Business & Finance
Lower Saxony Calls For More Offshore Wind
Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Olaf Lies, has called for an increase in Germany’s offshore wind targets following historically low bids in the first auction round in Germany.
Wärtsilä Heart for Orion
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä is to supply the engines and other propulsion machinery for Orion, DEME Group’s wind farm installation vessel being built at the Cosco shipyard in China.
RenewableUK: Renewables Should Be the Cornerstone of UK Industrial Strategy
RenewableUK is calling on the UK government to make wind, wave and tidal energy key parts of its new Industrial Strategy.
Dutch Plan Offshore Wind Mission to China
Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) and Consulate General of the Netherlands in Guangzhou are organising an offshore wind mission to Guangdong and Fujian, China in May.
Atlantic Canada Forms United Clean Energy Front
Canada’s Atlantic Premiers have established the Atlantic Clean Energy Partnership to support the development of renewable and non-emitting energy sources and enhance Atlantic Canada’s capacity to generate and export clean energy.
Top News of the Week, 10-16 April 2017
Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for grid connections and funding for existing offshore wind farm projects, with at least one of the developer
DONG Energy Sets Up U.S. Headquarters in Boston, MA
The offshore wind giant DONG Energy will open its U.S. headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, at the end April.
Elia Board Greenlights Modular Offshore Grid Project
The board of directors of Belgium’s transmission system operator Elia has approved the EUR 400 million investment into the so-called electricity plug, or Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the North Sea.
DONG Explains the Thinking Behind Subsidy-Free Bids
DONG Energy has revealed the factors behind the decision to place two zero subsidy bids in the first round of offshore wind auctions in Germany. As reported earlier, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea with a combined capacity of
DONG Secures German Offshore Wind Trifecta, Places Two Zero Bids
In the first of two German auction rounds, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG Energy the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea totaling 590MW capacity, with two of the projects accepted with bids for zero Euros per MWh.
Shell Makes Case for 20GW of Dutch Offshore Wind by 2030
Oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell has called on the government in the Netherlands to increase its target for installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 to 20 gigawatts, Reuters reports.
Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid
Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for grid connections and funding for existing offshore wind farm projects, with one of the operators offering the lowest price bid of 0.00 Euro cents per kilowatt-hour.
Siemens Gamesa and Peterson Chemicals Boost Offshore Wind Ties
Peterson Chemicals has secured a second logistics contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
Taiwan Pinpoints Taichung Port as Offshore Wind Hub
The Port of Taichung has been identified as the optimal port to support offshore wind farm construction works in Taiwan, according to a review carried out by the Executive Yuan and the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in coordination with relevant industry representatives.