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  • CIP’s Flagship Fund On Track to Become World’s Largest Dedicated to Greenfield Renewable Energy Investments

    11 July 2023
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has reached the first close on its fifth flagship fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), at EUR 5.6 billion in capital commitments received. This puts the fund on track to reach its target size of EUR 12 billion, which would make this the world’s largest dedicated greenfield renewable energy fund, according […]

  • ReportLinker Publishes Wind Energy Outlook for North America

    25 October 2011

    Market Drivers for Onshore and Offshore Wind Power, Regulatory and Policy Issues, Technology Issues, Key Industry Players, and Wind Capacity & Revenue Forecasts. The North American wind energy industry is lagging in key areas compared to Europe and Asia, but many key industry players are optimistic about the North American market as turbine costs continue […]

  • Research Project Proves Large-Scale Oyster Reef Restoration at Offshore Wind Farms Feasible

    22 July 2025
    Business development, Environment, Research & Development

    A research project carried out by The Oyster Restoration Company (TORC) and supported by RWE has established that large-scale native oyster reef restoration at offshore wind farms in the North Sea is feasible. “Flat oysters are an important species because they can create reefs that provide food and breeding grounds for many other species. Due […]

  • All Turbine Foundations In Place at 660 MW Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Project

    7 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    All monopile foundations for the wind turbines have been installed at Nordseecluster A, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind development in Germany, owned by RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management. Each of the 44 monopile foundations measures approximately 85 metres in length and weighs an average of 1,500 tonnes. Before installation, […]

  • Dragados Grows Capacity in Spain for TenneT’s German Offshore Converter Stations

    14 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms

    Dragados Offshore is planning to add a new production site with 400,000 square metres of space in Spain for the manufacturing of TenneT’s 2 GW offshore converter stations. The production site is currently being built in the southern Spanish coastal town of Algeciras (Campo de Gibraltar region). From 2026, two platform topsides will be built […]

  • ZTT Completes Gode Wind 3 Submarine Cable Work Offshore Germany

    7 May 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    ZTT Submarine Cable & System has finished the installation and termination of the 155 kV submarine cable connecting the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm to the DolWin kappa offshore converter platform in Germany. In 2020, TenneT contracted ZTT Submarine Cable & System to link the 253 MW offshore wind farm to the DolWin kappa […]

  • European Parliament Sets 2030 Renewables Target to 35%

    18 January 2018
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted for a renewable energy target of 35% by 2030, rather than 27% earlier proposed by the European Commission. The Parliament also voted that the member states set national targets, from which they would be allowed to deviate by a maximum of 10% under certain conditions, as well […]

  • BNEF: USD 3.1 Trillion to Be Invested in Wind Power by 2040

    13 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Some USD 7.8 trillion will be invested in renewable energy over the next 25 years, with wind power, both onshore and offshore, attracting USD 3.1 trillion, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) New Energy Outlook 2016. USD 3.4 trillion is forecasted to be pored into utility-scale, rooftop and other small-scale solar, and USD 911 billion […]

  • UK: Technip Offshore Wind Expands into Newcastle

    13 April 2012

    More than 60 new jobs are to be created in the North-east of England by Technip Offshore Wind Ltd after the company announced today that it intends to set up a new projects and engineering centre in Newcastle, located at the heart of the region’s emerging renewables hub. The move bolsters Technip’s rapidly-evolving renewable energy […]

  • MAKE Opens New Office in Hamburg, Germany

    19 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    MAKE – a leading strategic advisor to the wind power industry – expands its global footprint with the establishment of a Hamburg based branch office. This office will be managed and led by MAKE’s newly appointed Managing Consultant – Jean Huby – former CEO of AREVA Wind and an accomplished expert in the field of […]

  • DONG Energy Appoints Thomas Dalsgaard as Executive Vice President (Denmark)

    29 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Thomas Dalsgaard, age 45, is with effect from October 1st 2011 appointed Executive Vice President in DONG Energy and will be responsible for the business unit Generation. Thomas Dalsgaard previously served as Senior Vice President in DONG Energy Generation with responsibility for the commercial activities and Finance & Strategy. Thomas Dalsgaard holds a Master […]

  • Atlantique Offshore Energy Scores Another Substation Contract

    29 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    France’s Atlantique Offshore Energy has been selected to execute the full engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCI) of an electrical offshore substation for an unidentified offshore wind project. Selected by ”a major power company”, Atlantique Offshore Energy, Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s business unit dedicated to marine energy, will deliver the 2,000-ton topside and its foundation […]

  • Siemens and Marine Current Turbines to Exhibit at Thetis MRE in France

    10 April 2013

    Siemens and its subsidiary Marine Current Turbines will be exhibiting at this week’s Thetis MRE exhibition and conference in Brest, France (April 10th and 11th). The Siemens stand (C6) is located in the main exhibition hall at Brest’s International Convention Centre. Thetis MRE provides Siemens the opportunity to tell delegates about the development of its […]

  • Gamesa Begins Transporting Largest Wind Turbine Blade Ever Built in Spain

    10 April 2013

    Gamesa last night began transporting a 62.5-metre blade destined for a prototype of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in Spain. The blade, manufactured at the Aoiz factory (Navarre) is the longest turbine blade ever produced and transported in Spain and is one of the largest in Europe. The blade travelled overnight from […]

  • SeaRoc Success on Marine Tenders Leads to Expansion Across Offshore Team (UK)

    25 October 2011
    Contracts & Tenders

    Marine engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, have recruited a number of individuals to support a number of key contracts being awarded this year including the provision of two meteorological masts to Forewind on UK Round 3 offshore wind farm Dogger Bank. The team has widened to include additional QHSE experts as […]

  • Pontis Attends Narec’s Open Day (UK)

    27 June 2013

    Pontis recently attended an open day at Narec. The National Renewable Energy Centre is an open‑access UK test and research facility in Blyth, Northumberland, England. Pontis’ team had a tour of the several marine and wind facilities including a 100m blade testing facility and a 15 MW! turbine nacelle test bed. The event was well […]

  • Germany: SSB Wind Systems Appoints New Vice President

    25 March 2012

    In early March, Frans van der Stel of Emerson Industrial Automation was appointed as Vice President / General Manager of SSB Wind Systems. The company, based in Salt Mountain, is a world leader in advanced electrical pitch systems for wind turbines. Frans van der Stel has appeared in various positions in fields of numerical controls […]

  • Triodos Steps Into Belgian Offshore Wind Market

    11 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Triodos Bank has entered the Belgian offshore wind market with a financial loan for the Northwester 2 project.

  • EU Sets Aside EUR 980 Million for Clean Energy Infrastructure

    16 March 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Commission has released EUR 980 million of funding for key European energy infrastructure projects with major cross-border benefits. The EU funding comes from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the European support programme for trans-European infrastructure. This is seen as a crucial instrument to deliver on the Green Deal, one of the political priorities […]

  • BNEF: Biggest RE Asset Finance Made in European Offshore Wind

    15 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Asset finance of renewable energy projects in the first half of 2016 was at USD 92 billion worldwide, down 19% on H1 2015, with the biggest asset finance deals of the second quarter made in offshore wind in Europe, according to the latest data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). This was led by the […]

  • Borssele 3 and 4 Fully Up and Running

    18 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 731.5 MW Borssele 3 and 4 offshore wind farm is now fully operational, Blauwwind, the consortium behind the project in the Dutch North Sea, announced during an online Handover to Operations ceremony. The construction of the wind farm, comprising a total of 77 Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines, was completed on-time, with official commissioning on […]

  • Google Buys Offshore Wind Power from Ørsted

    30 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Google under which Google will offtake 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Borkum Riffgrund 3 was the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm to be awarded a zero bid and is expected […]

  • North Sea Countries Partner Up to Lower Offshore Wind Cost

    6 June 2016
    Authorities

    The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden and Norway have vowed to collaborate in terms of planning and constructing offshore wind farms. Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp, is the initiator of the cooperation, under which the countries will also investigate other technologies for generating renewable energy at the North Sea. The nine North Sea […]

  • Scottish Enterprise Invites Interest for Hunterston Test Centre for Offshore Wind

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Enterprise and SSE are investors in a project to develop the Port of Hunterston, for the testing of the latest full scale offshore turbine technology. Scottish Enterprise is developing one of the three test berths and is seeking initial expressions of interest from manufacturers interested in leasing this from July 2015. Hunterston has a […]

  • Harkand Names New Head of European Engineering Services

    15 September 2014

    International subsea inspection, repair, maintenance (IRM) and light construction company Harkand today announced the appointment of a new head of engineering services in Europe. In a new role for the company, Alan White will oversee the current 40-strong team to further expand the company’s capabilities in the region. This is key to supporting the additional DSV […]

  • Offshore wind heads for record year (Belgium)

    21 July 2010
    R&D

    118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid in the first half of 2010 according to new statistics released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Those 118 turbines have a capacity of 333 MW – well over half the 577 MW installed offshore last year – showing continuing strong growth […]