Business & Finance
Glennmont Mulls Offshore Wind Investment
Glennmont Partners has expanded its investment capacity in the clean energy infrastructure space and with the addition of a third investment fund.
US Energy Counselor Starts Danish Offshore Wind Tour
Vincent DeVito, Counselor to the US Secretary for Energy Policy, has arrived in Denmark on a two-day, fact-finding offshore wind tour.
Siemens and Murphy to Bring Triton Knoll Shopping List to Lincolnshire
J Murphy & Sons and Siemens Transmission and Distribution, who will build the Triton Knoll’s onshore electrical system –starting this summer – will bring their “shopping lists” on 31 January to Boston College, Lincolnshire, where they will be hunting for local services required for the completion of
Engie Fabricom UK Sees CEO Switch
Engie Fabricom UK’s interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wichard Huigen is leaving the company and will be succeeded by the current Chief Operations Officer (COO) Richard Webster.
MHI Vestas Plots Offshore Wind Expansion with New Top Team
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Vestas Wind Systems have appointed Philippe Kavafyan to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Lars Bondo Krogsgaard to Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-CEO) of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.
Royal IHC Wraps Up KCI The Engineers Acquisition
Royal IHC completed the acquisition of Oceanteam’s Dutch-based engineering and consultancy company KCI The Engineers with the signing of the Sale and Purchase Agreement and ancillary documents on 15 January.
EDS Lands Hohe See Cable Termination & Testing Contract
High voltage engineering specialist, EDS HV Group (EDS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has been awarded a contract to complete cable termination and testing work at the Hohe See offshore wind farm by cable manufacturer Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTT).
MaRINET2 Opens Round Two Application Process
The MaRINET2 project has launched the second call for applications for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy developers who want to test their technology.
Port of Blyth to Invest GBP 12 Million in 2nd Phase of Expansion
The Port of Blyth is investing GBP 12 million in terminal infrastructure and the construction of new warehousing, as well as strengthening quays and installing new cranes.
MEA Allots Five Offshore Wind Grants
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has awarded grants to five companies under its two initiatives to prepare Maryland’s businesses and workforce to participate in the two offshore wind projects approved by the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) in May 2017.
Polish Industry Launches 2025 Offshore Wind Programme
Poland’s Foundation for Sustainable Energy (FNEZ) has, in cooperation with entities from the maritime industry, offshore energy, wind energy, steel industry and manufacturers of offshore constructions, ships, and cables, established a Memorandum of the Polish Offshore Energy Sector (PPPEM).
Rovco Adds Another Dimension to Subsea Inspection
Subsea technology company Rovco has secured Innovate UK funding to develop a 3D visualisation system as part of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) demonstrator project potentially worth GBP 1 million.
Wind Execs Seek Clear EU Vision
A group of 25 wind industry executives have called for market scale and visibility on renewables deployment volumes in order to sustain the current cost reduction pathway during the first meeting of the European Commissions’ Clean Energy Industrial Forum dedicated to renewables.
Saint-Brieuc Turbine Switch Comes with No Extra Baggage
Ailes Marines, the developer of the 496MW Bay of Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France, does not need to carry out a new environmental assessment study for the project following the recently approved switch from the Adwen 8MW to the Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbine.