Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the wind sector for 2014. Global venture capital (VC) funding in the wind sector decreased to $311 million in 2014 compared to $455 millio
POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe has unveiled its conference programme for this year’s event which will focus on how to secure integrated power for a sustainable energy economy. Taking place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 9-11 June 2015, the conference will examine how technologi
Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG), in close collaboration with LiC Energy, have recently completed the geotechnical interpretation for the Rampion offshore wind project. The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm site is located off the South coast of England and is being developed by E.ON Climate & Ren
Contractors will begin the construction of a 340-meter access road at the MeyGen tidal stream project today, majority owner of the project, Atlantis Resources, announced. The announcement marks the start of all onshore construction at the site, a preparatory stage which will pave the way for the 398
The European Commission has given their blessing to the acquisition of the assets of TAG Energy Solutions Limited by a newly created joint venture controlled by Bladt Industries A/S of Denmark and EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH of Germany. Last year the joint venture decided to invest in former
WERPO, a wave energy technology specialist, has signed an agreement with Beijing Capital Group (BCG), who will exclusively represent WERPO in China. Shmuel Ovadia, director at WERPO and inventor of its proprietary sea wave energy technology, stated: “China is one of WERPO’s strategic locations, both
After an initial four months working at the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm, Siemens has already extended its charter contract for Tidal Transit’s Kitty Petra passenger transfer vessel (PTV) from the end of January 2014 to the end of April 2015. Tidal Transit’s Commercial Director Leo Hambro sai
Following the recent vote at the European Parliament that calls for a macro-regional strategy for the North Sea, the European Commission is organising a Workshop on “Regional cooperation on energy and maritime spatial planning in the North Sea” that will be held in Edinburgh (UK) on 29th January. Th
Port Authority Zeehaven IJmuiden N.V. has constructed three new boat landings for MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Eneco, as a response to the major increase in the transport of the two companies’ maintenance crews and staff to and from their offshore wind farms. These new boat landings make it easy and
DHI and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) are currently testing a scaled model of a 10 MW offshore wind turbine on a floating platform. The basin tests include simultaneous wind and waves and take place in DHI’s deep water basin as part of the INNWIND.EU project. Floating offshore wind turbi
IDEOL has secured over 10M€ in funding this last December in order to finance its accelerated domestic and international growth. Three new investment funds (HPC CAPITAL, PACA INVESTISSEMENT and CPG) as well as three existing shareholders (the DEMETER 3 AMORCAGE Fund, the Emergence INNOVATION 1 Fund
Chinese cable manufacturer Ningbo Orient Wires and Cables Co Ltd, has won a contract to deliver subsea cable for a 400MW offshore wind project off Putian, China. The contract is worth CNY 122.46 million (approximately EUR 17 million) and involves the production and delivery of a 220kV submarine opti
Bladt Industries loaded out the last of 41 jacket foundations for EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm yesterday. After receiving the order, Bladt established a production site at Lindø Industrial Park where they created dedicated production line for serial production of jacket foundations. The first ja
Twelve French and English partners of the European project Channel Marine Offshore Renewables (MOR) will present the results of their work at the project’s final conference on 29 January in Norwich. Channel MOR is a cluster set up to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Channel
