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  • Dogger Bank GE Haliade-X 13 MW Turbines to Feature ABB Converters

    10 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    ABB will deliver 95 units of medium voltage converters for wind turbines to GE Renewable Energy for the first phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind project. This is ABB’s first major order under its Long-Term Supply Agreement (LTSA) with GE Renewable Energy and the largest order of its kind to date. The 95 PCS6000 […]

  • Dutch ‘Little Engine that Could’ Stores Energy (VIDEO)

    14 May 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has developed a concept for which it claims it will revolutionise the world of energy storage. The construction of a huge underground maglev-style floating railway will make it possible to store 10% of the Netherlands’ daily energy needs in the form of kinetic energy. This Energy Train can […]

  • DNV GL Releases Guideline for Subsea Power Cables

    10 March 2014
    Grid Connection

    DNV GL announced the launch of its guideline “Subsea power cables in shallow water renewable energy applications” (DNV-RP-J301), which provides a comprehensive review of subsea power cable practice and advice for managing the risk commonly associated with the cables. The recommended practice is the most comprehensive of its type in the industry. Technical guideline covers […]

  • HUSUM Wind Kicks Off Today

    15 September 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    HUSUM Wind trade fair, where industry businesses and representatives have came together to showcase their innovations and services – onshore and offshore – along the whole supply chain, has officially opened. During the opening ceremony representatives of government, industry and associations emphasised the importance of wind power for the success of the transition to renewable energy […]

  • Nexans Bags EUR 50 Million Contract for Belgian Offshore Wind Farm

    10 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has won a contract worth more than 50 million Euro to supply a total of 57 km of high-voltage subsea power export cables to Northwind NV in the North Sea. The project comprises 14 km of cable to connect Belwind Phase 2 to the Northwind wind farm […]

  • BASF Opens New Application Center in Oldenburg, Germany

    19 March 2012

    BASF’s Coatings Division has invested one million euros in the construction of a new Application Center in Oldenburg, Germany. The company has now officially opened the center as part of a customer event. The center is therefore not only strengthening the Oldenburg site, but also BASF’s global business in industrial coatings. The new center, which […]

  • Germany: TenneT and Mitsubishi Sign LoI for Two More Offshore Grid Connections

    6 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    TenneT and Mitsubishi Corporation have signed a letter of intent to partner up in two more offshore grid connections. The grid connections, named HelWin2 and DolWin2, are both located in the German North Sea and of crucial importance for the integration of renewable energy in the German onshore grid. In February of this year, TenneT […]

  • CS Wind Offshore Adds Scanel to Nordlicht 1 Team

    8 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Scanel Green Energy has been awarded a contract by CS Wind Offshore for the electrical outfitting of transition pieces for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. As part of the agreement, Scanel will be responsible for the entire electrical installation scope. CS Wind Offshore signed a contract with Vattenfall for […]

  • Jan De Nul Orders Twin to XL Cable-Layer Fleeming Jenkin

    17 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Environment, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has ordered a new XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), identical to the Fleeming Jenkin ordered at a Chinese shipyard last year. With a cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the vessels are said to be the largest capacity CLVs in the world. Like Fleeming Jenkin, the new vessel will be 215 metres long and […]

  • MAN Engines to Power Les Alizés

    4 May 2020
    Vessels

    China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) has ordered 6 × MAN 12V32/44CR main engines for Jan De Nul’s 5,000-tonne floating installation crane vessel Les Alizés. Les Alizés will be built at CMHI’s shipyard in Jiangsu province, eastern China, and is scheduled for delivery in 2022. Lex Nijsen, Head of Four-Stroke Marine Sales – MAN Energy Solutions, […]

  • Mingyang to Enter UK Offshore Wind Market, Partners with Opergy

    14 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Opergy Group and China-headquartered Mingyang Smart Energy Group have formed a strategic partnership to support the entry of Mingyang into the UK offshore wind market. The partnership aims to accelerate the development of UK offshore wind projects, with Mingyang already one of China’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, as well as supporting the development of […]

  • Renewables Work for EnBW

    22 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    EnBW’s operating result (adjusted EBITDA) for 2015 amounted to around EUR 2.1 billion, 2.7% lower than in the previous year. High impairment losses on power plants and increased provisions for onerous contracts for electricity procurement agreements have impacted the company’s operating result to a considerable extent, EnBW reported. In the 2015 financial year, EnBW achieved slightly higher revenue of […]

  • EWEA 2012 in Copenhagen Gets ‘Congress of the Year’ Award (Denmark)

    5 April 2013

    EWEA 2012 has received the “Congress of the year” award in the category for congresses with more than 1.000 participants. The Danish Wind Industry Association accepted the award on behalf of all the partners. In April last year EWEA 2012 drew almost 11,000 visitors to Copenhagen, making it the largest private conference ever. DWIA and […]

  • Gamesa Receives Annual Golden Award as 2010 Spanish Company of the Year

    6 April 2011

    Gamesa has been honoured with the Annual Golden Award as the 2010 Spanish Company of the Year by the Spanish Official Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain. This Prize recognises Gamesa’s successful track record in the United Kingdom, along with its decisive contribution to fostering trade relations between the UK and Spain. Spanish Ambassador to […]

  • Wind and Ocean Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Germany

    13 February 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    At the end of last year, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) and the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) launched a multi-year measurement campaign to collect wind and sea data in an area approximately 280 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. Since mid-December 2024, Fugro Norway, contracted for this purpose, has been collecting comprehensive wind […]

  • Surveys Starting on New Wind Project Offshore Ireland

    29 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Energia Group has selected surveying and data services company Green Rebel to carry out geophysical surveys for its proposed North Celtic Sea offshore wind farm off the coast of Waterford, Ireland. Energia’s up to 800 MW North Celtic Sea project is one of the most advanced offshore wind projects in Ireland, the company said. The […]

  • Masdar Secures Financing for Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm Stake

    18 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom

    Abu Dhabi-based Masdar has achieved close on the financing of its 49 per cent shareholding in the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. According to Masdar, the total lending package amounted to EUR 488 million, with participation from ABN AMRO, Credit Agricole CIB, ING, Santander, and Siemens Bank. The Baltic Eagle offshore wind […]

  • Siemens to Add Siemens Gamesa Stake to Power and Gas Spinoff

    8 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Siemens will add its 59% stake in Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to the Gas and Power division spinoff which will be managed separately. The new Gas and Power division ”is to be given complete independence and entrepreneurial freedom through a carveout and a subsequent public listing”, Siemens said. Plans call for the stock exchange listing to […]

  • Update: European Patent Office Nods to SeaTwirl

    13 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The European Patent Office (EPO) has granted SeaTwirl a patent for a dynamic floating offshore wind turbine.

  • Voith Hydro Wavegen Hand Over Wave Power Plant into Commercial Operation (UK)

    17 November 2011

    Voith Hydro Wavegen, the Inverness-based marine energy company, has cause to celebrate after successfully handing over the world’s first full life wave power plant into commercial operation. An emerging industry, marine energy has a number of prototypes and small scale devices being tested in various locations across the world. But now the industry is moving […]

  • EnBW Officially Opens Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    2 May 2011

      EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has officially taken the first commercial windfarm in Germany into operation today. In the presence of the Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel, Minister President, Erwin Sellering, and numerous representatives from business and politics, the start signal was given on the Baltic Sea coast for the commercial use of offshore wind power […]

  • WWF: Investments in Renewables Must Be Scaled Up Rapidly

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment

    WWF backs a call in a major UN scientific report that the world should more than triple investments in sustainable, safe low-carbon energy sources as the main measure to mitigate climate change. The report, agreed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says that the world should triple or quadruple investments in clean energy […]

  • World’s 2nd Largest OWF Inaugurated

    18 June 2015

    The Gwynt y Môr wind farm, located eight miles offshore in Liverpool Bay, was officially inaugurated by Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales today. With an installed capacity of 576 megawatts, Gwynt y Môr is the world’s 2nd largest offshore wind farm. In total, 160 wind turbines will produce enough power to supply some 400,000 […]

  • Germany: Tim Kittelhake Manages Offshore Windpark MEG 1

    6 May 2012

    Tim Kittelhake, up to April 30, 2012 General Manager of Global Tech 1, will take over the general management of Global Tech 1. With this position, Kittelhake assumes the responsibility for the 400 MW Offshore Wind Park MEG 1. With this, Kittelhake takes over the responsibility for a further important milestone in the successful implementation […]

  • Germany: Windreich Congratulates PNE on Gode Wind Sale

    17 August 2012

    Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz congratulates PNE WIND AG on the sale of their offshore wind park ‘Gode Wind’ to the Danish DONG Energy. The chairman of the board of Windreich AG is pleased, that with DONG Energy, the world market leader in the area of offshore wind energy with more than 20 years of offshore […]

  • EnBW Launches Tender for Subsea Inspection Services at Baltic & North Sea Wind Farms

    7 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    EnBW has issued a tender inviting bids for periodic subsea inspection services at its offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea and North Sea. The maximum value of the framework agreement is EUR 6 million. The contracts are expected to run from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2031, with the option of up to […]