Business & Finance
European Commission Blueprints Offshore Skills Development Project
The European Commission has published a call for proposals to implement the first phase of the Blueprint for sectorial cooperation on skills throughout the maritime technology industries, including offshore wind.
European Progress Blazes Trail for Investment in US Offshore Wind
The progress offshore wind industry has made in Europe is making things easier when it comes to investments into such projects in the United States.
Wind Tops EU Installation Charts as Renewables Shine
Wind accounted for 51% of all new power installations in the European Union in 2016, connecting a total of 12.5GW to the grid across the 28 EU Member States – 10.923MW in onshore and 1,567MW offshore, WindEurope reports.
Dutch MPs Call For Extension of 2023 Offshore Wind Capacity Target
The House of Representatives of the Netherlands has received a motion to look into the possibility of adding new offshore wind farm zones to the country’s list of projects scheduled for commissioning by 2023.
British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Establishes UK-China Offshore Wind Hub
The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai has launched a UK-China hub for offshore wind.
MHI Vestas Firmed Up 910MW Worth of Orders in 2016
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind secured four firm and unconditional orders totalling 910MW in capacity in 2016. The firm orders were received for the 42MW Blyth project in the UK, the 406MW Horns Rev III project in Denmark, the 370MW Norther project in Belgium, and the 92MW Aberdeen Bay project in the Scot
Offshore Wind In Centre of Statoil’s Competitive Portfolio
Statoil plans to set up a competitive portfolio including new energy solutions with a focus on offshore wind, low carbon solutions, ventures and R&D.
UK Researchers Developing Human-Robotics O&M System
Researchers from five UK universities have received a GBP 4 million grant to deliver a human-robotics hybrid solution for the maintenance and operation of offshore wind farms. The consortium, the Holistic Operation and Maintenance for Energy from Offshore Wind Farms or HOME-Offshore, brings together
Weaker Winds Dent Vattenfall’s FY 2016 Results
Swedish energy company Vattenfall marked a slight dip in net sales at its wind division in the Fiscal Year 2016 despite adding 297MW of new renewable capacity throughout the period.
DONG Picks Anglo-German Team for Hornsea One Transition Pieces
DONG Energy has hired Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham and Teesside-based Wilton Engineering Services Limited to supply the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm with 20 transition pieces. The multi-million pound contract was signed in Port Clarence in Middlesbrough on Monday, 6 February. Wilton
US Wind Shines Light on OW Workforce Development Needs
US Wind held an informational meeting on 2 February in Baltimore, where the company proposing to build a large-scale offshore wind farm off Maryland met with offshore wind developers, supply chain industry leaders, economic development experts and federal and state agency officials.
Fathom Enters Offshore Wind Picture with Beatrice Contract
Fathom Systems has won a contract to supply a turnkey service of design engineering, procurement and manufacture of specialist electrical distribution equipment to be installed in each of the 84 turbine transition pieces intended for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The scope of supply for the
Linklaters Reveals Taiwanese Connection
London-headquartered law firm Linklaters has advised Denmark’s DONG Energy on its acquisition of a 35 per cent interest in the Taiwanese offshore wind project Formosa I from local developer Swancor Renewable.
Top News of the Week, 30 January – 5 February 2017
Germany Launches First Competitive Offshore Wind Tender, 1.55GW Up for Grabs German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has issued an invitation to tender as part of the first competitive bidding process for offshore wind under which the bidders with the lowest offered prices will be awarded