Dutch offshore contractor for suction pile anchors and foundations SPT Offshore is engaged in a project to perform research and consulting works on the wind turbine suction foundation design for two offshore wind projects in China.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has added a MacArtney generator rotation tool (GRT) to the portfolio of equipment securing long-term storage of SWT-6.0/7.0/8.0 nacelles with generators and hubs.
Poland’s biggest oil and gas company, PKN ORLEN (Polski Koncern Noftowy), has announced a tender for the development of a preliminary technical concept to determine the options for preparing and implementing a project involving the construction of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea.
Dogger Bank Joint Venture, developing three out of four 1.2GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farms, will hold a Meet the Buyer event on 23 May at the Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, North East England, to present business opportunities to UK companies. Besides presentations by the Dogger Bank JV team,
The UAE-based offshore engineering and fabrication company Lamprell recorded USD 98.1 million net loss in 2017, USD 80 million of which was attributed to the operational challenges faced on the East Anglia One project.
The Global Marine Group (GMG) has appointed Mark Preece as Managing Director of CWind, the group’s offshore renewable business.
A capacity of 1,300MW of offshore wind in wind turbine components was shipped via Port of Esbjerg in 2017 – 200MW more than in the previous year – according to the port’s annual results, which show a 2.2% increase in turnover at EUR 31.61 million and a net profit of EUR 10.83 million.
The Swedish Energy Agency has, on behalf of the government, examined two different models to remove the grid connection costs for offshore wind power.
K2 Management has opened an office in Gdynia, Poland, in support of the growing wind and solar markets in Eastern and Central Europe.
Dutch offshore specialist Van Oord reported EUR 403 million revenue coming from offshore wind activities in 2017, a 2.3% increase compared to EUR 394 million revenue recorded in 2016.
Vattenfall is planning to terminate approximately 1,500 full-time positions in the next phase of the previously announced cost-saving program.
The UK offshore wind industry has committed to working with the UK government on a sector deal which would see offshore wind deliver one third of the UK’s electricity and reach the connected capacity of 30GW by 2030.
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a new agreement with Jutlandia Terminal covering loading of the V164-8.0 MW wind turbines onto installation vessels at the Port of Esbjerg.
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has selected Vattenfall as the winning bidder in the country’s first non-subsidized offshore wind tender – the 700MW to 750MW Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II.
