The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a competitive lease sale auction for four wind energy areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Massachusetts on Thursday, January 29. A mock auction for the eligible bidders will be held on Monday, January 26, when BOEM will cont
Northland Power Inc. has closed $150 million of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures. The company intends to use the the money to fund a portion of its investments in the 332 megawatt (282 megawatt net to Northland) offshore wind development project located approximately 40 kilometers north
MPI Adventure recently completed her mobilisation and left the Tees Base earlier this week. She is now in Esjberg for the loading of Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines, which will be installed at the Amrumbank offshore wind farm. Preparation work for the installation campaign was undertaken at the MPI Offs
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Hopper have announced the release of an Environmental Assessment (EA) supporting a potential lease sale for more than 300,000 acres of federal waters off the coast of North Carolina for wind ene
The general meeting of shareholders of NV Zeeland Seaports decided to appoint Roelf H. de Boer and Guillaume Jetten and to reappoint Gerard van Harten to the Supervisory Board of the Zeeland port authority as of 1 January 2015. Roelf H. de Boer began his career in shipping at Nedlloyd. After occupyi
Danish energy company, Dong Energy, welcomed today’s ground-breaking ceremony of Siemens’ wind turbine manufacturing and assembly facilities in Hull. Brent Cheshire, UK Country Chairman of DONG Energy commented: “As the market leader in offshore wind energy, we are delighted to see that construction
The Rt Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, today joined Siemens global executives to mark ground-breaking on wind turbine manufacturing and assembly facilities in Hull. Mr Davey visited Hull’s Alexandra Dock to celebrate the beginning of construction on the site where Sieme
Mojo Maritime and IKM Subsea, Norwegian ROV manufacturer and operator, have jointly secured a significant EU Horizon 2020 Grant to support a €1,200,000 R&D project to develop an ROV for use in high energy tidal sites, and capable of being operated from Mojo’s tidal energy vessel, the Hi Flo 4 (HF4).
Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG) and ACCIONA Infrastructures will present some preliminary findings from LEANWIND during the EWEA OFFSHORE 2015 event in Copenhagen. The paper will address the global performance of various existing concepts of gravity based foundations in terms of buoyancy a
Following an early completion of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) appeals from unsuccessful applicants, UK government has moved up the schedule for the first allocation of the subsidy scheme. Low Carbon Contracts Company, owned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), announced the s
Suzlon Group today signed a binding agreement with Centerbridge Partners LP, USA to sell 100% stake in Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group. The deal is valued at EUR 1 billion equity value in an all cash transaction and future earn out of up to an additional EUR 50 million. The
Danish energy company, Dong Energy, will hold a civic reception at Denbighshire regarding its Burbo Bank Extension plan. Today’s event will be hosted by Counter Context on behalf of Dong at Bodelwyddan Castle from 7-9pm. Dong Energy plans to build 259MW wind farm west of the existing Burbo Bank offs
The number of offshore-related sea ships mooring in the Port of Den Helder rose in 2014 to 2,776, representing a 7 % growth compared to 2013. These numbers were revealed in the annual report of the Port of Den Helder. “Thanks to sound agreements with the offshore companies, the fishery sector and th
Jee Ltd, a subsea engineering and training company, will share its experience in the field of offshore renewables and marine energy at the annual Wave & Tidal 2015 conference and exhibition next month. Presenting on day two in the session ‘Next Generation Enabling Technologies for the Wave and Tidal
