Business & Finance
K2 Acquires Portuguese Floating Wind Specialist
The renewables engineering consultancy K2 Management has agreed to acquire independent energy engineering consultancy, Cruz Atcheson.
MHI Vestas Gets Room to Grow on Isle of Wight
Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas is relocating its testing-related activities at West Medina Mills to the nearby St. Cross facility on Isle of Wight in the UK to make room for future expansion under consideration by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.
Hornsea One Farm-Down Deal Smashes Financing Records
EKF, Denmark’s Export Credit Agency, has provided a GBP 800 million guarantee for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, making this the largest financing in EKF’s history and the largest wind financing that any public export credit agency has ever provided.
BSM Sets Up Offshore Unit
Ørsted Sells Half of Hornsea One
Ørsted has signed an agreement to sell 50% of its 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
LM Kicks Off Blade Installation for Shanghai Lingang 1 in China
LM Wind Power has installed the first two sets of its 66.6-meter long blades on a 4MW turbine due to be installed at the Shanghai Lingang Phase I offshore wind project in China.
New Jersey Sets 1.1GW Offshore Wind Solicitation Date
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has unanimously approved an order opening an application window for 1,100 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity.
DeepOcean Launches New Base at Port of Blyth
DeepOcean has opened a new offshore services base at the Port of Blyth in the UK.
Japan Gets First Trained Marine Coordinators
SeaRoc Group has completed the first specialist marine coordination training for Japanese offshore wind personnel.
Denmark and Taiwan Join Forces for Offshore Wind Education
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), National Taiwan University (NTU) and DTU Wind Energy have partnered up to work on local offshore wind education in Taiwan.
New Jersey Nears 1.1GW Offshore Wind Tender Launch
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will consider inviting bids for the development of up to 1,100MW of offshore wind capacity next week, the New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said during the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.
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New York College to Offer Offshore Wind Training Programs
The State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College has received USD 230,000 from the New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s office to promote offshore energy workforce development and training programs in New York.
Eolfi Appoints New CEO
French floating wind developer Eolfi has appointed Vincent Fromont as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).