Business & Finance
Siemens Wind Power Marks Triple-Digit Profit Growth
Siemens Wind Power and Renewables recorded a 119% increase in profit in the first quarter of the Fiscal Year 2017 compared to the same period a year earlier. The company’s renewable energy arm ended the first quarter of the current fiscal year with a profit of EUR 111 million, compared to EUR 51 mil
Nordergründe Commissioning Postponed to H2 2017
Commissioning of the Nordergründe offshore wind farm, initially planned for the end of 2016, has been delayed after BVT, the company in charge of the substation, entered insolvency.
Highlights of the Month: January 2017
Ex-Statkraft Engineer Develops New Foundation Installation Solution Arild Bolsø, an engineer who worked for Statkraft in Norway and Forewind in the UK, has developed a new technical concept for offshore wind foundation installation. According to Bolsø, the concept would reduce installation time by 3
Aarsleff Nets Nissum Bredning Deal
Aarsleff has been awarded a contract for the 28MW Nissum Bredning project in Denmark, where Siemens will test a variety of its new offshore wind solutions.
JBA Consulting and Met Office Sign ForeCoast Marine Reseller Deal
JBA Consulting has signed a reseller agreement with the Met Office which will now offer JBA’s metocean risk management software – ForeCoast Marine – to its marine and offshore clients. ForeCoast Marine is a planning, visualisation and decision support tool which utilises Met Office forecast data to
ITPEnergised Wraps Up Pinghai Bay Offshore Wind Farm Due Diligence Review for NDB
ITPEnergised, formerly IT Power Consulting, has completed its technical due diligence review of Phase 2 of the Putian Pinghai Bay offshore wind project in China on behalf of the New Development Bank (NDB). ITPEnergised has provided advisory and due diligence review services to NDB, focused on the pr
K2 Advises ITOCHU on Butendiek Stake Purchase
K2 Management supported Japan’s ITOCHU Corporation in its 22.5% equity interest investment into the 288MW Butendiek offshore wind farm – its first investment in European offshore wind.
Marine Warranty Surveyor Wanted for COBRAcable
Energinet.dk is looking to pre-qualify companies which will participate in a tender for a Marine Warranty Surveyor contract worth EUR 600,000 for offshore cable laying and cable protection at the COBRAcable interconnector that will link Denmark and the Netherlands.
Unilever, TU Delft Powered by Eneco Luchterduinen OWF
Since 1 January 2017, the Technical University Delft and all Dutch office and manufacturing locations of the Unilever consumer goods group have been buying electricity generated by the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm.
Germany Launches First Competitive Offshore Wind Tender, 1.55GW Up for Grabs
German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) today 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 contracts.
Oil & Gas Workers Knock on 3sun’s Door
3sun Group interviewed more than 250 people for over 100 new jobs at a recruitment event held in Great Yarmouth, with applicants being mostly oil and gas workers from the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft area, according to the company.
Prysmian Lands GBP 27 Million East Anglia ONE Contract
Prysmian informed today that it had been awarded a GBP 27 million contract for the land cable connection of the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.
LR Sets Up Subsea Inspection Service Unit
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has set up Subsea Inspection Service to support underwater inspections in offshore wind, oil and gas, and submarine cable sectors.
Cathie Associates to Support US Offshore Wind from Boston, MA
UK-based offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy, Cathie Associates, has established a US entity – Cathie Associates Inc – in Boston, Massachusetts, to serve offshore wind development in the United States.