Norwegian energy company Statoil has chosen the name of Empire Wind for the offshore wind project located off the southern coast of Long Island, New York.
Following the completion of the works on the expansion at the Port of Esbjerg, the port took over the new harbour area in mid-October.
Merkur Offshore, the developer of German Merkur offshore wind farm, has signed a long-term contract with the Dutch subsidiary of EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) for the construction of a service base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands.
Deepwater Wind’s 144MW Revolution Wind project will create approximately 700 direct regional construction jobs in and around the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the company announced.
Siemens Gamesa’s Offshore Business Unit CEO Michael Hannibal has decided to leave the company. The company’s Board of Directors announced today, 20 October, that Andreas Nauen will start as the new Offshore CEO on 1 November.
Statoil’s board of directors and Chief Executive Officer Eldar Sætre have agreed that Sætre remains the company’s CEO after he turns 62 in February 2018, and will not use his contractual right to retire at that age.
BVG Associates (BVGA) and Renewable Resources International (RRI) have formed a partnership that will see RRI’s Managing Partner Andy Geissbuehler leading BVGA’s offshore wind business in the U.S.
The UK company Aon, through its arm UK Aon Taiwan Ltd, signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Changhua County today, 19 October, while another UK business – ODE – officially launched its Taiwan office.
K2 Management’s CEO Henrik Stamer and heads of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research and CR Classification Society signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in offshore wind projects on 7 September at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg.
Varvsudden, Heavy Industry Park of Öresund, plans to set up a production facility for offshore wind foundations at its site in Sweden. The company awarded Himec Solutions the role of a technical adviser covering design and business development of the production facility.
Managers from companies in the local supply chain met for breakfast on Tuesday morning at the Orbis Energy building in Lowestoft to hear a presentation delivered over a video link from Michiel Hendrickx, the UK Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Senior Trade Advisor in the Netherlands.
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 2 (PECC2), a Vietnamese power engineering company, to support development of the 100MW Tan Thuan nearshore wind farm in southern Vietnam.
The UK Department for International Trade and NOF Energy will take 38 delegates from 24 companies from UK’s offshore wind supply chain to Taiwan, aiming to build relationships between UK and Taiwanese companies and organisations.
Fugro’s Supervisory Board has decided to nominate Øystein Løseth as the company’s new CEO after Paul van Riel, who currently holds the position, retires in April 2018.
