Business & Finance
Offshore Wind Turbines Part of Danish Touristic Offer
Fear that tourists will opt out of Søndervig region on the Danish west coast due to the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms has got holiday home owners in the area to turn against the upcoming offshore wind projects, according to the Danish Wind Industry Association (DWIA). At the
Port of Blyth Names New Finance Director
Port of Blyth has appointed Oran Robson as the new Finance Director, who will help oversee the next phase in the organisation’s growth. Robson has joined the Port following sixteen years as the Finance Director and Company Secretary at Canford Group PLC, the Washington-based communications equipment
ABB Unveils Lightweight, AC Platform-Free HVDC Solution
ABB has presented a new, compact, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) solution for offshore wind which is said to cut the weight and the volume of an offshore platform by more than half and eliminate the need for alternating current (AC) substation platforms. ABB’s new HVDC solution eliminates the ne
MAKE: Political Turmoil Dents Global Wind Growth Outlook
A host of political events have had a negative impact on global wind power growth expectations through 2025, MAKE said in its Q4/2016 Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update. Anticipated cuts to wind power targets in China under the country’s upcoming Thirteenth Five-Year Plan headline the most impa
CSIC HZ Windpower Picks LM Wind Power Blades for 5MW Offshore Wind Turbine
LM Wind Power has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Chinese wind turbine manufacturer CSIC (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation) HZ Windpower to deliver blades for its newly launched H151-5.0MW offshore wind turbine. The blades will be delivered from LM Wind Power’s plant in Jiangy
DONG Plans to Set Up 4 Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan
At an inauguration of its office today in Taipei, DONG Energy revealed its ambition to develop four offshore wind farms in the Changhua area in Taiwan. Taiwan has similar geographic conditions as Northern Europe, where the offshore wind developer currently has 3GW of offshore wind installed, and a s
Taiwanese Premier Champions Offshore Wind During Formosa 1 Tour
Taiwan is actively developing offshore wind power, which will be an important factor in transforming the country’s overall energy structure, Premier Lin Chuan said during a tour of the recently constructed 8MW Formosa One offshore wind farm off Miaoli County. The nation’s first two offshore wind tur
SeaRenergy and SMC Stay with Veja Mate
SeaRenergy and Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) have been awarded with a contract for offshore support services on the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The services started on 01 November with the preparation of the foundations and transition pieces for the
VIDEO: Vessels in Offshore Wind (Expertise Hub)
The growth of the offshore wind industry, bringing in increased investment in new wind farms that will feature bigger components installed farther from shore, is set to spur the demand for specialist vessels, says Clarksons Research, a provider of global shipping and offshore market intelligence. Th
Offshore Wind to Meet Space, Defence and Oil & Gas at OrbisEnergy
Sharing technologies and solutions between the growing offshore wind industry and the space, defence and oil & gas sectors will be the theme of an event at OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft. Lessons learned in the more mature industries to help the developing offshore wind business across the UK will be aired
TRG Wind Sells Recruitment Business, Opens Offshore Wind Base in Hull
UK-based wind turbine support company TRG Wind has sold its recruitment business to a member of its senior management team and has secured premises at Tower House Lane Business Park in Hull for its new operations centre which is expected to help the company expand its activities in the offshore sect
Platform Supply Vessel Operator Diversifies into Offshore Wind
Fletcher Group, an Aberdeen-based platform supply vessel (PSV) operator, has entered the offshore wind market following ROV operations and boulder clearance carried out at an offshore wind project, which the company left unnamed. After 20 years of supporting the oil and gas industry, Fletcher said i
Senvion Cashes In On Offshore Wind
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion more than tripled its revenue from the sale of offshore wind turbines in the third quarter of 2016, which the company attributed to progress on the Nordsee One and the Nordergründe offshore wind projects. Offshore wind turbines brought Senvion EUR 88.3 millio
LM Wind Power Reports Strong Q3 and Year-to-Date Revenue Growth
LM Wind Power reported a strong growth in revenue and profitability in the third quarter of 2016, with the revenue in the three months to September 30 2016 increasing by EUR 96.1 million (50.3%) to EUR 287.2 million, compared with EUR 191.1 million in the same quarter last year. Year-to-date 2016 re