (NWA) has developed the insurance concept for the offshore project Nordergründe. The insurance specialist is thus providing a key building block for financing the project, which will cost 410 million euros. The Nordergründe wind farm, which is located 15 kilometres north-east of the island Wangerooge, is owned by wpd […]

  • Offshore blades: The cutting edge – LM Wind Power

    11 April 2012

    LM Wind Power is the largest and most well-known blade manufacturer in the world but its origins are perhaps surprising. In an exclusive interview with Offshore WIND Peter Hansen, Senior Project Manager LM Wind Power, Technical Account, outlines the development of the offshore blade and the journey that took the company from making mobile fish […]

  • Equinor Pulls Out of 2 GW Australian Floating Wind Farm; Project Rejects Feasibility Licence

    22 August 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The developers behind the Novocastrian floating wind farm have decided not to accept the feasibility licence offered by the Australian government for their up to 2 GW project in the Hunter offshore wind zone. The floating offshore wind farm was being developed by Norway’s energy company Equinor and Oceanex. The plans for the project were […]

  • EIB Considers Raising Loan Price for Renewable Energy Projects (Luxembourg)

    10 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank may raise the price of loans to renewable energy projects to bolster capital as demand for funds rises, the bank’s climate chief said. “You could say that this year’s projects have to pay a bit more for next year’s borrowers, but it all goes back into the business,” Chris Knowles, head […]

  • DexaWave Energy Malta Launches Scale Model of Wave Energy Converters Off Marsascala

    23 August 2011
    R&D, Technology

      DexaWave Energy Malta has succesfully launched a 1:10 scale model of its wave energy converters off Zonqor Point in Marsascala. This model is a scale down of the 60 metre converters that the company plans to deploy off Gozo to convert wave power into electical energy. Together with its high tech wave data collecting […]

  • New UK Project Aims to Reduce Environmental Consenting Time for Offshore Wind

    21 August 2025
    Business development, Innovation, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development, Technology

    UK-based marine autonomy system provider, Robosys Automation, is leading a new project that aims to transform the environmental consenting process for offshore wind farms by cutting the time it takes to get approval. Robosys Automation’s partners on the project, named Project ORACLES, include the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, ACUA Ocean, MSEIS, and Plymouth Marine Laboratories, with […]

  • Half of Siemens Gamesa Recyclable Blades Installed at 1.4 GW Sofia Wind Project

    21 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has installed 50 per cent of the recyclable blades at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK, with the turbine manufacturer continuing installation throughout the rest of the year. According to RWE, the company and Siemens Gamesa have achieved the first-ever large-scale installation of recyclable blades at a UK offshore wind farm. […]

  • Wind Power Holds Great Potential for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions (Switzerland)

    20 June 2011

      The primary use of wind power of relevance to climate change mitigation is to generate electricity from larger, grid-connected wind turbines, deployed either on- or offshore wind farm. Wind energy offers significant potential for near-term (2020) and long-term (2050) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. A number of different wind power technologies are available across […]

  • VIDEO: Green Port Hull Project

    11 April 2014

    Last month, Siemens announced that it was investing more than 190 million euros in new offshore production facilities in Great Britain. The British Prime Minister David Cameron and Michael Suess, CEO Siemens Energy, confirmed the construction of the factory at the East cost of Great Britain. Production of rotor blades for offshore wind turbines of […]

  • Cuxhaven Builds Moorings for Offshore Construction Vessels (Germany)

    17 February 2012

    Cuxhaven is planning to strengthen its position as a location for offshore wind energy with a million euro investment. The mooring in the port should be prepared for the so-called jack-up vessels, said on Thursday the State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation in the North. The ships will be used to […]

  • Germany: Moventas Signs EUR 80 Million Contract for 5MW Offshore Wind Gears with AREVA

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Moventas continues to strengthen its offshore capability with its 5MW medium speed wind gear. In the beginning of May, Moventas delivered two 5MW offshore wind gears to AREVA Wind. The two companies have signed an 80 million euro agreement on future deliveries. After approximately one year of testing, Moventas and AREVA Wind, subsidiary of the […]

  • Cheaper Offshore Wind to Cut Dutch Subsidies by EUR 2 Billion?

    1 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch government could spend up to EUR 2 billion less than planned on subsidies for energy generated by offshore wind as the costs to build and operate offshore wind farms have fallen sharply in recent years, according to the Financieele Dagblad (FD).  The country’s Energy Agreement from 2013 stipulated that up to EUR 18 billion of state aid […]

  • Germany: Change in Solar FIT Could Threaten Offshore Wind

    15 May 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Upper House of the German Federal Parliament, the Bundesrat, voted against reform of the feed-in tariff (FIT) for solar energy, according to the North American Windpower. The opposition didn’t get enough votes to reject the law, but the number was enough to postpone its adoption. The research firm Jefferies reported that the FIT rates […]