Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) fund Copenhagen Infrastructure III (CI III) had its sixth close on 27 December with total commitments reaching approximately EUR 2.8 billion after nine months of fundraising.
TMA Logistics B.V. has announced it hopes to expand its offshore wind activities after Hutchison Ports’ acquisition of the company’s 50% shareholding.
London-listed investment company The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) has acquired a 14.7% indirect equity interest in the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm located off the coast of Norfolk, UK.
Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted did not submit a bid in the subsidy-free round of the Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II offshore wind farm tender in the Netherlands, Reuters reported the company’s chief strategy officer Martin Neubert as saying.
Ecosse Subsea has increased its turnover and underlying earnings in the current financial year largely due to a number of completed offshore wind and interconnector projects, the company said.
Nordsee One GmbH, the owner and developer of the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm, has closed the restructuring of its term loan facility, significantly improving pricing conditions, according to Green Giraffe.
French floating wind developer Eolfi and Spain’s Cobra Concesiones have formed a partnership in Taiwan by which Cobra Concesiones finalized its shareholding in Eolfi Greater China.
Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) has urged the Japanese government to introduce a new law which will allow construction of offshore wind farms in the ”general common sea area”.
The proposed Bay State Wind wind farm project will bring USD 1 billion direct investment to Massachusetts and will support the construction of the first purpose-built Jones Act-compliant installation and transportation vessels, the developers said.
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and the government of the city of Jieyang have signed an agreement to develop a deep-water offshore wind project with a capacity of up to 3GW off the Guangdong Province in the South China Sea.
Vattenfall has hired Siemens Gamesa’s Chief Executive Officer in North America, Jacob Nørgaard Andersen, and Senior Vice President from Ørsted Energy, Mats Vikholm to help the Swedish energy company develop the next generation of offshore wind farms.
Businesses are prepared to start constructing and operating the Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II without government subsidy, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) said after the application period for subsidy-free bids closed yesterday, 21 December.
Bladt Industries has appointed Klaus Steen Mortensen as new CEO starting from 1 January 2018, and replacing Jan Kjærsgaard.
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced it will open a tender in January 2018 seeking a company to set up a wind turbine bearing test facility at its Blyth site in the UK.
